Lens Recommendation For Portraits Nikon D3500
I'm new here. I just came into 330 bucks, and I want to get a good portrait lens. I know that my camera has a cropped sensor, so I'm not sure that the general advice I am finding is applicable (80mm 1.
. Given my budget and equipment, what would you go with for portraits? I think I could comfortably go to 500 if the quality is worth the investment. Everyone always says that glass is the most important thing to invest in if you plan on getting into photography.
I appreciate!
The package that I just purchased:
- Nikon D3500 DX-Format DSLR Camera with AF-P 18-55mm VR and 70-300mm Lenses
- Nikon DSLR Value Pack Travel Case and Online Class
- Focus FC-3000 Digital Slave Flash
- 55mm UV/CPL/ND Filter Kit
- Focus 55mm 2-Piece Wide & Tele Lens Set
- SanDisk 64GB Ultra UHS-I Class 10 SDXC Memory Card
- Corel Deluxe Photo Software Kit
As a beginner, the last thing I would suggest to you is to buy more equipment - esp stuff that will not be used for > 50% of your regular shooting. As to "a portrait lens" then comes the 1001 imponderables
Indoors or outdoors? ... formal or informal? ... commercial or pleasure? etcetera
I task my students with a simple exercise re: portraiture ... one pic, head-to-waist style, camera horizontal at 35mm then a second pic, simliar posing at 55mm then a 3rd at 100mm anf finally another at 135mm and compare the differences. It means that they have to back off distance-wise as the lens increases, but they soon get the hang of it. Upon reviewing the results I get them to look at facial structure, DoF, background bokeh and several other things
I invite you to do the same soon with your current lenses before you spend any more money
Hope this helps
Phil from the great land Downunder
www.flickr.com/photos/ozzie_traveller/sets/
Emilie, I am actually reading a lot about good lighting and becoming really interested. My next investments will definitely be lighting related.
Here's a pic I took with the new lens.. admittedly, I don't know what I'm doing yet, but it shows the capabilities.
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