>>4103656for common portrait framing, it puts you at a camera to subject distance where perspective distortion is pretty flattering
gives you more subject isolation than a 50, and much more common / smaller / cheaper / versatile, than 105-135mm lenses which are also great for portraits
portrait work is done at all kinds of focal lengths, they just give a different look and may be better/worse for the type of portrait you are going for
>>4103805best case, it's basically the same
most cases it's close enough to not care, but probably slightly worse, and always run the risk of clipping shadows
in many cases, it's much worse, picrel is a few models at iso 100 and pushed 5 stops in post