elevator photos, what would you use?

[James Axford]

taking some interior and some smaller details of the of the lift, nothing macro though.
I was thinking 17mm T-SE for most of the shots.
50mm f1.2 for some detail and shallow DOF.
and the 24-105 for everything else.
also a large strong tripod.
no flash as most surfaces in a life are reflective.

and thoughts?

[Xenedis]

I think a wide tilt/shift lens would be the most appropriate choice if this is an architecture-type shoot.

The size of the elevator may make a 50mm lens not particularly useful depending on what you want to show.

Even if you use a conventional wide rectilinear lens such as the 24-105, my advice is that you keep the axis of the lens parallel with the ground in order to avoid perspective distortion.

[James Axford]

i use a level on my ballhead it it should look pretty parallel. i thought the 50mm would be good for the photos of the door operator on top of the car, probably a good to blur out the dirty back ground of the top of the lift car. it's not too pretty

[mikec]

James I think shooting something like that will require a real eye for the details of it, things that make it special or unique. I'd agree some good shallow DOF shots would probably work well for that type of shot.

[andrask]

Are you after documentary accuracy or creative angles?

For the latter what you've got is ample. I think there would be much scope for more unusual captures with selected details and as suggested above a shallow DoF approach would enhance this.