{"id":1002,"date":"2009-07-30T08:37:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-29T20:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/my-two-favourite-portrait-lenses.html"},"modified":"2012-02-23T19:48:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T06:48:37","slug":"my-two-favourite-portrait-lenses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kentyuphotography.com\/blog\/my-two-favourite-portrait-lenses\/","title":{"rendered":"My Two Favourite Portrait Lenses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">For Portraits, without a doubt my favourite lenses are the <a href=\"http:\/\/kentkc.blogspot.com\/2009\/05\/nikon-85mm-f14.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 85mm f\/1.4<\/a> and Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8. <a href=\"http:\/\/kentkc.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/nikons-new-70-200mm-f28-vrii.html\" target=\"_blank\">Check out the&#160; NEW Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8 VRII. <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"> The <a href=\"http:\/\/kentkc.blogspot.com\/2009\/07\/nikon-105mm-f28-vr-and-auto-extension.html\" target=\"_blank\">Nikon 105mm f\/2.8<\/a> is also known to be a good portrait lens, however I definitely pick the above two over the Nikon 105mm f\/2.8.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/GnP_zBkPxm1sg-jwkWmWRQ?authkey=Gv1sRgCOXa9NS-5fvJXQ&amp;feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/SnFKQtcyzKI\/AAAAAAAATWE\/RRhDWMtZxcQ\/s800\/_ND09445.jpg\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Camera: Nikon D700<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Lens: Nikon 85mm f\/1.4<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Flash: SB-900<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/picasaweb.google.com\/lh\/photo\/zo8-X8s4HD7i1nRYlWnZcA?authkey=Gv1sRgCOXa9NS-5fvJXQ&amp;feat=embedwebsite\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_hBHN-xn5gSU\/Sk7fQLMsbJI\/AAAAAAAAS2k\/_1Qfr7bGOSo\/s800\/_ND09465.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Camera: Nikon D700 <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Lens: Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Flash: SB-900<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Portraits, without a doubt my favourite lenses are the Nikon 85mm f\/1.4 and Nikon 70-200mm f\/2.8. 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