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I am in the process of buying a portrait lens. I find more and more that my photography is incorporating portraiture more often. I am stuck between purchasing the Nikon 105 f/2 DC and the 135 f/2 DC. I called Nikon and all they could say was that the 135 was made before the 105. What difference, if ever so slight, do pros know that had Nikon make the 105? Any thoughts…. — Posted via Talkway – http://www.talkway.com Exchange ideas on practically anything ™.
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The 105 has always been together with the 85 the most popular portrait lens
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I am in the process of buying a portrait lens. I find more and more that my photography is incorporating portraiture more often. I am stuck between purchasing the Nikon 105 f/2 DC and the 135 f/2 DC. I called Nikon and all they could say was that the 135 was made before the 105. What difference, if ever so slight, do pros know that had Nikon make the 105? Any thoughts…. — Posted via Talkway – http://www.talkway.com Exchange ideas on practically anything ™.
I’m not primarily a portrait artist, but you can do a quick & dirty test to get some idea of which you like better. Take a few portraits with a zoom set to both 105 and 135 and see which perspective you like better. 135 has a bit of a tendency to flatten the face, though it’s quite subtle. Most of the portrait artists I know are using 6×6 (Bronica, Mamiya or Hassie) with a 135mm or 150mm. Some use a 180mm as well. These translate roughly as 135 in 6×6 – 85 in 35mm 150 in 6×6 – 100 in 35mm 180 in 6×6 – 120 in 35mm I tried the 105 DC at the store and was not terribly impressed. The DC effect is mild at best. The big aperture does allow you to put the eyes in focus while slightly softening the rest of the face. I use an 80-200/2.8 for portraits. To my eye, the amount of background blur is not terribly different between the 80-200 and the 105 DC. The advantage is that this lens encompasses all the standard portrait focal lengths. I haven’t compared the bokeh from the DC lenses with that from the 80-200, however, so there may be a difference there. The DC lenses have a 9-bladed diaphragm to soften the bokeh, I just don’t know how much real advantage it gives you over the 80-200. Peace, Don — For a look at a few of my shots, see http://www.cleveland.com/ultrafolder/airshow/slideshow/index.phtml
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[[ This message was both posted and mailed: see the "To," "Cc," and "Newsgroups" headers for details. ]] In article I am in the process of buying a portrait lens. I find more and more that my photography is incorporating portraiture more often. I am stuck between purchasing the Nikon 105 f/2 DC and the 135 f/2 DC. I called Nikon and all they could say was that the 135 was made before the 105. What difference, if ever so slight, do pros know that had Nikon make the 105? Any thoughts….
The 105 is the classic portraiture focal length for 35 mm. I’ve got this lens. My big dissapointment is that the lens doesn’t really give you the ability to throw the backround out of focus as it’s name might suggest. It takes out of focus areas & makes them appear more so if you use it near wide open. This feature is virtually useless in the less than enormous studio I work in. Outside the effect is very cool when you shoot wide open & helpful if you have limited space to back up from your subject matter. A much better solution to throw the backround out of focus is a 300mm lens, if you have the space to back up.
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In article I am in the process of buying a portrait lens. I find more and more that my photography is incorporating portraiture more often. I am stuck between purchasing the Nikon 105 f/2 DC and the 135 f/2 DC. I called Nikon and all they could say was that the 135 was made before the 105. What difference, if ever so slight, do pros know that had Nikon make the 105? Any thoughts….
The 105 is the classic portraiture focal length for 35 mm. I’ve got this lens. My big dissapointment is that the lens doesn’t really give you the ability to throw the backround out of focus as it’s name might suggest. It takes out of focus areas & makes them appear more so if you use it near wide open. This feature is virtually useless in the less than enormous studio I work in. Outside the effect is very cool when you shoot wide open & helpful if you have limited space to back up from your subject matter. A much better solution to throw the backround out of focus is a 300mm lens, if you have the space to back up.
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It’s also a very heavy lens,over thirty oz., where the 105mm is about 22 oz. RS
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