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Canon EOS M50 With Sigma Lens Using EF-EOS M Adapter

Started Dec 18, 2018 | Questions thread
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Re: Canon EOS M50 With Sigma Lens Using EF-EOS M Adapter
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matthewpark wrote:

Hi , Im new to photography. My first camera is Canon EOS M50 with double kit lens (15-45 and 55-200)

Two days ago my friend gave me EF-EOS M adapter. Then Im starting thinking about buying EF lenses.

My friend suggested me to buy Sigma art lens 50mm or 85mm. Which one do you think should i purchase? I'm mostly shots portrait.

Thanks

If you work with models or other people who are posing 85mm will work. It will magnify the background more, and therefor the blur in the background will be more apparent. The 85mm is reported to be a little bit sharper. You will need shorter shutterspeeds to avoid blur caused by camera shake.

If you do "candid portraits" 50mm is more flexible. If you want another angle with the 85mm you have to walk longer so the moment could be gone once you are there. With the 50mm you walk a shorter distance to do this, so you're faster. It is also easier to have enough distance indoors.

For me 85mm is nice in a zoom, but in a prime it is not flexible enough, as all my portraits are non-posed.

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