p.1 #2 · 50 mm. (macro (?)) lens, DX camera - portrait and wide noses(?) : ) !!!
It shouldn't, but I guess if you did a really close up shot of the head it might. I regularly do non-full body shots with 50mm on full frame without any problem. In my opinion it looks more natural.
p.1 #3 · 50 mm. (macro (?)) lens, DX camera - portrait and wide noses(?) : ) !!!
igmolinav wrote:
A 50 mm. lens, either a macro or plain version, will
'make the effect' of a 75-80 mm. lens with a DX
format.
Does that mean that I'll also get wide noses when
doing prtraiture with that lens??
For the uncropped 135 frame, I like 85-100mm for upper body. That range seems a bit short for head+shoulders (where 135mm retains some intimacy but flattens the facial features a bit).
The type of distortion you are referring to is the result of distance, not focal length. If you use a 50mm very close to the subject it will produce near/far perspective that doesn't seem "normal" compared to what is experienced by eye. As you move further away the perspective on the face will look more "normal" per the baseline of what you are seeing by eye.
You can see this for yourself by taking your 50mm lens and shooting a face, starting at min. focus distance then shooting another frame every 2ft or so as you move backwards. When you compare the shots you'll understand how the appearance changes with distance. Some distances will render the face more normal looking than others.
Because near/far perspective changes with shooting distance and changes the apparent size of body parts the better strategy if you want to flatter the subject and keep the face looking similar in wide, medium, and tight crops is to first find the most flattering distance (by comparing different the view through the lens from different ones) then pick the focal length that produces the in-camera crop you want. When shooting portraits I use 8ft as my starting baseline for evaluation, then look at the face through the lens and move closer and then further away for comparison.
I usually use a 24-70mm zoom on my 1.6 crop 50D which allows me to shoot a range of crops from full-length to H&S from the same distance keeping the face looking the same. When I want a tighter head shot I'll either switch to my 85mm or 70-200mm zoom, or just crop tighter in PP. By comparison if you were to shoot a full length shot with the 50mm then move in to change the crop to a H&S the difference in shooting distance would change the rendering of the face.
