50mm vs 85mm Comparisons for Portrait Photography

Рет қаралды 52,133

3 ай бұрын

All photos edited with my new Rosewood Lightroom Preset Pack: www.digitalfilmactions.com/li...
Hey everyone! Today we are up to part 3 of my focal length comparison series. I am using the GM 50mm f1.2 and GM 85mm f1.4 on the full frame Sony A7IV to take the same photos on each lens to show you side by side. Let me know which one is your favourite in the comments!
24mm vs 35mm: • 24mm vs 35mm for Photo...
35mm vs 50mm: • 35mm vs 50mm Compariso...
35 vs 50 vs 85: • What lens should you b...
LIGHTROOM PRESETS www.digitalfilmactions.com
VIDEO LUTS www.digitalfilmactions.com/vi...
BLOG + SAMPLE IMAGES blog.juliatrotti.com
MY APP iOS: itunes.apple.com/au/app/digit...
MY APP ANDROID: play.google.com/store/apps/de...
INSTAGRAM / juliatrotti
TWITTER / juliatrotti
FACEBOOK / juliatrottiphotography
DAN www.imakefilms.com.au
PHOTO + VIDEO SETUP
My photo camera: amzn.to/3z6s5wn
My fav lens: amzn.to/3zc5sYl
UV filters: amzn.to/2DfQINX
Video camera: amzn.to/3rMrIkD
Video lens: amzn.to/31b1KMF
My ND filter: amzn.to/3gqAgZF
Small reflector: amzn.to/31aUcte
SD cards: amzn.to/3AWO1w8
CF express cards: amzn.to/3obbdPI
SD card case: amzn.to/3yMgIJN
My microphone: amzn.to/3O99LYF Lighting setup: amzn.to/3ILS5RZ
My tripod: amzn.to/3OhIovA
My camera bag: amzn.to/3fe4eyx
--
Thank you for watching!

Пікірлер: 88

@ILoveFishCuzImAcat 3 ай бұрын

85mm is by far my favorite lens I shoot with and its a 1.8. It's just something about the compression and separation from the background that makes it a dream lens.

@davidellis5141 3 ай бұрын

Good Morning Julia ! I like the accentuation on the individual more on the 50MM 📸 ! Some beautiful shots you took. Have a wonderful day 😊 !

@ValStylePhotography 3 ай бұрын

My favorite lenses for portraits and family shots.❤🎉

@ammarhassan-hm6ic 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the clear comparison in my opinion. After this, I found the 50 lens allows for shooting more diverse shots, such as depth of field, photography indoors, people in green nature, and photography from below, with sharpness, focus, and appearance, while the 85 gives isolation and a modern look, and for photographing the most beautiful people on the street.

@EoraTed 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant and timely Julia..was contemplating between 50 and 80mm F1.4....picked the latter this week and your review helps immensely 🤟

@balderoine 2 ай бұрын

Did you mean 85mm? 😬

@EoraTed 2 ай бұрын

@@balderoine Haha yes..85mm.

@gr-os4gd 3 ай бұрын

I find that I use my 85 a lot more than my 50 (both f/1.2); using the 50 mostly if I want the wider FOV, as you say. That 'gunslinger' rig is pretty cool, too! 😸

@vasilkosev900 3 ай бұрын

Very good comparison and great images as always! May I ask what brand is the dual camera strap you are using in this video?

@Marukisu15 3 ай бұрын

Sigma Art 85mm 1.4 Lens was the first lens I bought when I switched to Sony. I love it.

@MrPetrovich100 3 ай бұрын

Many thanks for this comparison, very informative. 🤝☺

@teddco 3 ай бұрын

Hey Julia! Just wanted to ask how you recorded the lcd screen, I don't see any external connections. Thanks!

@darrylstubbs4245 3 ай бұрын

Great video as always,I would usually use an 85 for shoots.Although I have used a 50 on occasions and it allows me to get different perspectives such as shooting from below.

