#Crop lens on full frame upgrade#

#Crop lens on full frame upgrade#

I still have the basic camera, and I’m not planning to upgrade to a full-frame for right now. I would like to know what specific lens do you recommend for me. When I use the kit lens to get the wide-angle, the object/food looks too far. I find with the 50mm, I have to put my C-stand all the way to the top, but I still don’t feel that I get enough table space. I’m looking to purchase a new lens because I sometimes love to take overhead photos capturing a wide tabletop photo. The lens: EF-S60mm, EF-50mm, and the kit lens that came with the camera 18.55mm. I have a question, and probably I should have seen the answer in your different posts, but I’m still a bit confused, and I would love for you to help me with some clarification. Hi Rachel, Thank you for sharing your knowledge and helping others to understand the different aspects of food photography. I always recommend renting a new lens when you can so you can test it out before you buy! I would recommend you get a 60mm macro if you want to get closer to food and then use your kit lens 18-55mm to set it to 35mm (50 equivalent) for wider food scenes. The 105mm is amazing but is going to be very tight on a cropped sensor. I don’t recommend this lens for you at this stage based on what you need. The 85mm is a great lens, but its minimum focusing distance won’t allow you to get close to food. There isn’t zoom lenses that are also macro lenses (that I am aware of at the time of writing this). For these reasons, you’ll usually need more than one lens when it isn’t a zoom lens. Macro photography is great for food, but you also want to be able to capture a food scene. Plus understanding ‘how close’ you want to be to your food. Hey Fallon, so glad to hear that! I love talking about photography – clearly! The kit lens does have it’s limitations and sounds like you’re ready for something new! The lens I suggest will really depend on if you ever want to upgrade to a full-frame or not. If you can, I always recommend renting some lenses before you buy! Let me know if that helps! xx You could also look into a macro extender for your 50mm to tie you over until you get a full-frame. That leaves you with two options, save a little more for the 100-105mm (if you can), but if that’s not possible you could get the 90mm Tamron which I’ve heard nothing but good things (it will be cheaper than it’s Canon/Nikon counterparts). It is also important to get a good quality sensor, so saving to upgrade to the latest full-frame models is a good idea too. I always say to invest in the best lenses you can, as it will save you money in the long run. It’s not that it’s redundant to have the 60mm with a full-frame, it’s just I would recommend getting the 100-105mm first. So awesome to see you here Elise and first, congrats on full-time freelance! I get how important it is to make the budget we have stretch as far as we can! Once you get to full-frame, the 60mm won’t be able to do the same job as the 105mm (or 100mm if you shoot Canon). Learn how your comment data is processed. Your email address will not be published.