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..posting here rather than the equipment forum 'cos I mainly hang out here on TP and thought I might get more targeted advice..
I'm finally going to buy a real camera.. moving on from my Olympus OM-D E-M5 for reasons I've detailed elsewhere. I've pretty much settled on a Nikon D750 and I'm now trying to find my way through the maze of lens options. The Sony A7II is still just in the running 'cos I like the EVF and size but it has issues.
The Oly f2.8 12-40 is my workhorse, so that would suggest an equivalent aperture - from a Bokeh viewpoint - of f5.6 and zoom range of 24-80 on FF. When I want a shallower DoF I use primes but I'm thinking that the right standard zoom would replace most of my primes in the short term at least. I'm used to full-time in body stabilisation but I can't imagine it's really needed for portraiture, even natural light work.
There seems to be the following options.. feel free to add others
Nice to haves:
I'm finally going to buy a real camera.. moving on from my Olympus OM-D E-M5 for reasons I've detailed elsewhere. I've pretty much settled on a Nikon D750 and I'm now trying to find my way through the maze of lens options. The Sony A7II is still just in the running 'cos I like the EVF and size but it has issues.
The Oly f2.8 12-40 is my workhorse, so that would suggest an equivalent aperture - from a Bokeh viewpoint - of f5.6 and zoom range of 24-80 on FF. When I want a shallower DoF I use primes but I'm thinking that the right standard zoom would replace most of my primes in the short term at least. I'm used to full-time in body stabilisation but I can't imagine it's really needed for portraiture, even natural light work.
There seems to be the following options.. feel free to add others
- (the old) Nikon 24-85 f2.8-4.0
- Nikon 24-85 f3.5-4.5
- Nikon 24-70 f2.8
- Tamron 24-70 f2.8
- Tamron 28-75 f2.8
Nice to haves:
- Fast to focus
- Focuses well in low light
- Pleasing Bokeh
- Image quality at least on a par with my Oly setup when printed at 3 feet across.