Assuming digital, what is the sensor size of the camera? It may be
that the distance gained with a conversion factor will help you make
the decision as the 85mm may make your working distance too great.
Just a thought.
Lea
life is short. photograph it.
On Dec 22, 2009, at 6:30 AM, karl shah-jenner <shahjen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Herschel :
A tecnicality you might want to consider is that the DOF will be
identical with all the lenses at a given magnification.... In other
words, shooting at 1:1, what will change is lens-to-subject distance
and perspective but not DOF. The shorter the focal length the more
radical the effect of tilts. Don't write off the wide angle too
quickly! I have a 24mm f1.4 macro lens and I've done some great food
photography with it.
seconded - wide angles are very versatile in the situation described
k
