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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Creative Convention > The Dorkroom > Canon Thread: "I tried to give an EOS-M to a clown at the circus and he punched me"
 
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notlodar
Sep 11, 2001

 guy I work for has the 50 1.2L but only uses it for work. He'll use the work bodies with the 85 1.8 and the 50 1.8 for his family pics and whatnot.

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notlodar
Sep 11, 2001

triplexpac posted:

Sorry, knew I forgot something!

I'm on a 5D classic, so full frame.

Edit: Wouldn't the 85mm require a fair bit of space to get a full body portrait even on a full frame? Or would you not use it for that situation.
It would require some distance to get a full body shot with the 85mm on FF, especially while maintaining a parallel or near parallel focal plane.

Shooting lots of fashion on full frame I find myself using a 50mm lens most of the time. When I want to minimize backgrounds or don't have to shoot full body, I jump right to 100mm but only because my 85mm is manual focus and mostly reserved for still life cause I don't have a focus confirm chip on that thing.

So the 85mm would likely be a good choice for you, unless you wanted to take a strong departure from your shooting style - I am assuming large spanning backgrounds aren't very important to your portraits and fashion images.

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Creative Convention > The Dorkroom > Canon Thread: "I tried to give an EOS-M to a clown at the circus and he punched me"