f2.8 or f4 for portraits?

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DonnieZ

Senior Member
Krs_2007 said:
Get ready, it will haunt your dreams till you buy one, I promise. It's my most used lens.
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Damn you - you're right!

One day with that lens and I was sold. Portraits, sports, shots in church.. Whatever - it excelled at them all.

Now to sell a kidney so I can own one of my own....
 
SkvLTD

SkvLTD

Senior Member
I'd say the wider the aperture the better for portraits of all the things. I usually go to my 70-200, but lately 50/1.2 has been very interesting to play with. Safety of 1.4-2 is definitely a plus over not even having the ability to do that.
 
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lostnomore

Senior Member
Well everyone, I started this thread nearly 3 months ago and based on the strong recommendation to go f/2.8 I splurged and bought the Nikon 70-200 f/2.8 VR II with my new D750. I'm absolutely astonished at this combination - I couldn't be happier with the results. Speed, accuracy, detail ... I could go on and on!! Yes, I could have saved significant money by getting the f/4 lens, but the results at f/2.8 are more than worth the extra I spent, and also very useful shooting sports in not so great lighting. I won't splurge as much on a 24-70 - for that, I'll most likely get the Tamron f/2.8.
 
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Deezey

Senior Member
Yay! I picked up the Tammy in 70-200 2.8. It's a beast of a lens. The 24-70 is on the back burner tho. My 50 1.8 covers people shots and the 24-85 works well for landscape since speed isn't needed.


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