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remove clothes before emailing - 28 May 2004 16:43 GMT

Going to by a digital with exchangable lens. Had a film camera that I
used for portratis that was 70-105 mm what would be the equalivant for
a digital camera??? What about speed???

Thanks in advance

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No One - 28 May 2004 20:52 GMT

> Going to by a digital with exchangable lens. Had a film camera that I
> used for portratis that was 70-105 mm what would be the equalivant for
> a digital camera??? What about speed???

Likely you will have to move very fast. A good digital lens would be the
80-200 f2.8 zoom.

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zeitgeist - 30 May 2004 06:56 GMT

don't forget they are now selling lenses designed for the smaller digi
chips, in the Nikon system they are called DX.

but a 28-70mm 2.8 times the crop factor would give you the 110mm end you
like equivilent, sorta approximately

the 85mm would turn into a 135 approx? with an f/1.8 and shallow DOF, that
would be cool.

> Going to by a digital with exchangable lens. Had a film camera that I
> used for portratis that was 70-105 mm what would be the equalivant for
> a digital camera??? What about speed???
>
> Thanks in advance

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Lionel - 30 May 2004 09:15 GMT

>Going to by a digital with exchangable lens. Had a film camera that I
>used for portratis that was 70-105 mm what would be the equalivant for
>a digital camera??? What about speed???

Which camera? - The sensor crop factor (typically 1.6x or 1.3x vs the
same FL on a 35mm film body) makes a big difference.
For the Canon 1.6x DSLRs (10D, 300D), I recommend the EF 50mm/F1.8II if
you're on a budget, or the 50mm/F1.4USM if you're not.

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Joe Sacher - 30 May 2004 21:06 GMT

>Going to by a digital with exchangable lens. Had a film camera that I
>used for portratis that was 70-105 mm what would be the equalivant for
>a digital camera??? What about speed???

I use both a 50mm f/1.8 (75mm equiv) and a 80-200 f/2.8 zoom for
portraits on my D70.

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Avery - 05 Jun 2004 13:23 GMT

>Going to by a digital with exchangable lens. Had a film camera that I
>used for portratis that was 70-105 mm what would be the equalivant for
>a digital camera??? What about speed???
>
>Thanks in advance

Why not keep the lens that you have and buy a camera to suit?

I don't know what you have but old Nikkor lense work quite well on
Nikon digitals. I am still using my old Nikkor AI lenses on a Fuji S2
Pro. You don't get all the nice, new tricky bits , but if you have a
good lens and feel comfortable with it don't throw it away.

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