portrait lens

librazhy

mycurrentlen(http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&langId=-1&catalogId=10001&productId=1002932&navigationPath=32090n100269n100355)
it feels like all season tire.

is this len(http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce ... 32090n100269n100355)very good for portraits? i wanna use summer tires in summer & winter tires in winter.

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-7-17 23:53 編輯 ]

sheep

how to define the range of a portrait lens?
I saw many portraits that was taken by a wide angle
I saw many portraits taken by 300mm 500mm

shutterbug

all-season tires....LOL  good comparison...chicken rib chicken rib...

good portrait lens from Sony...probably a Zeiss lens...but it's well over 1k....what's your budget?

librazhy

carl zeiss lens r nice. but i'm not gonna spend over 1k for it.

wat do u think about this $250 len?  wat i need is portrait with back ground blur, thats all.

jake123

From wt I've read many ppl agree a 50mm lens would be nice for portraits for crop cameras. The Sony 50mm is not that good for its price but it should do the job. Check out its review at www.photozone.de

daimo

It's not just the crop factor that matters ... a model taken by a 50mm vs a 85mm vs a 135 mm vs a 200mm, even if you use PS to crop it down to the same size, the pictures won't look the same.

shutterbug

75-300 can give you good background at 300mm, but 300m x crop factor = insane distance from your subject + fairly fast shutter speed.  Will that work for you?

IMO, it's not a very good portrait lens.

50/1.4 is probably a better choice for portraits in your price range

librazhy

ah, 55mm f/1.4 = my #1 choice now.
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hmm, 95% of my time, i take portrait photos at 3:00pm ish, sunny day.
target = 5 ft. tall asian girl.
background = beach.
and i hold the camera at about 10ft away. *sometimes i use a tripod.
photoshop will not be use.


what i want is a photo with the whole girl standing in the middle. i want the girl "in focus" from head to shoes, even the ground, i want to ground "in focus" as well. and i want the background to be "defocused".

now i hav a choice of 4 lenses: len A ,  len B , len C , len D.

pls reply with which len u think is the best in my scenario above.

[ 本帖最後由 librazhy 於 2008-7-19 19:44 編輯 ]

shutterbug

I think 50/1.4 will fit your needs

Catpiano

Um ..  blurbackground, not means portrait lens wow ...  

Why nowaday, everyone want blur background?

Howabout buy a soft filter ? ( center one, keep all the NONE center object blur ) since you want the girl in the middle anyway ..

Base on what you want, I may say the 55-200 is a better choice for you, as you are new to photography, a Zoom lens may do the work for you better,  and the price for that lens is pretty decent ..

At ~ 100mm range, ( F4.5 area ) you should be able to capture a sharp object, and blur background, and you dont have to stand too far from the object.

55mm-200mm range for your sony DSLR, is a very good range!