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For say a canon 1DS for portrait (location and studio) what would you choose?

At the moment, the ones I am looking at are:

28-70mm f/2.8L USM
70-200mm f/2.8L USM
50mm f1.2 L

I am after the sharpest lenses I can get my hands on, and I dont want to skimp on quality...

Are there any other lenses that I should be looking at, or another way to achieve a full spread of focal distance without shelling out £3k ?
 
24-105mm f4 :) Hardly ever off mine especially for outdoor work.

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I do also really rate the 85mm f1.8 and at under £300 it's a bargain!

For longer I actually use a 70-200mm f2.8 Sigma and a Canon f4. Both significantly cheaper than the f2.8 IS and lighter too.
 
It will, but you'll be hard pressed to see the difference by eye...
IMO the advantage of being able to frame perfectly by turning a lens control vs shifting a tripod around far outweighs any minor differences in resolution...

If it were product photography - different matter entirely as that's ALL about image quality...

The 70-200 would probably be more useful if you had to pick just one, but I'd buy both that and the 28-70...
 
http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Canon-Lenses/Canon-Portrait-Lens.aspx

Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L USM Lens
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Lens
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens
Canon EF 200mm f/2.0 L IS USM Lens (large, expensive, awesome image quality)
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens (EF-S mount only)
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens
Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L IS USM Lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0 L USM Lens
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM Lens
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 USM Lens (EF-S mount only)
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2 L USM Lens
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens
Canon EF 24mm f/1.4 L II USM Lens

There's lots of choice depends what you want and budget.....
 
jamesoliverstone said:
For say a canon 1DS for portrait (location and studio) what would you choose?

At the moment, the ones I am looking at are:

28-70mm f/2.8L USM
70-200mm f/2.8L USM
50mm f1.2 L

You aren't buying all those new for under £3k, in fact you will be lucky to get them for under £4k.

I am after the sharpest lenses I can get my hands on, and I dont want to skimp on quality...

Are there any other lenses that I should be looking at, or another way to achieve a full spread of focal distance without shelling out £3k ?
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28-70L was discontinued some time ago.
24-70L is the current model!
85 f1.2L would be (actually is) my preferred portrait lens on FF
135L f2 and 1.4x Converter

Cheaper option would be:

24-70L
50mm f1.4
85mm f1.8
135L
1.4x
2.0x

Could buy all those new for just under £3k
 
If I could have Any Lens

24-70 L 2.8

If I could have any lens for portraits

70-200 L 2.8, 85mm or 135 L 2.0

Obviously the 70-200is most flexible but the primes would be awsome.......
 
If I could have ANY lens, I think it would have to be a Carl Zeiss pocket-sized 10-2000mm F0.95 12-stop-IS in Canon mount for 50 quid.

But that's just me.
 
Raymond Lin said:
If I could have Any Lens



If I could have any lens for portraits

70-200 L 2.8, 85mm or 135 L 2.0

Obviously the 70-200is most flexible but the primes would be awsome.......
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depends on the size of the studio doesn't it?

you can't exactly get in close with the 70-200

it's a cracking lens (unlike my 28-300 which is a cracked lens since I dropped it!) but I find it too restrictive at times when I'm doing weddings so don't think it would be top of my list for the studio

Maybe I just need to extend my studio, but not sure what the neighbours would say!

I'd go for a 50mm myself.
 
ah, just spotted the s (as in 1DS), so perhaps an 85mm instead of a 50mm, but still reckon a 70-200 needs a big studio to get any real use to justify its cost
 
choices choices choices!

That 85mm 1.2L is gorgeous but at £1,800 its a daunting decision!

I am really tempted to try the 24-70 and 70-200 2.8 L combo though for starters...

I wish there was somewhere around the portsmouth area where I could try out these lenses as we only have jessops and LCE around and they dont stock such expensive lenses :(
 
jamesoliverstone said:
choices choices choices!

That 85mm 1.2L is gorgeous but at £1,800 its a daunting decision!

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The 24-70mm and 70-200mm is a good combo and if you wanted to add a prime the 85mm f1.8 is known to be a hidden gem of a lens. The 1.2 is £1800 and the 1.8 is £300!
 
sometimes the additional price really isn't worth it too.

I have a bag full of L lenses and my fave turns out to be the £300 100mm F2
 
i only have experience of using the 70-200m 2.8 IS out of the list, and I absolutely love it. I have only used it on a cropped body, so it can get a bit tight sometimes, but for candid shots, which is what seems to be in fashion nowadays, i think its brilliant. i would like to add the 24-70 L or the 28-70 L to the range as well but budget does not allow.
 
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