Hi Cindy, how's it going? Thanks for the comment.. At this time, my GR Digital was still at service center, so I used Nikon P5000, which is pretty good camera too! Did you get 50mm?
I haven't found the 50mm yet, tried to get one in BIC CAMERA but didn't see the same model. Maybe I'll try the Amazon. By the way, may I know what kind of lens are you using, when you shoot the food?? Thank you.^-^
Cindy, thanks for the comment. I use any kind of lens that I have...EF28mmF/1.8 , EF50mmF/1.4, EF60mmF/2.8, EF85mmF/1.8 to shoot foods.
Among them, I use EF28mmF/1.8 EF50mmF/1.4 most... Most of the time 28mm is on Kiss X, and 50mm is on 40D...When I went to Japan, I brought only 28mm lens. So most of the RAMEN I took were taken with 28mm lens. You can click on the photo, and go to flickr, then click 'More Properties' to see EXIF data.
Unless it is something I was asked to take, I really don't care too much about what lens I use.. I just use what I have at that moment.
However though, for example, when I took following asked by a restaurant, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotaro_ono/2252318718/
I chose EF85mmF/1.8 over other shorter focal length(i.e wider angle) lenses I have. The reason was that, I wanted all the Yakitori look like in same size. If I use wider angle lens, Yakitori in front look much bigger than the one in back.
Thanks, Kotaro!!for the very detail and useful information!!Now I have more ideas about how to choose lenses for different effects.I have one more question, I saw the picture you took for a cute little girl, she was riding a bycle, It was a very successful shot. how do you keep the image with a still subject and a moving background?? Thank again and sorry about too many questions, hope it doesn't bother you too much.
Cindy, no it doesn't bether me at all! In fact, I bothered my friend http://shiology.com so much to learn things from him.
I forgot to mention one of important things about choosing lens for shooting food: how close you can get close to & focus on the subject. For example, Sigma offers 30mmF/1.4 lens, which sounds better than Canon 28mmF/1.8, because of its wider maximum apperture. However, you can only get close to 40cm with 30mmF/1.4, while its 25cm with 28mmF/1.8. This makes BIG difference especially when you are shooting food , flowers, or whatever you probably want to get close to the subject.
And the question this time, is about 'panning'. You need to consider following three things to take that kind of picture: 1. move your camera, while shooting the subject, so that it stays at the same place in your frame although it is moving.
2. shutter speed should be slow enough so that the background is blurred. It is usually from around 1/8 to 1/60. For example, http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotaro_ono/1316776153/meta/ was taken with 1/15 of shutter speed.
3. If you use slow shutter speed, you need to adjust ISO or Aperture to get desired exposure.
However, not all the camera is capable of doing this kind of panning shot.. On sunny / bright day, it is too bright to use slower shutter speed even if you use the lowest ISO and maximum apperture. For SLR, you could use 'ND filter' to get slower shutter speed.
For my case, I used Canon PowerShot G7, which comes with 'ND filter' functionality, which is pretty cool feature of PowerShot.
I learned these things from a book: "Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson.
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Hi Cindy, how's it going? Thanks for the comment.. At this time, my GR Digital was still at service center, so I used Nikon P5000, which is
pretty good camera too!
Did you get 50mm?
I haven't found the 50mm yet, tried to get one in BIC CAMERA but didn't see the same model. Maybe I'll try the Amazon.
By the way, may I know what kind of lens are you using, when you shoot the food?? Thank you.^-^
Cindy, thanks for the comment.
I use any kind of lens that I have...EF28mmF/1.8 , EF50mmF/1.4, EF60mmF/2.8, EF85mmF/1.8 to shoot foods.
Among them, I use EF28mmF/1.8
EF50mmF/1.4 most... Most of the
time 28mm is on Kiss X, and
50mm is on 40D...When I went to
Japan, I brought only 28mm lens.
So most of the RAMEN I took
were taken with 28mm lens.
You can click on the photo, and
go to flickr, then click
'More Properties' to see EXIF
data.
Unless it is something I was asked to take, I really don't care too much about what lens I use..
I just use what I have at that
moment.
However though, for example,
when I took following asked
by a restaurant,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotaro_ono/2252318718/
I chose EF85mmF/1.8 over other
shorter focal length(i.e
wider angle) lenses I have.
The reason was that, I wanted
all the Yakitori look like
in same size. If I use
wider angle lens, Yakitori
in front look much bigger than
the one in back.
Thanks, Kotaro!!for the very detail and useful information!!Now I have more ideas about how to choose lenses for different effects.I have one more question, I saw the picture you took for a cute little girl, she was riding a bycle, It was a very successful shot. how do you keep the image with a still subject and a moving background??
Thank again and sorry about too many questions, hope it doesn't bother you too much.
Cindy, no it doesn't bether me
at all! In fact, I bothered
my friend http://shiology.com
so much to learn things from him.
I forgot to mention one of important things about choosing lens for shooting food: how close you can
get close to & focus on the subject.
For example, Sigma offers 30mmF/1.4 lens, which sounds better
than Canon 28mmF/1.8, because of
its wider maximum apperture.
However, you can only get close
to 40cm with 30mmF/1.4, while
its 25cm with 28mmF/1.8.
This makes BIG difference especially when you are shooting
food , flowers, or whatever
you probably want to get close
to the subject.
And the question this time, is about 'panning'.
You need to consider following three things to take
that kind of picture:
1. move your camera, while
shooting the subject, so that
it stays at the
same place in your frame
although it is moving.
2. shutter speed should be
slow enough so that the background is blurred. It is
usually from around 1/8 to 1/60.
For example,
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kotaro_ono/1316776153/meta/
was taken with 1/15 of shutter speed.
3. If you use slow shutter speed, you need to adjust ISO or Aperture to get desired exposure.
However, not all the camera is
capable of doing this kind of panning shot.. On sunny / bright day, it is too bright to use
slower shutter speed even if you
use the lowest ISO and maximum apperture.
For SLR, you could use 'ND filter'
to get slower shutter speed.
For my case, I used Canon PowerShot G7, which comes with 'ND filter' functionality, which is
pretty cool feature of PowerShot.
I learned these things from a book:
"Understanding Exposure" by Bryan Peterson.
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