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There is no such thing as the 'best' lens. If there were, it would be the only one on the market.
The best portrait lenses are top quality primes above 70mm. 85mm is very popular if you have the room to use it. Yes, I know there are going to be posters jumping in about zooms. Zooms, even top quality zooms are not as sharp a top quality prime. Top quality zooms will provide you two things, convenience of a zoom and good to very good quality optics. I use zooms when I can't frame the shot with a prime due to the location. Then thing I found with portraits, if you start with a tack sharp lens, you can always soften it in post processing if you wish. You can't make a soft lens sharper.
A wise old photographer once told me. "The best zoom is your own two feet."
The best portrait lenses are top quality primes above 70mm. 85mm is very popular if you have the room to use it. Yes, I know there are going to be posters jumping in about zooms. Zooms, even top quality zooms are not as sharp a top quality prime. Top quality zooms will provide you two things, convenience of a zoom and good to very good quality optics. I use zooms when I can't frame the shot with a prime due to the location. Then thing I found with portraits, if you start with a tack sharp lens, you can always soften it in post processing if you wish. You can't make a soft lens sharper.
A wise old photographer once told me. "The best zoom is your own two feet."
You beleive thats holds true for the modern zooms? I shoot both primes and zooms (my own and others), and when I'm shooting prime its not because its "sharper". I agree with cgipson1
OP,
You might also want to look into the 17-55 f2.8 since you have Dx in place of the 24-70; I bought it mainly cause it was cheaper
OP,
You might also want to look into the 17-55 f2.8 since you have Dx in place of the 24-70; I bought it mainly cause it was cheaper
He mentioned portraits, we know a 24-70 will serve him better as anything below 50mm just isn't best for portraiture no matter what size sensor the image is hitting. When I had my D7000 cropper my 24-70 lived on the long end, rarely used at 24