Phase one 110mm vs 150mm for beauty

[szeryf1989]

Hi! I am looking for lens to shoot beauty . I have P45+. I would like to do shoot like this: https://i2.wp.com/blog.phaseone.com/wp-content/uploads/PHASE-ONE_160912_347_03_Body-1.jpg?ssl=1
I think 110mm has great look/perspective and it is not flat as 150mm, but with 110mm I have to be very close to the model to crop like this. Any idea what should I choose 110 or 150?

[Balafre]

Honestly? Get both, they're different. The 110 mm is a bit more visually exciting, and I enjoy the dynamic you get from being close to your subject. Just don't get in front of your lights... But if you want the compressed field with high depth of field, the 150 f3.5 BR will give you more working distance and the look you specified, and both are hand hold-able and can run high synch speeds, but if you want the best of both worlds, buy the 150 mm f2.8 BR and you will never ever ever look back.

[Garry Sarre]

Honestly? Get both, they're different. The 110 mm is a bit more visually exciting, and I enjoy the dynamic you get from being close to your subject. Just don't get in front of your lights... But if you want the compressed field with high depth of field, the 150 f3.5 BR will give you more working distance and the look you specified, and both are hand hold-able and can run high synch speeds, but if you want the best of both worlds, buy the 150 mm f2.8 BR and you will never ever ever look back.

Great reply. The 150 has great bokeh, but the 110 is intimate, like looking at your girlfriend from the next pillow...so to speak.

[Bo_Dez]

I use the 120 for beauty. Its just right.

[matted]

...but if you want the best of both worlds, buy the 150 mm f2.8 BR and you will never ever ever look back.

Your wrists and arms may look back... the 150 2.8 BR is a monster! A big, beautiful, amazing monster, but a monster nonetheless.

[szeryf1989]

Thank you. I will probably buy 150 mm 2.8 This old model: http://specular.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Lens_150_FP.png 
Is that fine? How about AF in this model?

[Christopher]

The Lens von be superb. There is some sample variation going around, but a good copy comes very close to the new 150br 2,8.


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[Balafre]

Excuse me?? "... a good copy (of the 3.5) comes close to the new 150 br 2.8"...?!?!?!
At f11 or f16 I'm sure it does.

I have the 150mm f3.5BR and 120mm Macro f4BR; I got the 150 for a bargain price from a very kind man and accept its limited utility without hesitation. It shoots great landscapes on location with its sharp focus at infinity. But portraits with dazzling Bokeh? Forget it. As for the 120mm, it's ponderously slow to focus, too slow to capture vibrant moving portraits, and scientific in its assessment of skin, and optimised for close focus. It's a great Macro lens. On people it's brutal.
I've owned two killer portrait lenses, the Zeiss FE110mm f2 and the Canon 85mm 1.2. Both yielded the most exciting wide open images you could dream of that blew away me, my clients and my competitors.
So if you want to seriously stamp your mark in portraits, get the 150mm f2.8 BR.

By the way, Gary Sarre's comment about the 110's view being like "looking at your girlfriend from the next pillow" was just beautiful, and is spot on! BUT in practice you will unnerve many amateur models/clients as they'll feel their space is being invaded and you may struggle to fill the frame as much as you'd like. And you will have an issue with lights behind you.
Yet 150mm f2.8 gives you the look and sharp details and the working distance. Home Run!