Re: 80 1.4 or new 90 2.0 APO for portraits??
Hmm... I love the 80 1.4; it's one of my favourite all-round lenses, period, especially 1.4 - 1.6 for close portraits, but you need to be able to focus and you need to be able to get the subject in just the right position. It does fantastic things in adverse light, has a light vignette which I love, and really looks like a longer focal length Noctilux M in terms of flare resistance, colour and contrast.
Closed up, it's as sharp as razors. But if I was doing typical photojournalistic portraiture as opposed to the wedding stuff--where the vignette etc. is actually a bonus, I'd get the new 90 cron, which is sharp, bright, and beautiful all 'round.
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