@srb980 Ай бұрын

Love these comparison shots between the 50 and 85

@juliatrotti Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@nomaxsnap 3 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks! Would you make a review of the camera straps you use?

@fajar13k 3 ай бұрын

My current setup is 20mm f2.8, 40mm f2, and 105mm f1.4 The 105 never goes from my main body, I always have a story to tell with compression, but if I want to tell where my talent is the 20mm really tells a story different enough from 24mm hence why I picked it. Thank you for the video!

@nicholehadler6341 3 ай бұрын

Hey Julia 🌻 I learnt today from this video I've been holding my camera body with the 85mm the wrong way for portraits 😅 thanks for another great video!

@tmewborn1 2 ай бұрын

Very nice Comparison of lenses.

@bernardvantonder7291 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video!

@sigurdrille9693 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for that great comparison! 85 for me, or even 105.🙂

@lovedeepkalsia5457 3 ай бұрын

Best.. good job.. before buy any of both..i have learnt

@sn0rbaard 3 ай бұрын

Theoretically the 85mm has a lot going for it but in practice I actually prefer 50mm it just makes people look more natural to me. And a 50mm lens is more useful when you consider other types of photography that you may be using your lens for.

@veskoveskov1073 3 ай бұрын

Could you make a video comparing Sony cameras? Probably Sony a7 4 vs A7 r5. Comparing practicality. I have Sony A7 4. I noticed that very often you use your a7 4. Is that your favorite camera? Thank you

@JosefFoti 3 ай бұрын

I also really enjoy shooting with the combination of a 35mm and 85mm. I tend to use 50mm more as the only lens in a photoshoot but yes, sometimes I'm in the mood to shoot with the 50mm as well. The only thing I don't enjoy so much about the current 85mm GMaster is the minimum focusing distance. In a new version a significant improvement in this regard would be the main selling point for me.

@brucesummers7448 3 ай бұрын

One should know that 99% of portrait and fashion photographers are using focal lengths of 85mm or longer. Standard 'portrait" lenses have been produced in 85mm, 105mm, and 135mm focal lengths. A 85mm provides a comfortable working distance and adequate field of view when shooting indoors. A 24-120mm zoom provides full coverage in a single inexpensive (relatively) lens. Working distance is important when photographing most people as a 50mm lens means getting twice as close and most people will stiffen when their personal space is intruded upon by someone with a camera.

@jliang70 3 ай бұрын

The 50mm lenses I use are manual focus lenses. Light lens lab Elcan which weighs just 230 grams, small but solid for its size. It has the sort of analogue or vintage look that I like over the super sharp new 50mm. It is easily the lens that I can take around for street photos. I also use 58mm F1.4. Voitgalander.

@GilbertTV 3 ай бұрын

I remember my first time I used an 85 & ive never been without once since ... love the look of my Samyang 85mm f1.4 mk1 especially for video

@tomkryzz Ай бұрын

How do you do the backlight photos without a flash and still not blowing the highlights in the background. I wonder in every video.

@Marukisu15 3 ай бұрын

Hey Julia, or anyone willing to help. Can you share the link to that back strap you have to hold your cameras. It’s so fire and fashionable.

@TheOhamd 2 ай бұрын

did you ever used the viewfinder?

@zapadakofflv8560 3 ай бұрын

I love the 50/1.4gm for an everyday look, maybe the 35 or 24mm didn't take my heart. But for portrait I prefer 85mm or also 70-200/2.8 II GM. Even the object feels more comfortable when I have a distance.

