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Anonymous
I want to go take photos of chef's at work in their kitchen. The conditions will be similar to the ones in the attached photo.

I was wondering /p/'s recommendation for settings.

Also, do you think the photographer used a flash? If so which flash would be good for these indoor shots with lots of reflective surfaces?

And lastly, I was hoping /p/ would recommend me a good low light, high speed lens. I recall seeing one on amazon for a good price (the example photos were of a dance show), but I didn't book mark it
>> Serenar !m827jEgWi.
The magic cheap low light lens is the 50/1.8, but I imagine that'd be really tough to use in a cramped space like a kitchen. Maybe you could just use something wide like the kit lens and then clamp a couple strobes to high surfaces.
>> Anonymous
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>> Martin !!7Y/4hgHhvM/
>>202298
I'd take a strobe just incase, but be very hesitant to use it; Im guessing it'll really annoy the chefs. Probably the fastest glass you can get would be good too. Although a zoom range would be nice. Probably something like the 17-50 2.8 Tamron.
>> Anonymous
For what mount?
In what focal lengths?
>> Anonymous
I like>>202301's idea but I was worried about disturbing the chefs with the lights.

>>202313
I'll look into this lens...and that other one I mentioned.

Thanks for the advice guys, anyone got any more?
>> Anonymous
>>202319
for a Nikon

and the kitchen is not huge. I would probably damn near be on top of them the whole time.
>> Anonymous
>>202326
Sigma 20, 24, 28 f/1.8 lenses: focus close, are relatively fast, offer a way to get two fast wide lengths and a normal. Downside? They're huge.

Sigma 30/1.4: Normal, fast, also fairly big.

Nikkor 35/2: Normal, slower than the above but I'm pretty sure smaller.

If you're loaded, a used Nikkor 28/1.4: Normal, fast, great.

If you're willing to manually focus, there's new and used 35/1.4 manual focus Nikkors and a great 28/2 Nikkor, both normal.

Also, if you're willing to manual focus, there's a manual 50/1.2 that you could get over the f/1.8 fifty if you get a fifty. Very nice lens.
>> Anonymous
>>202339
Oh, and there's also a used manual focus 24/2 wide.
>> Anonymous
>>202339

only one of those will AF with a d40
>> Anonymous
>>202339

I'll check these lenses out. Thanks for the list of suggestions anon
>> Anonymous
>>202346
Where did OP say he had a D40?
>> Anonymous
>>202417

72% probability

because 72% of nikon dslrs sold are d40
>> Anonymous
>>202418
L2/actually analyze statistics critically.

"72% of Nikon DSLRs sold are D40s."
-Is this over all time? Or in a particular year or range of years?
-Is the D40x included in the count?
-This is a board for serious photographers, whereas it's likely many of the people buying D40s were just soccer moms or whatever. This is actually the crux point: the D40 is targeted to many groups: casual snapshooters and photographers alike. This board is targeted only to the latter, which is less likely to own a D40.

And even if he does, so what? Get a magnifier and a KatzEye screen, and go to town with old, awesome glass. 24/2, 28/2, 50/1.2 all would be ideal lenses on a DX sensor for this project, which ones depending on OP's style, of course.

-When I wrote up that list of lenses, I was thinking I was making a pretty big assumption in writing it for digital, because OP easily could've be shooting film, which apparently he isn't because the list sits well with him. But that hadn't been posted when you did, so for all you know OP could've had himself a manual focus F3.