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Which lens for food photography

Started Sep 15, 2017 | Questions thread
Greg7579
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Re: Which lens for food photography
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KwhyChang wrote:

I use the 16/1.4 but the 18/2 would also be a good choice. You need a relatively fast aperture for low light of restaurants and a somewhat wide angle focal length.

I also sometimes use the 23/1.4 but prefer the 16mm.

I also do a lot with the Pen F and the 12/2 when I want to have a smaller kit.

To shoot what?

The whole room?  The whole table?  Part of the table?  A place setting?  The whole plate?  Part of the plate?  Some or all of the food on the plate?  One piece of asparagus?   The tip of the asparagus?  I even saw a nice macro food shot of an ant on a fork one time.....

You get the point.   It depends.

But I'm all for using the Mighty 16.

You could even use the Brick!

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