Feedback: EF 85 mm f/1.8 USM sharpness for handheld shots

Michael Thomas Mitchell wrote:

pilou1253 wrote:

Yes, I've read about this purple fringing, I already have the same problem with the 28mm f/1.8.

I need to lear how to get rid of that in post.

The first thing to know is that is generally occurs most severe in bright, contrasty areas at wide open apertures.

With Adobe Capture Raw (and, I would presume, Lightroom, though with some variation), you open the "Lens Correction" section, and then choose the "Color" tab. After that, it's pretty straightforward.

I encountered some of the worst fringing I've ever encountered last year with an outdoor wedding on a bright, cloudless April afternoon. There were some moments where I really, really wanted that beautiful bokeh that the 85/1.8 can achieve when it's wide open and the subject isn't too far away. About 95% of it corrected just fine in ACR, with no objectionable artifacts in the slightest.

The 85/1.8 is a well-respected lens that performs beyond some of the comments in these forums.

So, as I wrote in other posts, I got mine today and yes, I could indeed see that this purple fringing thing is not a myth... Pretty as ugly as the one I get on my 28 mm f/1.8.

Thanks for the tips with ACR. However, I don't think I will spend much money on post software. Can DPP do the trick as well or...? Until now I only tried to play with "Noise Chrominance" or smthg like that, but that did not help much. I am shooting RAW by the way.