Camera gear for portraits

Portraits usually come down to one of two things: a fast prime, or a 70–200 mm that keeps its distance.

We have compared several of them against each other — Sony 50 mm: f/1.8, f/2.5 G or f/1.4 GM? and Sony 70–200 mm f/4 vs Macro f/4 vs f/2.8 GM.