Which camera to choose for portrait?

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  1. Julianne Stemme

    Julianne Stemme New Member

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    Hello, everybody! I want to buy a camera for portrait photography? Will Canon- EOS-R be good enough https://cameravs.com/Canon-EOS-R or should I choose another?
     

  2. johnsey

    johnsey Site Moderator Staff Member Site Supporter

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    That camera is more than enough camera. The real question is lenses, that's the important investment. For portraiture 50mm or 85mm are ideal options usually depending on portrait length. You wan't a fast lens so you can blur the background out of focus when the shot call for it, usually 1.4/1.2 are sought after. Both of these in the RF mount are L lenses over the $2000 price of the camera.

    To toss out a second idea.... If that is adding up to more than you were looking to spend, you can still get great results from the 50mm 1.4 and 85mm 1.8 in the EF mount , they are about $350 a piece. You could pair it with maybe a 6dMark2 and be all in for roughly $2200 which is about what you were looking at sinking into the EOS R itself.

    Either way, you want fast sharp prime lenses suited to shooting portraits.
     
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    Welcome to the forum and ditto on johnsey's reply.
     
  4. Craig Sherriff

    Craig Sherriff Well-Known Member Site Supporter

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    As PP, said Johnsey's advice is spot on, now may I add if you are serious about your choice, go along to a camera store and ask to see and test the camera with a 50mm or the 85mm lenses he suggested.
    You will see and feel how the camera is in your hand and if you feel it suits you, same with the lenses.
    Any good camera store should let you take some test shots, Look at their second hand cameras and lenses, as you may find something else a bit cheaper.
    Go armed with a heap of questions, this will help in your decision, all the best with it.
     
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    Hello and welcome to the forum.

    The EOS R will be a fantastic camera for portraits.

    Just to put a third idea out there. Look at third party lenses, such as Tamron and Sigma. Both of them do fast portrait lenses in EF mount. There is the choice of 85mm, 105mm, and 135mm lenses. All worth having a look at.

    Gary
     

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