Suggestion for Best Portrait Lens for DX Body

[wheresmycheese]

the legendary nikkor 105mm f2.5 ai-s!!

 

[lewissac]

I own all the three 35mm, 50mm and 85mm. All of them are good for portraits. 50mm seems pretty good for overall general portrait lens to me (head and shoulders down to the waist), the FOV is jus nice. 85mm is great for very tight frame (only the headshot), and u need to back out quite a distance to get the image.

In anyway, it still boils down to your preferences; and it is better go and try it out before buying.

Cheers!

 

[Blakewolf]

Otus 55mm. don't think anybody ever regretted it

 

[wanglk]

I would recommend 85/1.8G which is reasonably good. If you can live with MF, 105/2.5 is a good choice. Actually I prefer my AI-s 105/2.5 than 85/1.8G or 50/1.8G.

 

[diediealsomustdive]

Otus 55mm. don't think anybody ever regretted it

I would not regret, I'll just die.

 

[jjlimjohn]

Nikon 58mm f1.4G. Creamy

 

[ellery]

Traditionally face is 105mm- 200 mm , half body is 50mm, full body is 50mm if you can back up enough if not 35mm . Or you can use 70-200 but just need lots of space to back out. Every seen the 300/400mm shooters ? Need a walkie talky and assistant to communicate with model.
Bokeh is a whole different kettle of fish but bokeh is never the thing that makes a people shot otherwise we be calling this backgrounds not portraits; if every thing else was done right then good bokeh can add. If the reverse well not worth talking about it. So either its several primes or a 70 -200 zoom. They best lens is the one on the camera at the shoot, every thing else is a dream. Also to think about is how you shoot - close crop, decisive crop or wide spaces.

 

[diediealsomustdive]

Divide above by 1.5 for DX. Eg half body use 50mm divide by 1.5 roughly 35mm.

 

[Shizuma]

Do consider m42 mount and other legacy mount primes as well. Great value and interesting experience, if you're willing to do manual aperture and manual focus.

Of course can be bokehlicious too. Check out the Bokeh Monster thread under Other category

 

[Nehalem]

Nikon 58mm f1.4G. Creamy

+1

This will give your DX a nice "85mm FOV".

Ain't cheap and it won't give the same f/1.8 bokeh creaminess that you will get from the much cheaper 85/1.8 on FX body.

 

[Hacker]

the legendary nikkor 105mm f2.5 ai-s!!

105mm DC is great too.

 

[Hacker]

They best lens is the one on the camera at the shoot, every thing else is a dream. Also to think about is how you shoot - close crop, decisive crop or wide spaces.

Fisheye? :bsmilie:

 

[Dfive]

Hi All

I am using D7000, NIKON 35mm f.18G happy with it.

want to buy longer focal lenth/nice bokeh Portrait lens for face/half to full body shoot.

Any Nikon or 3rd party lens recomandations as per your experiences.


Thanks in advance for your responses.

--GVR

any 50 1.4 or 1.8.... easy.