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My next prime portrait lens should be ... ?

Started 7 months ago | Questions thread
antonio-salieri Regular Member • Posts: 208
Re: My next prime portrait lens should be ... ?

The Canon 85mm f/1.2 is the most flawless lens I've used and worthy of your consideration for any application where 85mm is appropriate. It is a great portrait prime, although expensive. It may be the best 85mm ever made.

The Sigma 135mm f/1.8 is one of my favorite lenses. It's slightly different from that Canon 85mm f/1.2, but both have similar qualities. If 135mm fits your use case, as it certainly does for portraits (if your space isn't too tight), this lens gives you near-perfection too.

These two are the ones I personally own and they are among my most-used lenses. Aberration of any kind on both these lenses is virtually impossible to find with the R5 (which is very high res). The 135mm wins on the wow:price ratio, but both these lenses really wow. It all depends on whether you need 85 or 135. The thinness of DOF achievable is very similar between the two as well.

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