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Budget Portrait Photopraphy?

Started Aug 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
Rudy Senior Member • Posts: 1,075
Re: Budget Portrait Photopraphy?

RawGrass wrote:

I'm getting into fuji and I bought the XT100 with the 35mm f/2. For budget portraiture I was thinking the 23 f/2 and 50 f/2. Even though I am not primarily a portrait photographer and I was wondering if that is all the lenses I would need?

P.S. I'm not a big fan of zooms

I have a budget set : 23 2.0, 50 2.0 60 2.4 and 55-200 (planning to ad 18mm F2.0)

Also i am not a real portrait photographer.

To be honest, the 60 2.4 is my best portrait lens, it gives something "magical", nice bokeh. Ofcourse the 56 1.4 is the ultimate, but expensive and heavy.

When i go on a walk, my 2.0 primes are with me. When i think i will shoot some objects or portraits, the 60 2.4 replaces my 50 2.0

If you go used lenses, you can pick up the 2 lenses for about the same price.

In the end, you can't go wrong with the 50 2.0, but maybe you can try the 60 also (i had the luck that i found a store where they had all the fuji lenses to try out)

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