Mike, the 100mm F2.8 macro makes a decent portrait lens, plus you can take bug portraits as well. It wouldn't hurt to have something fast at the wider end as well, people too often underestimate the capabilities of wide angle lenses for portrait work. Not sure how well they perform but Canon have a 40mm pancake lens that is both inexpensive and fast, reviews tend to rate the pancake sharper wide open than either of the cheaper Canon 50's plus it has a 7 blade iris rather than the 5 of the Nifty 50.
Last edited by acropolite; 31-12-2012 at 09:00 PM.
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