The migration to Full Frame - DX to FX

With the The migration to Full Frame - DX to FX I have had to make some new lens choices. If you want to capture images in more than one style or genre, you need to have the right gear. The first rule of photography is supposed to be that its not the gear, its the artist and their ability to create with a sense of composition, colour, light and timing. All true but the right gear also helps. So lens choice counts when you know what type of images you want to make. You need the optimal focal length and field of capture to suit the style you want. Focal Length and Angle of view of a lens are related, focal length is used to describe a lens.

I have blogged about this before with my D300 DX cropped sensor camera before here - http://wfrblog.blogspot.com.au/2009/10/lens-choices.html

My preference and style have led me to a broad selection of lenses and their general use on an FX camera for me are:

• 20mm f2.8- Ultra Wide Angle - great for indoor, close up, indoor architecture and landscapes. 94° field of view.
• 35mm f2 - Wide Angle - portrait, indoor happy snaps and walk around versatile. 62° field of view.
• 50mm f1.4 - Normal - portrait, indoor happy snaps and walk around versatile. 46° field of view.
• 105mm f2.8 - Macro prime - close work for insects, product and detailed close up, also a fantastic portrait lens. 23° field of view.
• 70-200mm f2.8 - zoom - sports and action, great for picking people out at a distance, pro's event and wedding lens. 34 - 12° field of view.

So I have endeavoured to cover all the angle of view or field of view for the amount of a scene that I think i need to be captured by my camera.
This diagram helps describe this. CLICK ON IMAGE FOR A LARGER VIEW

The line up looks like this

Of course on my DX D300 the field of view are different (more compressed):

• 20mm f2.8- 70° field of view.
• 35mm f2 - 44° field of view.
• 50mm f1.4 - 31° field of view.
• 105mm f2.8 - 15° field of view.
• 70-200mm f2.8 - 22 - 8° field of view.

DX v FX or full frame v cropped sensors are adequately explained here - http://www.bobatkins.com/photography/tutorials/crop_sensor_cameras_and_lenses.html