I'm currently using a Canon 450D but planning to upgrade to 70D soon. What kind of lens is suitable for taking food? I have a 50mm f1.8 but it seems to be too closed up. Is a sigma 35mm a better prime lens choice? Please some help!
I'm currently using a Canon 450D but planning to upgrade to 70D soon. What kind of lens is suitable for taking food? I have a 50mm f1.8 but it seems to be too closed up. Is a sigma 35mm a better prime lens choice? Please some help!
I'm currently using a Canon 450D but planning to upgrade to 70D soon. What kind of lens is suitable for taking food? I have a 50mm f1.8 but it seems to be too closed up. Is a sigma 35mm a better prime lens choice? Please some help!
I'm currently using a Canon 450D but planning to upgrade to 70D soon. What kind of lens is suitable for taking food? I have a 50mm f1.8 but it seems to be too closed up. Is a sigma 35mm a better prime lens choice? Please some help!
Your current setup is perfectly fine. Actually, there is no need to upgrade anything. Maybe you can share with us your thoughts behind the upgrading and maybe also share some pictures? I strongly suspect you expect better pictures just by upgrading. If so, then be prepared for disappointments. Read the many existing threads and you will notice that the camera and lens are just a small part of the equation, the rest is light management, composition and other aspects.I'm currently using a Canon 450D but planning to upgrade to 70D soon. What kind of lens is suitable for taking food? I have a 50mm f1.8 but it seems to be too closed up. Is a sigma 35mm a better prime lens choice? Please some help!
Unless you need to be very close up, then most mid range focal length lens will do.
Here is a link of a very good photographer that I follow in Flickr. Equipment used is a Canon 60D and EF 24-105mm f/4 IS USM L lens. He is also a member of CS. His handle is "ntheni". Check out his flickr page on food and you will have an idea how the lens perform and how close it is.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ntheni/10139168556/
There's nothing mentioned in TS posting that would confirm this assumption. On the other hand, many people use flash for they food snaps and they don't give two hoots about other people.Because you don't want to use flash in a restaurant and annoy other diners or attract unwanted attention to yourself.
There's nothing mentioned in TS posting that would confirm this assumption. On the other hand, many people use flash for they food snaps and they don't give two hoots about other people.
IMHO, the 50mm seems 'too closed up' only because you are not moving back to frame it.
A macro lens helps with the versatility of getting the whole food shot and closing in on details, but a simple 50mm can do a lot already.
Taken with a Vivitar 55/2.8 macro