06-22-2012, 01:07 PM
[quote name='mst' timestamp='1340368912' post='19028']
Yep, have to agree. See [url="http://forum.photozone.de/index.php?/topic/1169-close-ups-with-wide-angle-lenses/page__view__findpost__p__19007"]the shot I posted yesterday[/url] in the "Close-ups with WA" thread. That one was shot stopped down considerably, well beyond f/2.8, and with an even wider lens.
Even with a comparatively slow lens one can still create lots of background blur, it's simply a matter of camera-to-subject and subject-to-background distances. Of course the lens needs to be able to focus rather close (the EF 40/2.8 does).
-- Markus
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As others mentioned - why not choose the 50/1.8 then ?
Yep, have to agree. See [url="http://forum.photozone.de/index.php?/topic/1169-close-ups-with-wide-angle-lenses/page__view__findpost__p__19007"]the shot I posted yesterday[/url] in the "Close-ups with WA" thread. That one was shot stopped down considerably, well beyond f/2.8, and with an even wider lens.
Even with a comparatively slow lens one can still create lots of background blur, it's simply a matter of camera-to-subject and subject-to-background distances. Of course the lens needs to be able to focus rather close (the EF 40/2.8 does).
-- Markus
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As others mentioned - why not choose the 50/1.8 then ?