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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hark" data-source="post: 830081" data-attributes="member: 13196">Are you using an FX or DX body? A wide angle lens is great when used correctly. If you get too close to your subject, it will produce perspective distortion. Sometimes that is a desired outcome. Other times not so much especialy if someone misuses the lens causing unwanted distortion. Wide angle lenses do well especially when there is foreground interest. One compositional tool that really helps is the use of leading lines to draw the viewer's eye into the photo. If you are taking group photos, be sure not to have people too close to the edges of the frame. Body parts can become stretched out of proportion.That said ... I have a 24-120mm f/4 and an 85mm f/1.8. Both have their own purpose. My 85mm is the Nikon brand. It's bokeh is spectacular – VERY creamy and certainly much creamier than even my Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8 VRii as well as my Nikon 70-200mm f/4 VR. But its primary purpose is for portraits.The 24-120mm f/4 is a solid performer which yields lots of opportunities because it is a zoom. So two very different purposes. Both a 24mm and an 85mm will be great. You just need to decide which purpose is most important to you at this time. You can easily zoom with your feet since the 24mm is a prime. I had a Nikon 24mm f/2.8 prime lens long ago but much rather prefer a wide angle zoom.</blockquote>