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Top portrait lens

Started Jan 5, 2017 | Polls thread
JerryriggedTECH
JerryriggedTECH Senior Member • Posts: 1,098
Re: Top portrait lens
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Kaso wrote:

JerryriggedTECH wrote:

In my kit... in order of best to worst:

1) 70-200 f/2.8L IS II: versatility, sharpness, and nice bokeh.

2) 100mm f/2.8L IS Macro: For headshots, you can get very close, and the background is quite blurred (more so than I expected) with nice bokeh and great sharpness.

3) 35mm f/1.4L II: for environmental portraits. Sharp, sharp, and sharp!

4) 24-70 f/2.8L II: beautiful color rendition, versatility. Not a lot of blur in most cases,

5) 85mm f/1.8: Decent lens, but lots of CA. Color seems a little flat.

6) 50mm f/1.4: Decent lens, color seems a little flat.

I would like to eventually add the 50mm f/1.2L (I've used before, and very nice for eg. wedding portraits), and maybe an 85mm (either Sigma's new f/1.4 Art, or hopefully a Canon f/1.2 III or f/1.4)

Comprehensive list with valuable comments per lens. However, you were asked:

"Lets say you have to go and do an outdoor portrait shoot, but you can only have one lens under $2000. What lens do you take to get the best shots? Assuming full frame"

So, which one lens?

70-200... I just checked and it's just under $2000. Definitely my best portrait lens.

 JerryriggedTECH's gear list:JerryriggedTECH's gear list
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EOS R Canon EF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8L II USM +5 more
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