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50mm or EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens for portrait

Started Aug 8, 2012 | Discussions thread
BAK Forum Pro • Posts: 26,020
Canon make 3 great portrait lenses

Canon's three best all-around general purpose portrait lenses for photographers who, for instance, shoot portraits for magazines and directories and hanging on office walls and giving to granny are:

For full frame cameras like the 5D -- the 24-105 EF f4 stabilized lens.

For so-called crop (1.6) cameras, the personality of the photographer comes into play. The 17-55 EF-S f2.8 is the best lens for the people who lean back, and the 24-70 f2.8 EF lens is for the people who lean forward.

The overall best all-around.... portrait lens for a crop Canon camera is not made by Canon. It is the new Tamron 24-70mm f2.8 stabilized lens.bos for all sorts of final results.

That takes care of allaround use. For specialty shots, there are lens/camera combinations.

Portraiture is difficult.
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