I was going to avoid this thread, but, since today is slow at
work I went out and shot a roll of TX. Coincidentally, I used
an 85mm lens, which some of you call a "portrait lens." But I
didn't use it for portraits, but rather, for some street
shooting. Just because the focal length of a lens lends itself
to they typical portrait, does not make it a portrait lens, per
se. I would throw my 85s in the trash in they were less than
sharp and delivered less than exemplary performance.
I'm sure that there are many photographers who use an 85mm, or a
105mm lens as just another focal length, and don't use them as
dedicated portrait lenses. If a lens is too sharp for your
needs, just get one that's not. There are plenty of low to
medium quality lenses that will produce a soft image.
Why spend high end dollars when what you want is a bargain
basement type of image? There are numerous third party and off
brand lenses that will offer a nice portrait image, or you can
pick up a klunker lens somewhere that has poor optical
performance for just a few bucks, and experiment a little with
them. Why spend $500.00 or more for an exquisite piece of glass
and then complain that it's "too sharp" for portraits. If you
do that, you've bought the wrong tool for the job.
--
Shel Belinkoff
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