On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Michael Cross wrote: > I am starting out here and looking to purchase (at least for now) one > prime lens. My primary photographic interest is candids and casual > portraits of my kids in both individual and small group shots. I am > looking at a prime lens because I would like to do available light and > shallow DOF shots and the quality (especially bokeh) is important to me.
I can only speak for teh A50/1.4, which (as I've made clear ala a broken record the last few days), I love. I like the length because its ideal to do "enviromental portraits" which is easier for me than head-and-shoulders style pictures. However, teh other two on your list, the 77/1.8 and the 85/1.4 are also fine lenses, but all accounts. I'd be happy to own either, and could easily see either in a carry kit of mine, if I had that kind of money. Chances are I'd have the 85/1.4, because I'm still fixated on specs, and that extra stop is very appealing to me. -- http://www.infotainment.org <-> more fun than a poke in your eye. http://www.eighteenpercent.com <-> photography and portfolio.
