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The Canon 50mm f1.8 or 50mm f1.4 depending on your budget. However, its not because of the f-stop but because a 50mm lens on your 1.6x "cropped sensor" 50D will have the angle of view of an 80mm lens on a 35mm film camera or full-frame DSLR which makes it a good focal length for portraits with your camera.
You might want to learn about using fill flash for your outdoor portraits. This will help:
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2011/fill_flash_use_EOS_article.shtml
Reading this will also help:
http://www.shutterbug.com/techniques/lighting/1100sb_using/
The Canon 50mm f1.8 or 50mm f1.4 depending on your budget. However, its not because of the f-stop but because a 50mm lens on your 1.6x "cropped sensor" 50D will have the angle of view of an 80mm lens on a 35mm film camera or full-frame DSLR which makes it a good focal length for portraits with your camera.
You might want to learn about using fill flash for your outdoor portraits. This will help:
http://www.learn.usa.canon.com/resources/articles/2011/fill_flash_use_EOS_article.shtml
Reading this will also help:
http://www.shutterbug.com/techniques/lighting/1100sb_using/
Canon Lens Purchase Advice?
Derek E.
I am about to purchase a lens for my Canon SLR and I am trying to decide between purchasing the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 or the Rokinon 85M-C 85mm F1.4 Aspherical? I am hoping for some advice on which one would be a better buy.
Also, I will be using it for mostly shooting photos of people or just basic photo taking.
Thank You!
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If you have an APS-C camera, basic shooting would be better with a normal/standard lens like the 35mm. For full-frame, that would be 50mm. These lenses will also do great for whole body portraits making you stay relatively close to your subject.
Shooting close-up portraits would be better with a short telephoto lens. That would be around 50mm for APS-C and around 80mm for full-frame. It will push you a bit further away from your subject so you wouldn't be "leaning" too close towards the subject.
http://keerok-photography.blogspot.com/2011/05/lenses-so-many-of-them-there-is-no-best.html
If you have an APS-C camera, basic shooting would be better with a normal/standard lens like the 35mm. For full-frame, that would be 50mm. These lenses will also do great for whole body portraits making you stay relatively close to your subject.
Shooting close-up portraits would be better with a short telephoto lens. That would be around 50mm for APS-C and around 80mm for full-frame. It will push you a bit further away from your subject so you wouldn't be "leaning" too close towards the subject.
http://keerok-photography.blogspot.com/2011/05/lenses-so-many-of-them-there-is-no-best.html
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