Is the leica apo macro elmarit tl 60mm f 2 8 asph good for portraits?

The 60mm f/2.8 is a reasonable portrait lens, with one caveat. It's a macro, but on APS-C it frames like about 90mm, which is close to the classic portrait focal lengths. Portraits explains that longer lenses flatter faces because you stand further back, and that's exactly what this one gives you.

It isn't stabilised, so keep shutter speeds up indoors. Its f/2.8 aperture gives decent background blur, though not as much as a fast f/1.8 or f/1.4 lens would.

It fits the APS-C bodies in the Leica TL and Leica CL line, and it works in crop mode on full-frame Leica SL3. If you're choosing your first portrait lens, check the lens guide too, since a 50mm or 85mm-equivalent prime is often the simpler start.

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