35 or 50 with crop?

when using camera with 1.3 crop would you use 35mm or 50mm more for portraits?

What sort of portraits (what framing of the subjects) do you envision? What camera-to-subject distance do you use for your portraits?

The classic recommended focal length range for classic portraits using a 35mm film camera is roughly 80mm to 135mm. Translating that the the "1.3 crop" (a horrible term :rolleyes format, the recommended focal length range range would be roughly 60mm to 105mm.

I think you should go to your local shop and try out both to see which will suit your needs. I am in the same boat as you and am choosing the 50mm siggy

britt777 wrote in post #9999986
when using camera with 1.3 crop would you use 35mm or 50mm more for portraits?

Yes

I'd say 35mm for most waist to full body shots.. But that's just my taste in perspective

Full body portraits 35mm.
headshots 50mm or 85mm

Thank you, I no longer have any shops near me that carry these lenses...=(

No lenses in Texas? On a 1/3 crop an 85 is a wee long. For head shots, the 50 is the ticket.

Only you know what subjects you want to shoot and the distance from your subjects. Take a zoom and shoot at 35 and 50 to see which FL will work out best for you.

Even though only a smaller portion of the image circle is captured by the smaller sensor, wouldn't using a wide angle lens for portraits still introduce distortion that's generally considered undesirable for portraits?

no lenses in corpus christi.

britt777 wrote in post #10003312
no lenses in corpus christi.

You have the body but no lens?

i have lenses. Just cant buy or test out lenses here in corpus.

First thing to do is use a zoom to figure out which focal length you need. Either that or rent one of each from a rental shop like LensRentals.com.

I just wanted to know which lens most people preferred when using the 1.3 crop camera for portraits.