I have the 22mm lens and when I take video of people, I have to get too close. How far back can I stand when taking video w/this lens?
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Between 3 to 5 meters back, but really how many meters do not care a lot. What you should care is the relation about the focal distance and the distances in the subject. IE, from the tip of the nose to the eyebrows there are usually 30mm and from the eyebrow to the tip of the ears lets say 60 mm if you use a 22mm lens to do a full face portrait and focuses the eyebrows the nose will be bigger and the ears will be smaller than the ones in the subject. To do people´s video or photo I recommend a longer lens. A35-105mm, 28-135mm or 70 200 mm lens will make your life easier. Also with a longer lens is easier to blur the background Between 3 to 5 meters back, but really how many meters do not care a lot. What you should care is the relation about the focal distance and the distances in the subject. IE, from the tip of the nose to the eyebrows there are usually 30mm and from the eyebrow to the tip of the ears lets say 60 mm if you use a 22mm lens to do a full face portrait and focuses the eyebrows the nose will be bigger and the ears will be smaller than the ones in the subject. To do people´s video or photo I recommend a longer lens. A35-105mm, 28-135mm or 70 200 mm lens will make your life easier. Also with a longer... » Read More Between 3 to 5 meters back, but really how many meters do not care a lot. What you should care is the relation about the focal distance and the distances in the subject. IE, from the tip of the nose to the eyebrows there are usually 30mm and from the eyebrow to the tip of the ears lets say 60 mm if you use a 22mm lens to do a full face portrait and focuses the eyebrows the nose will be bigger and the ears will be smaller than the ones in the subject. To do people´s video or photo I recommend a longer lens. A35-105mm, 28-135mm or 70 200 mm lens will make your life easier. Also with a longer lens is easier to blur the background « Show Less
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This zoom will help you move further back. It also has image stabilization.
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thats more an issue of focal length. At 22mm its similar to the 22mm prime, so at 44 mm you can be twice as far away, and then a little more at 55 mm. There are all kinds of considerations when it involves the dealing with how near or far the subject is. The farther away the more shaky the video is for handheld shooting even though the lens is stabilized.
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Very good lens but you better be close because 24-70 on a full frame camera is jut that. If you are on an APSC censor that's about 36-105 but is the camera fast enough to frame a capture the image(s)? As a back up it would suffice but not as a principle lens. I use mine on a Nikon 750 as a walk around lens for candid photos and street photo along with landscape and it could not be a better lens.
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I have shot a bunch of 24p video interviews (using a Nikon D7100 & external HDMI recorder) and this Sigma lens, and have seen zero flicker. Frankly, the only video "problem" you'll have with this lens is the short zoom range. 18-35 is just not that much of a difference, so be aware of that when setting up. I love the lens though, it frankly produces beautiful shots.
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So this is a major concession in comparison with much less expensive cameras' focusing distances of one to two inches. Anyone with ideas as to why this is so. I used a Nikkormat with a Nikon macro lens for many years and have considered a Nikon digital body to allow continued use of the lens. Anyone with any thoughts on marrying such different technologies?
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Hey Aaron, common mistake. What you need to do is set the actual aperture on the lens ring to 22 and the lock it on that value so that the little red line aligns with the 22. This happens because you are using an older non focusing lens on a newer body. Problem solved. Have fun, that is a fantastic lens.
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for close ups it is ideal. 25-40 Feet will be fine but for further distances you might get the subject, but it will not be close enough to focus.....For portraits it is an ideal lens, and any immediate close ups up to 15-20 Feet.
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I've not used them from much more than 30' away. I'm pretty sure you can't get much farther away than that. And that's straight on from the lens. From an angle it's even less
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The focal length is only 35 max, you don't need IS at this point. The further the focal length goes, the more you need IS. Don't worry.
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I'm not sure if I understand your concern of DOF issue with 1.8, but you can always change your aperture to 8~9 and it will show details of your back-ground. But If I were you I would take a 18-200mm instead. covering wide to fairly good zoom unless you are planning to do dark inside building pics. That's just my 2 cents.
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Absolutely nothing. I carry a D600 with a 200mm lense with no problem. Rarely do I believe the 'hype on gadgets', but this is the real deal. One of the best purchases I have made for outdoors photography!
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Thank you for your response. I seem to do OK with close up but longer focal lengths give me a hard time. I may send it in just for them to check it out. I like the camera but I havent ever been so stymied before.
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That would depend on what camera it was mounted to, if not a full frame sensor the lens would be more like 120 mm. Any vball venue I have shot really doesn't allow enough room for the length lens. It is how ever a great lens fast and tack sharp.
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I used it with a 150mm lens but it still had some shadowing so I would say anything under 150mm is not going to work well.
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I would like to add to the comment made about the AF. Yes, it's a little loud going back and forth a little. I knew that going in and in fact Lumix warns of it on the older version, and I would not suggest this lens for video. I use it for still photo's on a Lumix and have no other issues. Perhaps the new version is not as so?
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A 70-200 can work for either, but it's going to give you a specific look. The longer the lens, the more the space in front of and behind your subject compresses, making everything feel a bit closer together. But, it also has a shallower depth of field so the look you get can be very interesting. In simple terms, the 70-200 can punch through a scene and grab a moment at an event or in an environment that you couldn't get on a wider lens.
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I don't know about this lens specifically, but I would want a wider range lens. I got a 14mm - 200mm lens and find I use that most and a 14mm (pancake) lens that I use to keep the camera in a pocket. I think the lens you suggested has most of the size of the larger one without as much of the range, but I am not a professional photographer.
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I love this lens..you would get some interesting perspectives and blur at low speeds, its very sharp at higher speeds and iso's..This is a very wide lens at its max!! I never though of using it at a dance but will try it out...must have lens anyhow