zondag 29 mei 2016

How Format Size Affects Your Focal Length

Without a doubt, your focal length choice affects the impact of your image, whether you are shooting video or stills. With the rise of digital imaging, there has been an uptick of available formats in which you can shoot. To help clarify the relationship between format and focal length, some have coined the phrase “35mm equivalent.” This term has value when you are planning a shoot, your lens package, and as an aid for anyone who began their careers using 35mm film and has transitioned to shoot in a new digital format. However, the final determining factor of your image is the perspective that your lens will impart—we've all heard that “a 25mm is a 25mm, is a 25mm” and that if you put a 25mm on a different format it will behave the same, no matter what. Or will it?


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