On a fine day in May 1999, somebody wrote:
> >> Hallo! I was looking for an 85 to use mainly as a portrait lens. It's
> >> apparently hard to find used. There's a chap on the 35mm group who's
> >> selling his Zuiko 100/2.8 (Ex+) for US$150. Question is, should I hold out
> >> for the 85 or try to get this 100?
They're just different focal lengths. But the 15mm is a significant
difference if you plan on doing some handheld shots, in my opinion.
The 85 is far easier to handhold.
Portraits are routinely taken with focal lengths from 21mm to 300.
Jean-Loup Sieff did quite a bit of work for Vogue with the
21 & 28mms. I have 85 & 100mm in both Zuiko & Nikkor (105).
> >> Main use will be for portraits only ('nless I happen to discover that I
> >> like
> >> this f/length better than my 50).
It all depends on camera to subject distance. Henry Cartier-Bresson
did a huge majority of his portraits with the humble 50mm. Learn
more about perspective & portraiture. One can get lost in the
hardware and lose sight of...well, sight.
*= Doris Fang =*
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