I always thought that the longer lens (the short tele) was used for
portraiture because it offered less close-up distortion of, say, the
nose in relation to the remainder of the face (than a shorter focal
length like the 50, any 50).
Chris
I've probably said too often already how much I admire the results
David Irisarri gets with his 50/1.2, but based on the scans he's
uploaded to his website, if I were to begin using the OM system for
serious portraiture the first lens I'd get would be the 50/1.2 - not
the 85/2, or any other conventional portrait lens. And I suspect
that for portraiture the 55/1.2 would do as well.
Maybe it's the bokeh, maybe it's the combination of wonderful
subject resolution combined with a soft background, maybe it's the
quality of his scans, or maybe it's just David's lovely models, but
every time I visit his website I tell myself I've gotta get that
50/1.2 some day.
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