For portraiture, how is the distortion compared to longer lenses?
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SUMMILUX 25mm f/1.4 is a great lens but I'm not using it for portrait rather to street photo. As portrait lens for MFT I'm using Zuiko 75mm f/1.8, which works very well for me and not giving any distortion to the face.
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From the question, I take it that you are referring to the bokeh where things beyond the subject are not in focus??? If so, this lens is terrific. Its my favorite 4/3 lens. Its fast and great for low light. I rarely use a flash. If you are buying it for a newer 4/3 camera, keep in mind that you will have to buy an adaptor. Its still worth it.
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All standard length lenses--and this lens is the standard length for 4/3rds format--distort facial features when you are close enough to fill the frame as you would be for a portrait. However, this lens is so sharp you don't have to fill the frame to get a razor sharp image. So I can back off the subject and then crop the image to get the photograph I want. This lens is the sharpest lens I have. Did I say the color is better than any other lens I have also. Some of my other lenses are the 85mm f1.4 and 135 f2.0 Nikons on my D800. This Leica lens on my G3 can make 20x24 prints all day with no loss of image quality. Period. So why do I use this since I have the Nikon. It's simple: weight. The Nikon weights 4x more.
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Hi glenn: how the 105 mm compares with the 85mm f/1.4 lens for portrait shots thank you for your advice
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An amazing lens but can cause some distortion at 14 mm because of the wide angle. Actually, I think the 5200 is a crop sensor so it won't be true 14 mm.
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I've used for portraits in a pinch. It does the job, but you have to stand back a bit. You're better off using your kit lens if you have it available. Much easier.
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Distortion is more prominent in the camera-object distance. minimum distortion beyond 12 feet
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Yes. On the normal side, absolutely no distortion. On the 5x only sections of the face as you view into it but, again, no distortion, only reflected lights in the pupils. I don't wish to ever be without it now, I love it.
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No it is more like 150 degrees, you will have the normal distortion that is accompanied with this type of lens.
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I use the 28mm for more of a wide angle shot. I would recommend the 50 for family portraits. They both have a good bokeh effect but I found the 50mm was sharper
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I would recommend a 50mm lens that is faster. Say an F1.8 or so. F 3.5 is a bit slow for low light. You can ramp up the ISO sensitivity to compensate, but you increase noise too. The trade off so to speak.
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Standing in the same position, you'll capture a wider image with this lens than without. I'm not convinced that it's 50% more, though. There is some noticeable blurring around the edges and even the center of the image is not quite as sharp as without this lens attached, if you zoom in to the picture in post-processing.
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if you are into portraits of children just like me, you might want to consider EF 50mm lenses. i also have EF 24-105 L, but i found myself using 50mm the most. 24-105mm is a versatile player that you can take everywhere w/ decent amount of light. however, for portraits, i would highly recommend 50mm. bokek in the background is just stunning. i personally have 50mm 1.2 L, and experiencing superb result.
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I was in an art museum and took several pictures of framed paintings. I did have very significant distortion at that closer range. No experience as of yet with buildings but I would assume that with a 17mm there would be some distortion.
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Just beware of putting subjects on the edge of the frame when @ 17mm - 25mm. You are going to get horizontal distortion, not a ton but its not flattering to those on the side. No one would ever notice this on a landscape photo but when its a person... Pretty easy to fix in post if you have a decent software. Its a great lens though!
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Khaled, it is somewhat up to your preference. However, the 85mm focal length is considered the better length for portraits.
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Not that this will be of much help, but I'm with you. Ordered a 24mm 1.4 (later returned) expecting the same jaw-dropping results I get from the 85mm 1.4 and it's just not there that I can see. As far as your suggestion of getting closer to your subject for pop - sure, a wide angle lens will really exaggerate the perceived depth of a shot. That's how I'd roll with it for the most part; 2' from the subject (more for DX frame), avoiding top and bottom when shooting vertical (unless you want that edge distortion; maybe not so bad on DX). The sharpness you're looking for also won't exist until you get close enough to your subject to give eyelashes and things of that nature some pixels to work with. At 85mm, it pulls these details in and paints them across, say, 5% of the frame or more. With the 24mm you may be talking about less than 1% of the pixels dedicated to what you're looking for details in. I've seen some REALLY spectacular night landscape images that were made with this lens. Also, the bokeh that lens produces is right on par with the 85mm. The issues I had with the 24mm (and the reasons I returned it) were failure to find focus at 1.4 no matter how much I helped it along and a general lack of spectacular sharpness at 1.4. At this end of the price spectrum, this has to be gold. It's real close, and quite nice at 2.8, but so are lots of lenses at 2.8. That said, I've still got this lens on my mind. If it were a 20mm 1.4 I'd just suck it up and do it. At 24 there are some other close options out there.
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In general, fixed focal length lenses give better resolution and less distortion than zoom lenses. They are also lighter. Dont know about the A6000 but with a Nikkor zoom, it seems like a good option if it is not too expensive.
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This is a fixed focal length lens, which means there is no zoom. The advantage is that it has a much wider aperture range, which makes it more suitable to low-light situations. Also, the wider aperture means it is much better for portraits as shooting at 1.4 or 1.8 will blur backgrounds while the person in the portrait will be in sharp focus. 50mm is usually the choice for portraits, rather than 35mm, but if your camera is a 3/4 sensor then this will be pretty close to actual 50mm anyway.