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Portrait lens for Grandchildren and picky parents

Started Sep 23, 2019 | Questions thread
ikaika777
ikaika777 Senior Member • Posts: 2,632
Re: Portrait lens for Grandchildren and picky parents
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gshoward671 wrote:

Having been a long time Nikon user, I am new to Fujifilm and need some guidance on selecting a portrait lens that will used primarily outdoors for pictures -both random and planned- for grandkids. I have a 17 year old grandson whose parents want a "professional" look to his senior pictures and then there are the toddler grand kids that will have pictures made as opportunity presents- (there won't be much posing):-)

I own an X-T3 and a 16-55mm lens. I would like a prime lens for simplicity, flexibility, and bokeh quality. I have considered the 35 1.4; 50 2.0; and the 56 1.2. Need some suggestions and guidance along the way here.

Thanks in advance! Grear

Since you’ll be outside the 50 f2 will be great as well as the 35. Here’s some samples of what the 35 can do for portraits:

https://www.lovegrovephotography.com/fujifilm-xf-35mm/

The 50 f2:

https://www.cameralabs.com/fujifilm-fujinon-xf-50mm-f2-r-wr-review/

But the 90 f2 is also a great portrait lens.

https://www.lovegrovephotography.com/fujifilm-xf-90mm-f2-lens/

You can’t go wrong with any of them, and if you can afford it ALL of them.

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After all is said and done and your photo is hanging on the wall, no one is going to know or care what camera, lens, or what post processing you used. All they care about is if the image moves them.
I’m not hung up on the Bokeh fad because I’m too busy chasing shadows.

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