kenny hoe said:hi bro........
what are the lens to use 4 portraits and poses:dunno: :sweat:
kenny hoe said:hi bro........
what are the lens to use 4 portraits and poses:dunno: :sweat:
Actually the correct question should be:kenny hoe said:hi bro........
what are the lens to use 4 portraits and poses:dunno: :sweat:
kenny hoe said:hi bro........
what are the lens to use 4 portraits and poses:dunno: :sweat:
hahahaha ..................... :bsmilie: :sweatsm: :bsmilie: :sweatsm:student said:unless your intention is to make caricatures.
Thanks for your reply hehe...this friend ar...you know him also. ;pWill03 said:yo bro.. hmm... i stopped using zooms for portraits.. stick to primes these days cos of better quality.. but yur friend is not wrong also.. zooms.. are for convenience lor........
i have not used my 70-200 for a long time liao..
erm...................... D_ _ _ F_ _ _ _ ?Garion said:Thanks for your reply hehe...this friend ar...you know him also. ;p
Er nope ..lolWill03 said:erm...................... D_ _ _ F_ _ _ _ ?
Garion said:This is an informative thread so far, kudos to all CSer bros for contributing their generous insights (with no OT or ridicule at the TS, which is getting rarer nowadays). :thumbsup:
I would like to ask a question of my own...this is also an age-old question and pretty subjective...I know of course almost any lens (generally) between 35mm and 300mm can be used for portraiture, and its also a personal preference kinda thing, but when it boils down to zooms or primes, which category of lens would you choose to put in your bag and why?
The reason I am asking is because a friend of mine who shoots portraiture (not pro, also a hobbyist) claims that primes are the only way to go for taking portraits...due to sharpness, better bokeh etc. Well of course lar but well nowadays zoom lenses give pretty good quality too, and offer more flexibility and speed in composing.
My personal preference at the moment is zooms... but I do use primes sometimes too, depending on situation.
TIA!
Thanks for the reply and insights. Actually let me rephrase my sentence a little...I had meant to say that having a zoom could in effect be more convenient than several primes as you would not need to switch to and fro between different lenses (unless of course you have two or more bodies). But yeah generally for posed portraits you can afford the luxury of having the time to compose and zoom with your feet. Candid portraiture is another thing altogether.Stoned said:Generally for portraits I would pick primes. Actually for almost everything I would prefer using a prime unless the situation really calls for a zoom. Relative to portraits,
1) For posed images, there's plenty of time to compose, so what's this about speed? Flexibility? You're going to be saving a couple of seconds at most. These seconds don't usually matter for posed portraits.
2) For candid portraiture such as streets, sometimes the decisive moment can be lost in a couple of seconds. For this reason alone a zoom may be the choice of some here. Personally, primes have rarely(I have trouble remembering when but I think never would be a bit presumptuous) caused me to miss a shot because of framing issues, so I stick to primes anyway.
agree...Will03 said:yo bro.. hmm... i stopped using zooms for portraits.. stick to primes these days cos of better quality.. but yur friend is not wrong also.. zooms.. are for convenience lor........
i have not used my 70-200 for a long time liao..
tltan said:If strictly for portriats, a standard lens such as 50mm or 85mm might work better.
However, any lens can be used to shoot portraits! =)
Regards,
tltan