Great reasonably priced portrait lens
Sep 12, 2013 14:29:31 #
If I were you with your budget and what you want to do, I would get the 105 Nikkor f2.5 - this will be manual focus - but a great lens reasonable now. If you are OUTSIDE and want to blur the backround - this OR the 1.8 is what you want !
Sep 12, 2013 18:50:02 #
Screamin Scott wrote:
Is that really true?But then with a manual focus lens, he loses metering too...That's the problem with base model DSLR's, they limit your lens choices... ......
Metering works fine with Sony cameras; I can't speak for the other brands but why would they disable metering?
Sep 12, 2013 18:54:40 #
Pentony
Loc: Earth Traveller
cthahn wrote:
I do not know what you have been reading, but 85 to 105 mm is the best focal length for portraits. If you re a portrait photographer how could you not know this.
What is the purpose of your negative remark "If you re a portrait photographer how could you not know this."
That was totally unnecessary. AND you should have ended that sentence with a question mark instead of a period.
I guess you aren't so smart.
Sep 12, 2013 18:56:14 #
Pentony
Loc: Earth Traveller
Budnjax wrote:
I believe the D3100 has a 1.5x crop factor, so on it a 50mm lens would be the equivalent of a 75mm on a 35mm film camera. 75-80mm is considered ideal for portraits by many photographers. You should be able to get a 50mm f/1.8 for around $100 or less
A good and most important response. :thumbup:
Sep 12, 2013 20:12:39 #
Pentony wrote:
A good and most important response. :thumbup:
Seeing as they need an AFS lens so that they would have auto focusing, they couldn't find one that cheap...KEH has used ones from $172 & up...The AFd & regular AF are cheaper, but as I said, they won't AF on that camera...
Sep 22, 2013 11:17:41 #
romanticf16
Loc: Commerce Twp, MI
cthahn wrote:
I do not know what you have been reading, but 85 to 105 mm is the best focal length for portraits. If you re a portrait photographer how could you not know this.
Did you read that his camera is a DX crop sensor model? The 85 would be too long for portraits with this camera for anything but head shots of single individuals.
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