WIDE ANGLE AND TELEPHOTO

Wide Angle and Telephoto

•      Definition of the technique:

Wide angle lenses (short focal length) capture more because they have a wider picture angle.

Telephoto lenses (long focal length) have a narrower picture angle.
In photography and cinematography, a wide-angle lens refers to a lens whose focal length is substantially smaller than the focal length of a normal lens for a given film plane

Focal Length	Lens Type	Common Subjects
8mm - 24mm	Ultra wide angle (fisheye)	Wide panoramas and skyscapes, artistic
24mm - 35mm	Wide angle	Interiors, architecture, landscapes
35mm - 85mm (50mm common)	Standard	General purpose
85mm - 135mm	Short telephoto	Portraits, candid
135mm - 300mm	Medium telephoto	Close sports, action
300mm+	Super telephoto	Far sports, wildlife, nature, astronomy

•      An image Bank which illustrates the technique

Typical focal lengths and their 35mm format designations:

<20mm =  Super wide angle
24mm-35mm = wide angle
50mm= normal
80mm-300mm = Tele
>300mm = super Tele

How the images were produced:

We set the location for the model to stand and then set the settings to:

zoom: 18mm 

shutter:1/1250

f stop: 3.5

ISO 200 

we then moved further and further back keeping the settings to show the wide angle/ fishbowl effect.

The images:

In your techniques evaluation, you will need to record: ·         Equipment used ·         Camera Settings ·         You will also need to evaluate how the camera settings affected the photograph.