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Originally Posted by sybren
I have the 85mm f/1.8, and I love it! It's got a really nice framing when you put it on a 1.6x crop body. It's easy to fill the frame with your model's head and still stay far enough from the model to keep her comfortable. This has nothing to do with knowing or liking each other - even my girlfriend found it to be more pleasant when I was photographing from a bit further away. It gives her a bit more room to breathe. This is compared to me shooting the long end of my 17-55mm f/2.8.
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I agree. I love my 85 1.8 and so does my wife. With shorter lenses she really freaks out when I get close to her to take the kind of photos I want. With the 85 I can keep my distance and she doesn't have a clue that I'm filling the frame with her face.
I also use the 85 as a walking around lens quite a bit. It and my 50 1.8 and my 28 1.8 are my favorites of all the lenses I have. I still like the 24-105L but I really prefer my primes these days. (I just got the 28 this week and I'm really loving the FOV.)