Prime vs. Zoom Lenses for Portrait Photography: Artisan Advice with Miguel Quiles

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[orlandorolon]

Portraits for me always are gonna be a prime lens. For me are sharper! I shoot portraits with 85mm1.4 or 35mm1.4. But events I definitely use zoom 24-70 or 70-200. Great video as always

[josephchan]

I will look at your videos again. Great if doing nonprofit work also. Thanks.

[SilatShooter]

This question lives eternally in photography. For me, I keep a zoom on my cameras 80% of the time, and keep fast primes for specific shooting situations. Fast Primes are hard to beat for 'look' but I always like to crop in-camera with a zoom. So both have their place.

[TW-iuzy]

… the „one“ zoom lens for portrait photography? Get the 35-150 f2-2.8 from Tamron – if you could get one, because it’s not easy. 😏

[Tubeflux]

Thanks for the insight. Very useful and competent reporting. I just ordered two different lenses both a prime and a zoom... waiting.

[marioarias]

I only have two primes for my Sony a7S2 . Sigma dg dn mm 85 1.4 and Sony GM 35 1.4 cause of the low light capabilities.

[brucenichols]

Definitely prefer primes to my zoom lenses. Super sharp images on my a7iii.

[TheOriginalRonaldo]

Question: are Prime lenses more sharper than Zoom lenses?