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Pany 42.5mm f/1.2 vs Oly 25mm f/1.2

Started Sep 28, 2018 | Discussions thread
Adielle
Adielle Senior Member • Posts: 1,754
Consider your perspective

Just like what those before me have said.. I would not want to use 42.5mm for general photography. Only when you get really close to the subject, the perspective is such that it's not obviously "distorted" (compared to how we generally see things), and that's why it's used for portraits because it allows to fill the entire frame with the face without getting the same kind of perspective distortion you would get in real life or with the 25mm lens. Personally I don't like to fill an entire frame with a face.. so I get the right look with 25mm anyway, some torso included :).

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