Portrait Lens

[Tyson]

I want to buy a good portrait lens for my E500, I am buying a beginer studio set. Lights and back ground set. I would also like to buy a lens that I can freze action with in low light situations what should I buy?

I have a 14-45 thats it.

 

[DSLR noob]

get around an 80mm to 130mm (doesn't need to zoom between these numbers, just something around this number) with a max apurature as high as can be(low number).
Then you'll be able to blur the background and make your subject stand out.
Here are 2 pics I took to explain.
Aperture of f/4:

And then a lens set at aperture of f/1.8:

 

[JIP]

Good focal length anyway does this fit your cam I am not familiar with the Olympus system.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/con...932&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNavigation

 

[markc]

get around an 80mm to 130mm

Just to clarify, that's a good range for a 35mm sized capture area.
It sounds like the E500 has a 2x "conversion", so you'd be looking for something between 40mm and 65mm.

 

[steve817]

The ED 35-100mm F2.0 looks pretty damn sweet, but comes with a $2200.00 MSRP