bclaytonphoto opened this issue on Apr 07, 2009 ยท 11 posts
thundering1 posted Thu, 23 April 2009 at 10:21 PM
(attached shot taken with the 105)
How much room do you have for portraits? Do you have a studio, or do you think it will be in confined areas - this is where the 60mm (or 50 in your case) would come in handy.
This is a one of those "you don't actually know what you'll need until you are there" decisions. I love the shallow DOF from the 105, and I find the flattened field more flattering for portraits, but this is MY opinion. Some people can't get enough of ultra-wide lenses for portraits - get it?
Whaddaya like?
-Lew
Go into a camera store and try some out - see whatcha think. Macro (true ones - not a typical zoom that has the word "macro" as part of its name) lenses will more often than not give you a 1:1 ratio, so you're covered there as far as how big can you get it in the frame - no difference.