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XF60mm 2.4 as a Portrait Lens

Started Apr 12, 2016 | Discussions thread
lnbolch
lnbolch Senior Member • Posts: 2,329
Re: XF60mm 2.4 as a Portrait Lens
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I lens I much like. It is designed for close-focusing, so you won't get kit-lens abruptness in autofocus. The focusing range is much greater than non-macro lenses, so it takes a moment more. A fraction of a second more anticipation is needed.

As a portrait lens in a formal studio, manually focus it at the beginning of the shoot, and only touch up the focus if the subject distance changes. I habitually use pre-focus, so it never was a problem here. I have an album of 60 shots that I did for Facebook friends here. It is public.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152133967504838&l=e59e519dca

Here are some samples from it. Note that all are shot with existing light.

Lunchbreak

You can't do sports with an X-Pro1 and 60mm lens.

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