Help with Lens choice: Hi guys. I have a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 50mm Art 1.4 . I'm planning to buy another lens for portraits and weddings. Which one? 24-70 and sell the 50 Art or...

ttheme Loc: Florida

Hi guys. I have a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 50mm Art 1.4 . I'm planning to buy another lens for portraits and weddings. Which one? 24-70 and sell the 50 Art or 70-200 to go with the 50mm? Please help me to decide.

lone ranger Loc: Port Saint Lucie, Florida

I would purchase the Nikon 105 2.8 VR macro portrait lens
it truly will fill your needs and blow away any 3rd party lens....

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

I would keep the 50....and consider the 85 1.4....and the 105....and....lol

ttheme Loc: Florida

I can only buy one lens for now. 24-70 or 70-200.

Bret wrote:

I would keep the 50....and consider the 85 1.4....and the 105....and....lol

Bret Loc: Dayton Ohio

70-200 it is.

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

ttheme wrote:

Hi guys. I have a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 50mm Art 1.4 . I'm planning to buy another lens for portraits and weddings. Which one? 24-70 and sell the 50 Art or 70-200 to go with the 50mm? Please help me to decide.

If your doing weddings and portraits you will need wide and tele. My suggestion would be the Nikon 24-120 f4. Many on this site will downgrade this lens but I have found it to be fast, sharp, and versital .

Kmgw9v Loc: Miami, Florida

ttheme wrote:

I can only buy one lens for now. 24-70 or 70-200.

The 70-200 is a great portrait lens. For that purpose, I use it far more than the 24-70.

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

My question is: Is the facility for the wedding large enough for you to use the 50mm lens if you choose the 70-200? I agree with the 70-200 as the best choice but not necessarily for a wedding.

ttheme Loc: Florida

[Last month I did a wedding with only my 50 mmm and everything went well. Thank you guys for your generous comments. I appreciate it.quote=cambriaman]My question is: Is the facility for the wedding large enough for you to use the 50mm lens if you choose the 70-200? I agree with the 70-200 as the best choice but not necessarily for a wedding.[/quote]

rpavich Loc: West Virginia

ttheme wrote:

Hi guys. I have a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 50mm Art 1.4 . I'm planning to buy another lens for portraits and weddings. Which one? 24-70 and sell the 50 Art or 70-200 to go with the 50mm? Please help me to decide.

What kind of portraits?

head shots?

Half/body?

Full length?

If you really want a flattering portrait lens and you are doing "waist up" and tighter...then 200mm or longer would be better than something shorter.

I KNOW that folks will howl at this suggestion and yes....folks do portraits all of the time with shorter lenses but if you "side by side" the short lens portraits done "waist up" and closer, you'd see that the images not very flattering to human faces (for the most part.)

Weddings?

I guess the 24-70 would work.

orrie smith Loc: Kansas

lone ranger wrote:

I would purchase the Nikon 105 2.8 VR macro portrait lens
it truly will fill your needs and blow away any 3rd party lens....

:thumbup:

joer Loc: Colorado/Illinois

ttheme wrote:

Hi guys. I have a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 50mm Art 1.4 . I'm planning to buy another lens for portraits and weddings. Which one? 24-70 and sell the 50 Art or 70-200 to go with the 50mm? Please help me to decide.

If money is not an issue keep the 50 and get 24-70 and 70-200.

If the budget is lacking you can still have all three by going with 3rd party zooms. There are some very reasonable excellent lenses available.

terry44 Loc: Tuolumne County California, Maui Hawaii

agreed the 200mm is a great lens for portraits

rpavich wrote:

What kind of portraits? br br head shots? br br ... (show quote)

:thumbup: :thumbup:

billnikon Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont

ttheme wrote:

Hi guys. I have a Nikon D750 with a Sigma 50mm Art 1.4 . I'm planning to buy another lens for portraits and weddings. Which one? 24-70 and sell the 50 Art or 70-200 to go with the 50mm? Please help me to decide.

Get rid of the art thing, use the money to buy the 24-70 and the 70-200, remember, the discount ends tonight on Nikon lenses, I think, unless it is already to late.