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In use, shooting at f/1.2 on a FF camera is mostly an exercise in futility - it's something that you only get to truly experience when you own the lens, rather than just reading about it online.

Movement of subject, camera, or just tolerances in AF performance, make using the razor thin DOF of f/1.2 something for fixed studio work only - or for situations where subject to photographer distance is quite large (and hence DOF more reasonable)

You can of course use f/1.2 in the field - but you're going to have to shoot multiple frames to try and get one with the target exactly in focus.

That's just the physics of it. Shooting at 3ft, your DOF is just 0.15 in either side of the target.

The more precise AF of the 60mm portrait lens on the Fuji, coupled with the more useable DOF makes for a very satisfying image and very good hit rate.

At 3 ft and f/2.4 my DOF is more than doubled - 0.4 in either side of target - this provides ample BOKEH for portraits etc.

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