JadedWriter wrote:
What exactly is the right focal length for a portrait? AmbientMike wrote:
It doesn’t matter if it has great performance if its not the right FL.
it is the focal length that you prefer when shooting the portrait that you are shooting.
That being said, when photographers refer to a "portrait lens," the most common reference is to the ubiquitous 85mm large aperture lenses for full frame or similar. On Fujifilm x-trans cameras that would be something like their 50mm f/2 or their 56mm f/1.2 lenses. That is not to say that various sorts of portraits can't be made with other lenses, just that this is how the term is often understood.
JadedWriter wrote:
What exactly is the right focal length for a portrait? AmbientMike wrote:
It doesn’t matter if it has great performance if its not the right FL.
it is the focal length that you prefer when shooting the portrait that you are shooting.
That being said, when photographers refer to a portrait lens," the most common reference is to the ubiquitous 85mm large aperture lenses for full frame. That is not to say that various sorts of portraits can't be made with other lenses, just that this is how the term is often understood.
JadedWriter wrote:
What exactly is the right focal length for a portrait? AmbientMike wrote:
It doesn’t matter if it has great performance if its not the right FL.
it is the focal length that you prefer when shooting the portrait that you are shooting.
Dec 10, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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