On Tuesday August 10 2004 7:19 pm, Scott Laird wrote: > On Aug 10, 2004, at 11:35 AM, Fred Miller wrote: > > Hang onto the 85mm, Scott, as you may in the future need to or want to > > do high > > quality portraits. Even thought the 100mm macro is great for that, and > > so is > > the 24-70L, the 85mm IS THE portrait lens!! The BEST 3 made are: Canon, > > Nikon, and Minolta. > > It's a nice lens, but it's kind of long for portraits on a cheap DSLR.
Well, I used an 85 for years, and today know a LOT of pros. who use one for if not all, almost all protraits. > I don't really have the heart to sell it right now, but I haven't > touched it in over a year; Around half of my frames are shot with the > 24-70L, and the rest are split between the Sigma 15-30 and 70-200/2.8. > I'm happy with both Sigmas, but I'd swap the 15-30 for a Canon in a > heartbeat, *if* they'd build something wide enough to be worth it. In time, I think they'll produce it. Fred -- "Running Windows on a Pentium is like getting a Porsche but only being able to drive it in reverse with the handbrake on." * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
