Originally Posted by
Pere Casals
The II E is a Geronar, does not ? this was a budget lens compared to the Sironar pro standard. Still the Geronar is a very good lens...
A Sironar N MC would be perfect, also a Symmar-S or the Nikon W. Sironar N and Symmar S are more than perfect for portrature, pick a multicoated (MC) version if you want that.
I don't find an "APO" version or top Sironar S may offer much more for portraiture than the non APO or the Sironar N MC.
Anyway I don't think you will find a very noticeable difference for portraits, from IIE, beyond bokeh nature. I'd search image samples with the different lenses at flickr (etc) to see the Out Of Focus nature of Geronar vs other, I guess the OOF mood is more important than ultimate optical performance for portraits, as in portraits little is in the perfect plane of focus, and corners are usually irrelevant.
.. then if you want lenses with more personality and (perhaps) less optical performance then there are a lot of classic choices...
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