@michaelcliffordphotos 3 ай бұрын

@JuliaTrotti Oh, so many thoughts here! You read my mind again. I keep waiting for that amazing 85 1.2, and look longingly at Canon portrait photographers who get one. Supposedly there *is* a new 85 coming out soon, but it's supposed to be a new 1.4, not the 1.2! The 85 was my very favorite lens...until I got the 135 1.8. I still love it, but I find that it can't quite keep up with some of my faster moving subjects like Sony's newer portrait GMs can. One thing I'm really split on is sharpness. Of the 35 1.4, 50 1.2, 85 1.4, and 135 1.8, the 85 is the softest. Sometimes, I love that it is, because that makes for wonderfully soft, dreamy, and easier to retouch portraits. But sometimes, I feel better about the world when my subjects come out super sharp, even when shooting wide open. So where do you stand on soft and dreamy vs. sharp and 3D poppy (the great cultural debate of our time...)? Are you going to get the new 85 1.4 when it comes out, or hold out for the 1.2? And did any penguins sneak into this shoot? :-)

@whosyourbrad 3 ай бұрын

85mm looks so good 😍

@janes1138 3 ай бұрын

Julia! I would love to see you review sigma 24-70 with Sony 7iv And I hope this happens thank you 🙏

@EamonnMcGonigle 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I don't think there is a clear winner: to me, some of the 50mm photos - with more background in them - looked better than the corresponding 85mm: the incorporated background added something that was missing in the 85mm. In others, the 85mm looked better because the background in the 50mm was distracting or ugly. But I guess that's exactly the point you are making. Thanks for the video.

@terrymcnavage5104 3 ай бұрын

I would like to see a video on the 105mm GM.

@infrarouge75 3 ай бұрын

Personally I like the perspective of the 50mm. The 85 simply isolates too much and makes boring photos and flat. and the good examples in your video show this well

@ForeverIsntReal 2 ай бұрын

Can you talk about group photos or family shots and how to take sharp and having all subjects in focus during these type of photos? During natural light or low light situations?

@williamsolis1 3 ай бұрын

I find that I use the 50mm 1.4 or the 70-200mm when it comes to portraits. I only use the 85mm when it gets dark.

@kevinharding9361 3 ай бұрын

Very nice comparison and opinion. However I wish the 50mm and 85mm shots had been processed the same - often the 50mm looked cooler & under-exposed in comparison to the processing on the 85mm. Thanks !

@1981nitro 3 ай бұрын

Thank you 🫶

@UrsakiR 2 ай бұрын

For pure portraits, the 80mm is better but when I'm doing events and I need a fast lens, the 80mm is too tight and I end up having to be too far away especially if I have to use a body mounted flash. So I have a 50mm because of its flexibility. Nice work, thanks for the video.

@rohan_world 3 ай бұрын

I m from India, very helpful video

@RamkrishnaRudra123 3 ай бұрын

Very nice friend ❤❤❤❤

@tristanwilhelm9600 3 ай бұрын

Great video, also still waiting on Sony to deliver that 85 1.2 😂

@danncorbit3623 3 ай бұрын

I prefer the 85mm for the more intimate shots, or even longer (105mm, 135mm, 180mm, 200mm). Of course with 180mm and 200mm you are at an awkward distance.

@terrymcnavage5104 3 ай бұрын

Do you like the 105mm Sony GM or 135mm Sony GM better?

@danncorbit3623 3 ай бұрын

@@terrymcnavage5104 I shoot Nikon and Canon. I like the Sigma Art glass and the Nikon DC lenses. I have some vintage lenses in those focal lengths too. I've no idea which Sony lens is best.

@niconic6660 3 ай бұрын

Love the Sony 135 GM

@Chris-ey7zy 3 ай бұрын

Zeiss Batis 85 so worth it

@hellolau Ай бұрын

LOL 😂

@williamshakespeare9815 3 ай бұрын

I prefer 85mm over 50mm. I think the good thing about the 50 is that it's inbetween a 35 and 85, but I deffo prefer how the 85 makes you look.

@saurabhbhartiya8057 2 ай бұрын

I will buy 85mm for yoga video filming. Thanks

@stephanieyared245 3 ай бұрын

I wish we could get a newer (and compact) 105mm!!

