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<blockquote data-quote="Deuce808" data-source="post: 473640" data-attributes="member: 39784"><p>I'm asking this in relation to the 50 1.8 vs 85 1.8 but I suspect it's the same for other pairs of lenses with the same aperture settings.&nbsp; Some say for starters get the 35mm and step in or crop to assimilate a 50mm.&nbsp; So Is cropping a 50mm portrait to the same FOV as the 85mm (given all settings are equal) a fair compromise or should you just get the longer lens?&nbsp; Does the 50mm have facial distortion characteristics like the 35mm, enlarged noses and such? Or does it have flattening and compression characteristics like the 85mm?&nbsp; If it all comes down to a similar image from both except the 50mm would be a half body and the 85 would be head and shoulders then buying the 50mm and saving $400 would a deal right?&nbsp; This can only be compared by people that own both (or all 3) or have tried them, or have excellent photography/composition knowledge because trying different zoom focal lengths at say 3.5-5.6 is not the same as having 3 different primes shot at 1.8.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Deuce808, post: 473640, member: 39784"] I'm asking this in relation to the 50 1.8 vs 85 1.8 but I suspect it's the same for other pairs of lenses with the same aperture settings. Some say for starters get the 35mm and step in or crop to assimilate a 50mm. So Is cropping a 50mm portrait to the same FOV as the 85mm (given all settings are equal) a fair compromise or should you just get the longer lens? Does the 50mm have facial distortion characteristics like the 35mm, enlarged noses and such? Or does it have flattening and compression characteristics like the 85mm? If it all comes down to a similar image from both except the 50mm would be a half body and the 85 would be head and shoulders then buying the 50mm and saving $400 would a deal right? This can only be compared by people that own both (or all 3) or have tried them, or have excellent photography/composition knowledge because trying different zoom focal lengths at say 3.5-5.6 is not the same as having 3 different primes shot at 1.8. [/QUOTE]

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