RobCrist1988
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I've been reading around the interwebs and I'd like to validate what I think is correct about using my 600D's 1.6x cropped sensor and matching it with equivalent 35mm lenses.
To my understanding I need to step every lens I use by a factor of 1.6x - so an 80mm lens on my 600D would be the equivalent of a 50mm lens on a full frame sensor, such as the 5D. Likewise, a 320mm lens on my 600D would be the same as a 200mm lens on a 5D.
EDIT: Actually, in thinking about it, to get as close to 50mm as possible I'd have to step down to a 35mm... I think...
Am I understanding this correctly or do I have it reversed?
The reason for my asking is I'm looking at different lens choices as I learn how to use my camera. For indoor portrait shots I understand that a 50mm lens is ideal for indoor rooms where you want to capture good bokeh. If that's what I'm wanting to eventually get, I'd need an 80mm lens for my camera if I'm understanding this conversion correctly.
There's also the remote possibility that it doesn't make THAT much of a difference, but if photography is just as much a science as it is an art, I'd rather be accurate
I've been reading around the interwebs and I'd like to validate what I think is correct about using my 600D's 1.6x cropped sensor and matching it with equivalent 35mm lenses.
To my understanding I need to step every lens I use by a factor of 1.6x - so an 80mm lens on my 600D would be the equivalent of a 50mm lens on a full frame sensor, such as the 5D. Likewise, a 320mm lens on my 600D would be the same as a 200mm lens on a 5D.
EDIT: Actually, in thinking about it, to get as close to 50mm as possible I'd have to step down to a 35mm... I think...
Am I understanding this correctly or do I have it reversed?
The reason for my asking is I'm looking at different lens choices as I learn how to use my camera. For indoor portrait shots I understand that a 50mm lens is ideal for indoor rooms where you want to capture good bokeh. If that's what I'm wanting to eventually get, I'd need an 80mm lens for my camera if I'm understanding this conversion correctly.
There's also the remote possibility that it doesn't make THAT much of a difference, but if photography is just as much a science as it is an art, I'd rather be accurate
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