@bigrobotnewstoday1436 3 ай бұрын

I heard rumors of the Sony 85mm f1.2 coming soon. Sony might pull it off. But Nikon F mount is also a small mount and they never made a 85mm f1.4 and the F mount is larger then the E mount. There are a few Sony lens I don't like the bokeh one is the Sony 70-200mm f2.8 at 70mm the bokeh is busy and the 600mm I've seen for wildlife had some bokeh that was not that great. Most of all the newer Sony lens are really good but Sony does have to work harder in designing lens for a small mount. If you look at the Nikon 135mm f1.8 the lens is perfect and covers the sensor just right. Panasonic has made some very nice smaller lens. There is rumor of a Sony 24-70mm f2.0

@Rocky-AR 3 ай бұрын

There is a Nikon 85mm 1.4 for F mount.

@bigrobotnewstoday1436 3 ай бұрын

@@Rocky-AR I know I said that. But they never made a f1.2. Maybe Sony can pull it off or not? Who knows time will tell. There was a third party 85mm f1.2 for Nikon manual focus it was one of the Chinese lens. It was not as good as the Nikon lens.

@SUPERSTARSSTYLE1YOUTUBE 3 ай бұрын

both cool...85 classic but 50 1.2

@user-co8st6tw8z 13 күн бұрын

カメラのストラップは何を使用していますか？

@24-nm2zr 3 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ love you

@rickt.8866 3 ай бұрын

The exciting rumor is the upcoming Sigma art f/1.2 lenses!

@nilutpaldas6198 3 ай бұрын

35 1.4 , 85 1.4 , 70-200 f2.8 .. these are three lenses i will prefer if I have the money to buy 😂

@adhyantorokusumo7451 3 ай бұрын

I prefer 24mm focal length do portrait!!!

@clueno4426 3 ай бұрын

What about nothing 2a as it uses Google's algorithm ultra hdr to process photos has same sensor size as pixel 8 pro with more stable tsmc chip plz make a comparison video of it ❤

@Valerossi0 3 ай бұрын

I would rather have a 35 and 85 combo. 35 can be useful indoor also :)

@SliverCreations 3 ай бұрын

Yeah so basically get a 50mm if you can afford 1 lens otherwise get the 35 and the 85.

@ChrisJHintonphotography 3 ай бұрын

More light on the 50

@ryzenbiel4145 3 ай бұрын

50mm forever.

@stkuj 3 ай бұрын

I prefer the standard 35 & 85 look after using the 50 the past year. 50 is meh, IMO. I do think its a great video lens though...

@photosinneighborhood 3 ай бұрын

In 50mm, the model’s face looked longer when closed up.

@poikatiikeri Ай бұрын

Sony really needs to give us 85mm 1.2 (or sigma, how ever i like sony gm bokeh more)

@juliatrotti Ай бұрын

Agreed, I am waiting!

@inhumanna2003 2 ай бұрын

Shooting while looking at the LCD? Jared Polin would punish that in a second.

@RajKumar-mq2rn 3 ай бұрын

Pls video on HELIOS 42 LENS especially about bokey effect,thank u❤

@MultiErnestik 3 ай бұрын

She already did the video on Helios 44

@RajKumar-mq2rn 3 ай бұрын

Ok,thanks

@Galeidan 3 ай бұрын

My preference: Environmental portrait: 24, 28 or 35mm Half body: 50mm Full body: 85mm Face only: 200mm

@lokart4250 16 күн бұрын

50mm is best

@campbells0ups 3 ай бұрын

i like somewhere in between, like 58mm

@cameraprepper7938 3 ай бұрын

I just do not know why anyone will use a 50mm Lens on a full frame Camera for portraits !!! The 85mm are the "perfect" Lens on full frame Camera for portraits. But maybe it could be because the first digttal DSLR cameras was APSC size sensor, at that time the 50mm Lens got popular. I have never liked the 50mm focal length for a full frame Camera in my more than 4 decades of photographer !