For portraits my favorite lenses are 75 Lux and 50 Nocti f/1.0, followed closely behind by 50 Lux Asph. I also have the 75 Cron Apo, which is as suggested is too sharp, and the 90 Cron Apo, which I find excellent, but the framing and nailing focus is harder IMO.QUOTE]
For portrait work, those are my exact two favorites too. I no longer have the 50mm f1 regretably and have been keeping an essentually brand new 75 Lux carefully away till the day I might be able to obtain a MM, where I believe it's rendering will be quite lovely. I used a older 75mm Lux for quite a few years and I found it has a signature thats both different and multifaceted. Unfortunately (and paradoxically) it's the one lens that it appears I will have to let go of, in order to get that MM...LOL!
My feeling is the chopice of lenses for portraituse, used in any format becomes a very personal/subjective decision, since it all depends on what kind of portrait is being taken ie: the person, the nature and purpose of the portrait and the enviorment it's being taken in. This is in contrast of lens selection in landscapes (putting aside focal length choice for the moment). Generally in photographing a landscape, the primary purpose of the lens in most situations (of course not all) could arguably be to achieve the sharpest possible image from edge to edge (possibly with as little distortion). In contrast (and as a play on words, sometimes less of it is better)... the lens used in portrait work depends on many of the factors just outlined and I'm sure many here could add to this list.
Dave (D&A)
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