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70-200 2.8 IS II vs. 85 1.2 II for Portraits?

Started Jun 29, 2013 | Discussions thread
Besim Mydyti New Member • Posts: 1
Re: 70-200 2.8 IS II vs. 85 1.2 II for Portraits?

Its simple

85/1.2 = 70.33

200/2.8= 71.43

So you have little bit (1.1 units) more bokeh with 70-200

- 85mm bokeh is smooth and beautiful, 70-200mm its nice too, but sometimes you can see more octagonal shapes.

- 70-200 is sharper and has better quality than 85mm (when you use 1.2)

-70-200 has more DoF, so if you make a had shoot, you can see clearly every part of head. With 85mm 1.2, when you focus eye, it will make blur nose, eyebrows,  hair, ears... sometimes it is beautiful when you do art shoots, or when you want to focus just eyes. Dont forget that when you focus one eye, sometimes it makes blur another eye, it depends from the position. Also, if you make a couple portrait shoot, it is too dificult to focus both of them with 1.2, they must be in same position, if one of them will be 1 inch closer to camera, one of them will be blurred. Sometimes you cant see difference in low resolution pictures, but if you look in 100% of hi resolution, you will be disappointed.

- 85mm is better for low light conditions

- 70-200 is very big lens, you can use it if you fight with someone

- 70-200 has IS image stabilizer

- 70-200 is good when yoy want to take paparazzi shoots.

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