sarah_19_nz
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Right help me out here, researching lenses is quite frankly DOING MY HEAD IN!.. I want to add another lens to my collection. I have the 50mm 1.8d and a ****ty standard kit lens 18-105 3.5-5.6. I want to take my portrait photography (mainly kids and babies, but also family groups) to the next level and something tells me that a "better" lens would help with this? I shoot in my home based studio (so not a ton of room) I have the D7000 which as you know is a cropped sensor. I want something ultimately that is TACK sharp and crystal clear first and foremost, so in my research am I safe to assume I am going to want a prime lens? Not so long ago I thought i HAD to have a 70-200mm 2.8 but I now realise that isn't really what I am after is it? (I'd need more room to move and be more into 'event photog' to full benefit from a fast zoom?)
So is there any point in upgrading my 50mm 1.8d to something better?
A good photog friend shoots with a d7000 and SWEARS by her 35mm 1.8 for portraits ( I asked wouldn't you get some distortion?... apparently not at all and her images especially eyes in her portraits are TACK sharp, glassy looking)
Would a zoom lens for example the 17-55mm 2.8 give me some tack sharp images with some zoom option or stick to primes?
Advice MUCH appreciated. I go back and forth on lens choices like I change my knickers!
Perhaps suggestions with image examples of how awesome they are at portraits would be helpful)
Cheers in advance!
So is there any point in upgrading my 50mm 1.8d to something better?
A good photog friend shoots with a d7000 and SWEARS by her 35mm 1.8 for portraits ( I asked wouldn't you get some distortion?... apparently not at all and her images especially eyes in her portraits are TACK sharp, glassy looking)
Would a zoom lens for example the 17-55mm 2.8 give me some tack sharp images with some zoom option or stick to primes?
Advice MUCH appreciated. I go back and forth on lens choices like I change my knickers!
Perhaps suggestions with image examples of how awesome they are at portraits would be helpful)
Cheers in advance!