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Lenses on Crop Sensor Cameras and Distortions

Started May 19, 2015 | Questions thread
The Mad Kiwi Senior Member • Posts: 1,074
Re: Lenses on Crop Sensor Cameras and Distortions

Use the standard 18-55 zoom and shoot at 55mm, comes out at 88mm which is pretty much ideal.

I shoot my headshots at 100mm with lights on a full frame and they look pretty neutral. Here's a link. Corporate Headshots so you can see what 100mm looks like. I use an 85mm for natural light. so 55 on a crop will be spot on.
There will be a bit of lens distortion on a zoom, but not enough to worry about, lightroom will take care of it automatically if you're worried about it. It's more the focal length you need to get right.
Don't shoot shorter 55 on a crop, it'll make the noses appear bigger than they actually are due to perspective.

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