6. Picture Taking

Normal Photography

The lens can be used as a medium-telephoto lens for normal photography such as portraits.

Closeup Photography

Close-up photos up to 1x (life-size) magnification are possible. The minimum focusing distance of 30 cm is the distance from the subject to the focal plane. The working distance from the front of the lens to the subject is about 14 cm.

For normal close-up shooting, the higher the magnification, the faster the shutter speed must be to prevent blur caused by camera shake. Although it depends on the shooting conditions, usually the shutter speed must be at least one or two stops faster than normal.

For a shooting magnification of 0.5x, this lens provides the effect of a shutter speed faster by about three stops. For 1x, it will be about two stops faster.*

* Depending on shooting conditions.

Since macro shots have a very shallow depth of field, focus carefully to obtain proper sharpness.

•The magnification refers to the ratio between the subject’s size and the corresponding image size on the focal plane. On the distance index, it is indicated as 1:x.

•To check the depth of field, press the camera's depth-of-field preview button.

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