https://pho.tography.org/tags/close-focus/ Recent content in close focus on pho.tography.org Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/close-focus-intimacy-sony-fe-50mm-f/1.2-g-master/ Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pho.tography.org/close-focus-intimacy-sony-fe-50mm-f/1.2-g-master/ The Sony FE 50mm f/1.2 G Master focuses to 0.41 meters — 41 centimeters from the sensor plane, approximately 30 centimeters from the front element. At this distance and f/1.2, you are producing something between a portrait and a macro image: the subject’s face fills the frame from chin to hairline, and the depth of field is less than two centimeters. This is not a technique for comfortable distance. It is a technique for proximity as content.