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<blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 341559" data-attributes="member: 13090">I'm not a fan of overly long posts either so I'm just going to say, again, how I've heard from numerous professionals I work with, and have worked with for almost 15 years now, the 50mm is not a proper H&amp;S portrait lens. I've posted supporting links from working professionals, including a link showing Scott Kelby saying, &quot;When you shoot people with a 50mm lens up close, they generally look a bit distorted and that’s the last thing you want in a portrait&quot; and your replies are things are things like asking if I can define distortion (as if online dictionaries are some kind of foreign concept) and statements saying the provided external links to sites of working professionals saying the 50mm lens is not a H&amp;S portrait lens, &quot;... do not support the stated ideas&quot; (the &quot;ideas&quot; being my premise that the 50mm is not a proper H&amp;S portrait lens). Then you wrap up by saying, &quot;a longer lens is more flattering to the human face&quot; which of course it is... Because there's no distortion. So, yeah; at this point I'm confused by your responses and, bearing all this in mind, I've come to the conclusion that we are simply going to have to agree to disagree. I don't think the 50mm is a proper H&amp;S portrait lens and you do. I'll adhere to the oft repeated adage, &quot;Use what works for you&quot; and if a 50mm lens is working for you for H&amp;S portraits, by all means stick with it. Regards and good shooting!....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Horoscope Fish, post: 341559, member: 13090"] I'm not a fan of overly long posts either so I'm just going to say, again, how I've heard from numerous professionals I work with, and have worked with for almost 15 years now, the 50mm is not a proper H&S portrait lens. I've posted supporting links from working professionals, including a link showing Scott Kelby saying, "When you shoot people with a 50mm lens up close, they generally look a bit distorted and that’s the last thing you want in a portrait" and your replies are things are things like asking if I can define distortion (as if online dictionaries are some kind of foreign concept) and statements saying the provided external links to sites of working professionals saying the 50mm lens is not a H&S portrait lens, "... do not support the stated ideas" (the "ideas" being my premise that the 50mm is not a proper H&S portrait lens). Then you wrap up by saying, "a longer lens is more flattering to the human face" which of course it is... Because there's no distortion. So, yeah; at this point I'm confused by your responses and, bearing all this in mind, I've come to the conclusion that we are simply going to have to agree to disagree. I don't think the 50mm is a proper H&S portrait lens and you do. I'll adhere to the oft repeated adage, "Use what works for you" and if a 50mm lens is working for you for H&S portraits, by all means stick with it. Regards and good shooting! [COLOR=#ffffff]....[/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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