This is great Tony! And a great way to visualize compression as well. That was something I found confusing when I first started shooting.

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your post offers us all such a great reminder about distortion in wide angle lenses when shooting people!  I love using the 24GM for portraits but you have to be really careful not to bend people up!  My longtime preferences are 50GM, 85, 135GM, 70-200GMII, 24-70GMII, and the 90 macro.

your post offers us all such a great reminder about distortion in wide angle lenses when shooting people!  I love using the 24GM for portraits but you have to be really careful not to bend people up!  My longtime preferences are 50GM, 85, 135GM, 70-200GMII, 24-70GMII, and the 90 macro.

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This is great Tony! And a great way to visualize compression as well. That was something I found confusing when I first started shooting.

This is such a fantastic visual comparison! I can definitely notice the bokeh and blur with the longer focal length. I never knew how much the 12mm could warp a portrait up that close. Very interesting!

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Very cool Tony. I always hear about a 50mm being a great “portrait” lens. But if it’s not a full length or at least waist up portrait, it looks like it stretches a person’s face. To me, your longer focal length photos of him look more natural and face less stretched which is interesting to be able to compare. Thanks!

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Very cool Tony. I always hear about a 50mm being a great “portrait” lens. But if it’s not a full length or at least waist up portrait, it looks like it stretches a person’s face. To me, your longer focal length photos of him look more natural and face less stretched which is interesting to be able to compare. Thanks!

This is such a fantastic visual comparison! I can definitely notice the bokeh and blur with the longer focal length. I never knew how much the 12mm could warp a portrait up that close. Very interesting!

This is how different focal lengths look with similar framing for portraits. The f/stop was f/5.6 on all of them. The portrait subject stayed in the same place, I moved progressively back to keep the framing similar as I used longer focal lengths. This was done with the 12-24/4 G, the 24-105/G and the 100-400 GM