Portrait photos in Tuscany using the Canon 40mm f/2.8 pancake

Here are some photos from the session with Azzurra in the Chianti area in Tuscany. This was also an occasion to test the Canon 6D with the smallest lens available on the EF mount: the 40mm pancake.

It is a very amazing lens, considering how small and qualitative it is and its very low price (around 150€). It’s a lens called a pancake since it is very thin, so once it is placed on the camera, you get a very light and portable setup. The maximum aperture is f/2.8, so we can get enough light and a nice bokeh effect, especially when we shoot on a full-frame camera like the Canon 6D I used for this shoot.

Talking about the focal length, 40mm on full-frame seems a bit short for a classical portrait lens, but it works great when you want to include some of the background in the frame.