What f/number is best for portraits?
I have a feeling this is going to be a difficult question to put a definitive answer to but it seems most people doing portrait face photo's like to get the blur effect from using a small f/number, eg. F/1.8-5.6 but of course the smaller the number the smaller the depth of field.
I have found that using f/1.8-2.5 often means you are lucky if you can even get two eyes in good focus.
From experience, is there a general best f/number for good sharp all round safe portraits.
I only use the 50 or 85mm prime lenses.
cheers ~Carl
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