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XF60mm 2.4 as a Portrait Lens

Started Apr 12, 2016 | Discussions thread
TangoMan Senior Member • Posts: 1,885
Re: XF60mm 2.4 as a Portrait Lens
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El Chubasco wrote:

The 60mm lens was designed to be a macro lens. Thus, the lens is not very fast focusing because fast focusing is not crucial when doing macro photography. Another characteristic of a macro lens is that it has to be sharp, and the 60mm delivers sharp photographs as it is supposed to. Now, keeping that in mind, the 60mm lens does an OK job when used for portraits. There are several reviews online, including comparisons with portrait-specific lenses such as the 56mm due to the proximity in focal length. These comparisons show that the 60mm lens can be used for portraits but is not ideal, it was NOT designed for portraits, period. So “the cobbler should stick to his last,” the 60mm is good for macro, the 56mm and now the 90mm will be aways a better option for portraits.

Sorry but I disagree with your theories about this lens and your lack of appreciation of it.

It is a fantastic portrait lens first and foremost.

EDIT:

I just noticed that this thread got woken up from a multi-years sleep... Oh well, the 60 is still one of the most amazing portrait lens, in an incredibly small package, and it does semi-macro on top of it. Just buy it already!

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