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Pub Lius wrote:
I've been using auto focus out of need! The 400D's viewfinder is awful. Before the DSLRs appeared I used a Canon F1 with a 50mm 1.2 lens and I rarely screwed a shot (from a technical standpoint). I loved everything about it. No shot was ever out of focus, the light was always right.
Will any of the suggested cameras' viewfinder allow me to go back to manual focus?
My studio is not that big. For the kind of stuff I do 50mm is pretty much the limit. I do think 85mm lens are great, but I have to be able to frame an entire subject without swapping lenses. If I was planning to shoot outside I'd go for 85mm for sure.
I don't. I use a RF trigger to fire the projectors....Show more →
I agree with the 6D and 85mm f1.8 combo...but why?
You are already shooting with near an 85mm lens's field-of-view. On a crop body like your 400D, a smaller sensor camera than the full frame 6D, a 50mm lens acts like an 85, just do the math, 1.6x crop factor means 1.6 times the focal length, thus 50 actually equals 80mm.
Get a 6D full frame body and your 50mm now becomes a true 50mm lens and thus will give you a wider field-of-view. It will also give you less lens compression and as a consequence will not flatten out your subject as much. For portraits a subject's facial features will become a bit more pronounced; bigger nose, eyes, cheeks, ears, etc., and sometimes if you are to close can become unflattering.
Your F1 and 50 f1.2 combo rendered portraits differently than your 400D with 50mm does; because 35mm film equates; is the same physical size, as a full frame sensor is. So to duplicate that 50mm fullframe look on a crop sensor body you need about a 31mm lens; lens length times 1.6 crop factor.
That is why many are suggesting you add an 85mm to your kit if you get a 6D or another fullframe body. If you just move to a newer crop body like the newer 70D then your 50mm is just fine; your field-of-view doesn't change..
Good luck with your portrait business, moving to a fullframe body gives you all the shallow depth of field options that your F1 film body did, that alone will help you isolate subject from background, giving you that silky smooth blur known as bokeh. And, when your business grows, your profits are better, and you can afford it, do look at the 50 and 85 f1.2 L lenses, as they will give you even more, silkier bokeh.
And lastly, moving to the 6D or another fullframe body will net you a better, bigger and brighter viewfinder. This will help with focus, both auto and 'manual'. These viewfinders are very much like what you had with your F1 film body, they are simply fantastic. Also, liveview; the LCD's, on the latest bodies display very fine details; it's quite amazing. With the extra detail you can magnify the LCD's image by as much as 10x, thus focusing on smaller detail; like eyes, then it becomes much easier to pin point your focus.
Hope this helps, if you understand the crop factor, field of view issue already, you've my apologies for my long winded explanation/reply.
Cheers,
Jerry
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