Originally posted by jsherman999 The above is indeed the mantra of the Equivalence Denialist.
The facts are
wrong. Or they don't matter to me, and they should't matter to anyone who's a REAL PHOTOGRAPHER! because I say so.
I guess I would say that the focus of photography is not about figuring out what lenses are equivalent to other lenses. It is about using a camera to capture the world around us and hopefully some of its beauty. My wife doesn't really understand the difference between formats, but she understands shooting and framing and ways to make people look their best. I talk about crop factors and high isos and her eyes glaze over. Equivalence doesn't mean anything to her.
I told her that with full frame she would essentially get a little narrower depth of field and a little better ability to shoot in dark situations and she was fine with that. Numbers wouldn't really change that at all.
Equivalence folks tend to be numbers folks and specs folks and they don't understand that there are a lot people who aren't that way and for whom those sorts of discussions end up increasing confusion rather than dispersing it.
The best thing is to shoot with what you have and if you aren't happy with it, figure out how to remedy that. Buying a new lens, a new camera or a flash are all reasonable options, but first you need to figure out where specifically you are struggling.
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Originally posted by Drake Avenue The real problem here is that there are more words than photos being posted.
Sorry. I have been doing my best, but there doesn't seem to be much point...