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Canon 135 F2L - the best wedding portrait lens ?

Started May 19, 2014 | Discussions thread
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Re: Canon 135 F2L - the best wedding portrait lens ?
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Keith Z Leonard wrote:

Dave Luttmann wrote:

Get the 50 f1.2L. One of my faves. You already have the 85 which is my second fave. 100 starts to get a bit long.

Dave do you find having a 50 and 85 both to be a bit redundant? It's a common opinion, but I'd like your take on it. I shoot a 50/135/70-200 now for different needs. A fast 50 is hard to argue, it's quite useful, but a lot of people go for 35/85.

50mm is my goto length.  It made up around 80% of my daily shots, with 35 and 85 handling the rest.  Sometimes I'd use a zoom for things, but the look of the primes are so beautiful, I always stayed with them.  I had the Nikkor 105 and almost never used it.

I find the 35 isn't as flattering as 50....and a fast 50 is beautiful for couple shots at weddings with the background fading out.

I normally kept the 85 on my D700, a 50 on the F5, and then a 10-20 and 17-50 on the 7D.

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