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70-200 f4 IS for portraits?

Started 9 months ago | Discussions thread

HarryLally

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Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?

In reply to shonsch, 9 months ago

Depends how tightly you want to frame the subject. The big weakness of the EF 70-200 lenses is the long MFD making tight framing of (say) a face difficult.

You can always crop, of course.

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70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	shonsch	9 months ago
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	HarryLally	9 months ago
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	tkbslc	9 months ago
Joke, right?	BAK	9 months ago
Re: Joke, right?	gdanmitchell	9 months ago
Re: Joke, right?	Keith Z Leonard	9 months ago
Cute snapshot	BAK	9 months ago
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	gdanmitchell	9 months ago	1
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	HarryLally	9 months ago
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	SeaScout851	9 months ago
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	tkbslc	9 months ago
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	TangentZ	9 months ago
Re: 70-200 f4 IS for portraits?	jitteringjr	9 months ago
Outdoors? Sure......	Gary S	9 months ago
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Minimum focus is four feet, one point two meters	BAK	9 months ago	1
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