nsthreed
Junior Photographer
To any professioanls out there what is the ideal Canon lens for doing model photoshoots (mainly portrait or half body shots) prefably for a Canon 400D
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rxmd
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Hi,
I'm not much of a professional, so take this with a grain of salt. How professional do you want to get anyway?
For low budget and use on the 400D get a 50/1.8, it is quite cheap, fast and delivers approx. the field of view of a 85 on 35mm film for about $100. If you want to spend a little more, you can get the 50/1.4 which has easier manual focusing with the ultrasonic motor, as well as a bit of extra speed, and is a very fine lens. Anything shorter will be a little difficult; the 35/2 is cheap, but might be too short already and is not very nice to focus manually (which can be a pain on the 400D anyway).
If you want to have a little more distance to your subject, the 85/1.8 is a good idea, a fine lens optically with an ultrasonic motor. Nice for depth of field work. However its field of view will already be quite long on the 400D.
Another option is the 60/f2.8 macro lens, which will look like a 90 on 35mm. However it's not exactly cheap, the biting sharpness of macro lenses might not be ideal for portrait work, and the faster lenses give you more options of playing with depth of field.
Of course you can always spend more money, like on a 70-200/2.8L for a zoom with relatively good DOF capabilities, or on an 85/1.2L 135/2L if you want to have the ultimate DOF portrait lens, but those will be quite expensive.
Philipp
I'm not much of a professional, so take this with a grain of salt. How professional do you want to get anyway?
For low budget and use on the 400D get a 50/1.8, it is quite cheap, fast and delivers approx. the field of view of a 85 on 35mm film for about $100. If you want to spend a little more, you can get the 50/1.4 which has easier manual focusing with the ultrasonic motor, as well as a bit of extra speed, and is a very fine lens. Anything shorter will be a little difficult; the 35/2 is cheap, but might be too short already and is not very nice to focus manually (which can be a pain on the 400D anyway).
If you want to have a little more distance to your subject, the 85/1.8 is a good idea, a fine lens optically with an ultrasonic motor. Nice for depth of field work. However its field of view will already be quite long on the 400D.
Another option is the 60/f2.8 macro lens, which will look like a 90 on 35mm. However it's not exactly cheap, the biting sharpness of macro lenses might not be ideal for portrait work, and the faster lenses give you more options of playing with depth of field.
Of course you can always spend more money, like on a 70-200/2.8L for a zoom with relatively good DOF capabilities, or on an 85/1.2L 135/2L if you want to have the ultimate DOF portrait lens, but those will be quite expensive.
Philipp
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nsthreed
Junior Photographer
rxmd said:
Damn do I know you?
because you have mentioned both lenses that I already own (60mm macro & 50mm 1.8) The shooting I'll be doing indoors in my own studio, I just really wanted to get a good idea oh if I need to upgrade any of my glasses before my first shoot, I am def thinking about getting the 50mm 1.4 due to it have the USM which will help on manual focusing, damn £300 lolzThanks anyway :angel: