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Does the 85mm f/1.8mm Produce that much shallower DOF than the 70-200 f/4 ?

Started Oct 12, 2012 | Questions thread
Legion5 Senior Member • Posts: 1,047
Re: Does the 85mm f/1.8mm Produce that much shallower DOF than the 70-200 f/4 ?
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thaBuzzed wrote:

I have a friend's wedding coming up and I'm toying with the idea of an 85mm f/1.8 (I'd love a f/1.2 but I simply don't have the budget right now due to a major gear acquisition!).

I already own a 70-200 f/4 so I'm wondering if the 85mm prime would help me make significantly different images from a DOF perspective? I must say I'm not exactly blown away by the DOF control on the 70-200 in the 70-140mm range. Do any of you own both of these lenses have any comparison images to share?

Uh yeah the difference is going to be huge,  they're not even on the same universe let alone planet.

Personally though I would get the Sigma 85mm 1.4, I sold my 85mm 1.2 for it due to image quality and purple fringing. It's cheaper and at f/1.4 you start to see a really huge difference in DOF. Compared to 1.8 (1.2 gives you little benefit). I've owned both the 1.8 1.2 and Sigma 1.4, and the sigma is the best by far.

Hope that helps.


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