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My next prime portrait lens should be ... ?

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Re: EF 85/1.2 L either version, and used!
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atolk wrote:

I just know that somehow in this crazy beautiful world of glass, limited budgets and unlimited geekiness someone has already put together a list of all lenses (about 12 have been mentioned by now) that I am looking at, which can be sorted by the "wow", the price or the wow/price ratio.

In the end, my decision will be based not on the ratios, but on a hunch and maybe that one over the top great photo taken with one of the lenses (plus years of experience with light, posing and processing) that will catch my eye and wow me.

I wonder if it will be helpful to decide on the focal length first.

Or the budget.

One thing that always helps me is to see what kind of photos a particular piece of equipment produces. I often like to go to 500px just to browse...

Sigma 135 f/1.8 @ 500px

Search results for the Sigma 135 @ 500px

Enjoy!

R2

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