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First portrait lens....50mm AF-S 1.4G or 85mm AF-S 1.8G???
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<blockquote data-quote="DW_" data-source="post: 48551" data-attributes="member: 8667"><p><strong>Re: First Portrait lens for D3100... 50mm AF-S 1.4G or 85mm AF-S 1.8G?</strong></p><p></p><p>I was in a similar situation and wanted a nice prime lens for my 70s & 7000 and had narrowed it down to the 1.4G but someone on the board pointed out the 1.8G is a sharper lens and gave me this link - <a href="http://mansurovs.com/nikon-50mm-f1-8g-review" target="_blank">Nikon 50mm f/1.8G Review</a> , I ended up buying the 1.8G and am very happy with it. I would say stick with the 50mm since it will act like a 75mm on your DX body and the 85mm will act like a 170mm. </p><p></p><p>Also don't forget that macro's make excellent portrait lenses. I'd go as far as to say they work better since they don't distort faces AND you have the added option of being a macro.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DW_, post: 48551, member: 8667"] [b]Re: First Portrait lens for D3100... 50mm AF-S 1.4G or 85mm AF-S 1.8G?[/b] I was in a similar situation and wanted a nice prime lens for my 70s & 7000 and had narrowed it down to the 1.4G but someone on the board pointed out the 1.8G is a sharper lens and gave me this link - [url=http://mansurovs.com/nikon-50mm-f1-8g-review]Nikon 50mm f/1.8G Review[/url] , I ended up buying the 1.8G and am very happy with it. I would say stick with the 50mm since it will act like a 75mm on your DX body and the 85mm will act like a 170mm. Also don't forget that macro's make excellent portrait lenses. I'd go as far as to say they work better since they don't distort faces AND you have the added option of being a macro. [/QUOTE]
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