Comments on: Lessons Learnt from Shooting at Supanova

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:07:08 +0000

Actually, I’ll disagree there – for head+shoulders only portraiture, 50mm works pretty well.

I’m currently thinking of picking up a 28mm f/1.8 USM for the next major event. The benefit there being that the 28mm f/1.8 USM does report focal distance for ETTL-II shooting. I’ll probably pick up at the 35mm f/2.0 at some point however.

Also planning to rent a 24-70mm f/2.8L for the next major event so I can get a feel for how it performs before laying down the cash for one.

By: VirtualWolf

VirtualWolf — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 04:31:55 +0000

“50mm is too long on an APS-C body for the tight quarters shooting at Supanova, but should be about right on full-frame.”

Aye, we bought the 35mm f/2 for our 7D for exactly that reason… 50mm is just too long on APS-C (even regardless of what you’re shooting, IMO).

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 01:35:06 +0000

“People seem to assume that the grip fitted camera and large flash means you’re a professional…”

This can be both good and bad. :-)