If you want a large aperture for portraiture, I would say the 85/1.8 is the best in this group. 50mm on FF in my personaly taste is too wide for portrait in general. Plus, the 85/1.8 feels much better than the 50/1.4.


Though it has been a great lens of mine and I have taken fantastic pictures with it, the 24-70 does get boring after some time (especially if you have the 16-35) so I sold it to raise some cash for future purchases (possibly primes such as 35/1.4L II, 50/1.4 II if they will eventually be introduced)...


Just my thoughts.