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<blockquote data-quote="spb_stan" data-source="post: 668267" data-attributes="member: 43545"><p>Macro lenses are seldom used when subject isolation is needed because few if any have pleasant out of focus rendering. They are very sharp in-focus but not so hot for creamy backgrounds. If you are going to use it for portraits I suggest renting one and use it on real sessions. If you are using strobes in a studio and shooting stopped down, Bokeh is not an issue since subject isolation is achieved with a controlled background, hair lights and kickers and shooting is usually done stopped down for sharpness and deep DOF. </p><p>But if you are going to use it for outdoors or ambient light portraits were you will probably want a blurred background from narrow DOF, you might be disappointed. If you can afford a macro lens plus a low-cost portrait prime, such as the excellent 85 1.8G that will impress, as 90-95% of the 3 times more costly 85 1.4G. If you use it on your DX cameras, the lowere cost 50 1.8G is a bargain for full or crop frame cameras</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="spb_stan, post: 668267, member: 43545"] Macro lenses are seldom used when subject isolation is needed because few if any have pleasant out of focus rendering. They are very sharp in-focus but not so hot for creamy backgrounds. If you are going to use it for portraits I suggest renting one and use it on real sessions. If you are using strobes in a studio and shooting stopped down, Bokeh is not an issue since subject isolation is achieved with a controlled background, hair lights and kickers and shooting is usually done stopped down for sharpness and deep DOF. But if you are going to use it for outdoors or ambient light portraits were you will probably want a blurred background from narrow DOF, you might be disappointed. If you can afford a macro lens plus a low-cost portrait prime, such as the excellent 85 1.8G that will impress, as 90-95% of the 3 times more costly 85 1.4G. If you use it on your DX cameras, the lowere cost 50 1.8G is a bargain for full or crop frame cameras [/QUOTE]
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