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Go-to lenses for event photography

Started 3 months ago | Questions thread
Flying Fijian Senior Member • Posts: 1,623
Re: Go-to lenses for event photography

dwmcreative wrote:

In my novice photog experience - taking group photos with a wide aperture always screws me with blurry people on the ends? Obviously I love a wide aperture for low light but won't it screw me on getting group photos, or is there something I'm missing!

also thanks everyone for all this advice

Hmm there are so many different types of distortions with lenses...in this case it could be field curvature or simply that your lens is weaker in the corners. Better lenses will generally perform better and be corrected optically and/or with built in software correction. Also with wider lenses (especially < 18mm), you would want to have your subjects away from the edges of the frame due to a different type of distortion...

As someone mentioned, stopping down helps although that might defeat the purpose if you are getting the lens for low light.

Something to note is that wider lenses eg. 13mm f1.4 will have more depth of field (more things in focus) than longer lenses like a 33mm or 90mm at similar aperture. It might be worth checking out a depth of field calculator to get an idea if you're technically minded. This will help you pick the right aperture for a particular focal length to ensure that your subject is sufficiently in focus.

https://www.photopills.com/calculators/dof

Have fun!

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