I dont know, my tokina 60-120mm f2.8 at-x zoom comes pretty close to a perfect portrait lens. Works well on aps and should work well on FF too.
----------------- J.C.O'Connell [email protected] ----------------- -----Original Message----- From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rob Studdert Sent: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:14 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: Re: FA 77/1.8 Limited vs. Samyang 85/1.4 On 18 May 2013 04:34, Bipin Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > The focal length (77 to 85 mm, APS-C 116 to 128 mm) appears to be a > bit odd. Where would one use this focal length on an APS-C camera? I > understand the 50 mm serves well as a Portrait Lens at 75 mm on an > APS-C Body. > And I don't cover indoor sports, where these lenses may be useful - > based on shorter distances and lower lighting perhaps? > The Pentax version is very pricey too for amateur use. > I have read rave reviews on the Samyang 85/1.4, but put off buying one > which was on sale pre-owned at a pretty attractive price. There is no perfect portraiture lens, FL chosen is a function of physical space available, available light, DOF required, context that the photographer wishes to include or exclude for the frame and the amount or type of distortion that is wanted or will be tolerated by the sitter and photographer. Again, simply there are no hard and fast rules as to what it the best portrait lens. Amateurs often have much better equipment than professionals, when was the last time you saw a professional taxi driver driving a Ferrari? :) Cheers, -- Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
