Favorite Portrait camera and lens combo***

[flipflop]

Hi,
Just wondering what your favorite portrait camera and lens combo is...Any camera, not just Rangefinders.

THanks

 

[flipflop]

I guess the camera I have taken my best portraits with would be my Nikon F4+ 55mm macro and the 105mm 2.5

 

[dazedgonebye]

EOS 300D w/EF135L f2

I'm only just begining to try rangefinder portraits.

 

[Wayne R. Scott]

The vast majority of my portraits have been taken with Bronica ETR/ETRS bodies with a 150mm f4.0 lens and a Nikon body (F3HP or FA) with 85mm f2.0 or 100mm f2.8 Nikon lens.

My all time favorite portrait was taken with a Mamiya/Sekor 1000 DTL with a Vivitar 135mm f2.8 lens.

I think my current favorite portrait set up is going to be an 8x10 C-1 Green Monster with a Wollensak Vitax 16" soft focus lens or a Kodak 2D 8x10 with a 330mm brass barrel Extra Rapid Rectilinear with Waterhouse stops.

How is that for straying from rangefinders?

Wayne

 

[Bryce]

I don't do a lot of portraiture, but when I do-
Mamiya TLR and 135mm lens is best, followed by-
Pentax KX and either 85mm/2 J9 or 100/4 macro.
I haven't got an appropriate rangefinder for the job.

 

[eric]

Hassy with 150mm and some tubes. Or my Minolta 85mm 1.7.

 

[NL2377]

Nikon FG & 105 2.5

Absolutely love that lens...!

 

[Valder]

Hey Eric

I gotta get me one of those Minolta 85/1.7 lenses for my X700 one of these days. Still love that camera!

I did some portraits in the studio with my 20D and the 50/1.4, 85/1.8 and my cheap 24-85/3.5-4.5, at f11 they all looked great.


Darrin

 

[remrf]

My favorite at present is my Mamiya 645 with the 150mm lens. The depth of field at close to maximum f-stop is about perfect for portrature in my opinion.

 

[emraphoto]

well actually my fave portrait rig IS a rangefinder. m6 ttl, voigtlander 75mm color heliar f2.5, sekonic 308, LOTS of natural light and one 40W monolight for fill. it really just allows me SOOOO much simplicity that i focus MORE on getting the subject in the mood.
if i could just find a buyer for the ferrari i'd pick up a 75mm f1.4.

 

[pundit]

Currently, my Canon EOS with 85mm or 135mm depending on setting and if the subject are strangers or not.

For strangers, the Leica RF experience is remarkable. I have an M8 on order and am looking forward to resurrecting my Leica lenses as I had gotten away from film due to the excellence of the Canon digital.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/85974234@N00/

Cheers

 

[George Bonanno]

I think my current favorite portrait set up is going to be an 8x10 C-1 Green Monster with a Wollensak Vitax 16" soft focus lens or a Kodak 2D 8x10 with a 330mm brass barrel Extra Rapid Rectilinear with Waterhouse stops.

How is that for straying from rangefinders?

Wayne

Hi Wayne,

I for sure would like to see that C-1 portrait... on or off this forum.

Best & Merry Christmas,
George

BTW: My favorite... Radionar on a Franka Solida III... hands down !!!

 

[P C Headland]

CZ Biometar 120mm f2.8 plus a short tube for head & shoulders shots on my Pentacon 6TL

For 35mm, the 135mm f2.5 FD lens on the Canon AE1. Really nice with the short extension tube on as well.

 

[varjag]

Contax II with Jupiter-9 2/85. The Jupiter shows the best in women, never yet heard a complaint about the results

 

[Matthew Runkel]

My Nikon F2AS with 85/1.4 AF always delivers something special with precise framing. I wouldn't be without this combo if the brief called for portraits.

A Leica M with Nikkor 105/2.5 LTM always delivers something special but can be trickier when things are happening quickly, due to the long throw and imprecise framing.

 

[Robert]

Contax G2 with 90mm

 

[Trius]

Toyo 45A & Fujinon 150. Tri-X.

 

[Avotius]

canon 20D and 70-200 2.8 IS L, heavy but worth it

 

[HAnkg]

Canon 135/2 L with whatever Canon camera. Some recent samples:

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As good a lens as I have used in any film format on any platform.

 

[Magus]

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