For some reason it seems you want to make environmental portraits of an individual with a normal to semi-wide angle lens, taking advantage of perspective to reveal the subject in relationship to their surroundings. This is wrong! Please get with the program and, if you're using your Batis 40 for portraits, do it correctly i.e. group shots only. (But don't forget to stop down.)
The only thing I agree with is that different focal lengths provide different faces (in terms of the form it produces). This really is no news I suppose.
As for the rest: Of course, if you want to stick to programs when taking pictures, do so. But don't expect your restrictions to convince others. This is absolutely up to the individuell photographer and the viewer of the pictures.
I am glad that people don't stick to rules and "programs" and instead make wonderful pictures, producing something new. Lots of the portraits here (https://www.pintaram.com/u/gosiajurasz) were taken using the fabulous Pentax 43mm 1.9.
Again, it teaches me that there is no "right" and "wrong" in photography.
But everyone as he/she pleases. That's not my point. Suggesting that we don't really need eye-af to work since you would never make a portrait at 40mm because it's "clownish" just doesn't make any sense to me. That's the only dispute here.
Edit: Just for the sake of clarity. My basic portrait lens is my Batis 85. However, shooting a portrait (even a head portrait) at 40mm is perfectly fine, depending on what you want and what situation you find yourself in.
For some reason it seems you want to make environmental portraits of an individual with a normal to semi-wide angle lens, taking advantage of perspective to reveal the subject in relationship to their surroundings. This is wrong! Please get with the program and, if you're using your Batis 40 for portraits, do it correctly i.e. group shots only. (But don't forget to stop down.)
The only thing I agree with is that different focal lengths provide different faces (in terms of the form it produces). This really is no news I suppose.
For the rest: Of course, if you want to stick to programs when taking pictures, do so. But don't expect your restrictions to convince others. This is absolutely up to the individuell photographer and the viewer of the pictures.
I am glad that people don't stick to rules and "programs" and instead make wonderful pictures, producing something new. Lots of the portraits here (https://www.pintaram.com/u/gosiajurasz) were taken using the fabulous Pentax 43mm 1.9.
Again, it teaches me that there is no "right" and "wrong" in photography.
But everyone as he/she pleases. That's not my point. Suggesting that we don't really need eye-af to work since you would never make a portrait at 40mm because it's "clownish" just doesn't make any sense to me. That's the only dispute here.
Edit: Just for the sake of clarity. My basic portrait lens is my Batis 85. However, shooting a portrait (even a head portrait) at 40mm is perfectly fine, depending on what you want and what situation you find yourself in.
For some reason it seems you want to make environmental portraits of an individual with a normal to semi-wide angle lens, taking advantage of perspective to reveal the subject in relationship to their surroundings. This is wrong! Please get with the program and, if you're using your Batis 40 for portraits, do it correctly i.e. group shots only. (But don't forget to stop down.)
The only thing I agree with is that different focal lengths provide different faces (in terms of the form it produces). This really is no news I suppose.
For the rest, I couldn't agree less. Of course, if you want to stick to programs when taking pictures, do so. But don't expect your restrictions to convince others. This is absolutely up to the individuell photographer and the viewer of the pictures.
I am glad that people don't stick to rules and "programs" and instead make wonderful pictures, producing something new. Lots of the portraits here (https://www.pintaram.com/u/gosiajurasz) were taken using the fabulous Pentax 43mm 1.9.
Again, it teaches me that there is no "right" and "wrong" in photography.
But everyone as he/she pleases. That's not my point. Suggesting that we don't really need eye-af to work since you would never make a portrait at 40mm because it's "clownish" just doesn't make any sense to me. That's the only dispute here.
Edit: Just for the sake of clarity. My basic portrait lens is my Batis 85. However, shooting a portrait (even a head portrait) at 40mm is perfectly fine, depending on what you want and what situation you find yourself in.
For some reason it seems you want to make environmental portraits of an individual with a normal to semi-wide angle lens, taking advantage of perspective to reveal the subject in relationship to their surroundings. This is wrong! Please get with the program and, if you're using your Batis 40 for portraits, do it correctly i.e. group shots only. (But don't forget to stop down.)
The only thing I agree with is that different focal lengths provide different faces (in terms of the form it produces). This really is no news I suppose.
For the rest, I couldn't agree less. Of course, if you want to stick to programs when taking pictures, do so. But don't expect your restrictions to convince others. This is absolutely up to the individuell photographer and the viewer of the pictures.
I am glad that people don't stick to rules and "programs" and instead make wonderful pictures, producing something new. Lots of the portraits here (https://www.pintaram.com/u/gosiajurasz) were taken using the fabulous Pentax 43mm 1.9.
Again, it teaches me that there is no "right" and "wrong" in photography.
But everyone as he/she pleases. That's not my point. Suggesting that we don't really need eye-af to work since you would never make a portrait at 40mm because it's "clownish" just doesn't make any sense to me. That's the only dispute here.
Edit: Just of for the sake of clarity to state the obvious. My portrait lens is my Batis 85. However, shooting a portrait (even a head portrait) at 40mm is perfectly fine, depending on what you want and what situation you find yourself in.
