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portrait Lens
I'm looking for advice on choice of lens for portrait work, mainly pets, indoors and out doors. I would be using a Canon20d.
Thanks in advance _________ Steve. |
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Hi Steve,
From your gallery I see you have a Sigma 170-500 so something like a 28-200 would complement that nicely. You don't mention a budget but I have just looked at Warehouse Express and Canon fit is £169.99. I have no experience of the quality of this lens, perhaps other members do. Don |
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I mainly use zooms for other photographic applications however for portraits and pets I use 50mm f1.8. 50mm is about right considering the DLSR crop factor and equates to 75mm in 35mm full frame terms. Canon 20D has a 1.6 crop factor so a 50mm lens will be equivalent to 80mm. A fast lens is ideal for portraits creating an out of focus background using a wide aperture. I am sure Canon do a great 50mm at a very low price. I can only comment on Nikon where pricing is around £100-120 new and £50-75 used.
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Not recommending a particular lens ... but something in the 35-100mm range (zooms in this range can be ok) and f/4 or better (f/1.8 is nice). A low light capable lens is very nice for portrait work.
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Thanks for all the advice lads. I think I'll go down the 50mm prime route as suggested by Stephen.
I will then come back and badger you all on flash equipment/ technique, especially when to use it out doors, for "fill in". _________ Steve |
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The Canon 50mm f1.8 is supposed to be an excellent portrait lens and at about £80 new it's not a bad price either. I show say that I've not used this lens myself, but have read lots of good things about it and plan to get one in the near future.
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Rob ----------------------------------------------------- Solar powered Box Brownie Mk2 Captain Sunshine, to be such a man as he, and walk so pure between the earth and the sea. WPF Gallery Birdforum Gallery http://www.robertstocker.co.uk updated Last edited by robski; 26-02-06 at 19:00. |
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Another lens that people often recommed for this purpose on the 20D is the Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 macro. It's a lot more expensive than the almost give-away EF 50mm f/1.8, but if you have a need for a macro lens too, it is dual-purpose. I can't really comment on its suitability as a portrait lens (humans are not my thing) except to report what others say. Does the macro work and a bit of general purpose landscape work very nicely for me. But it's a lot more expensive.
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