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How sharp is the Canon 85mm f1.8 wide open?

Started Oct 1, 2016 | Questions thread
AlphaPhotography
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Re: Sharp enough

Kjeld Olesen wrote:

Probably not as sharp as resent designs, but for shallow DOF portraiture, I'd say plenty sharp : http://www.acapixus.dk/photography/24_to_105_5D/85.htm

Thanks for the link. I think it may be simply from the low resolution 5D (12mp?) but these results look downright awful compared to what I'm used to. The 85mm seems to fair much better on the 5DMKIII and I'm sure would be even better on my A7II or new 5DMKIV. But I still struggle to find many sharp photos at f1.8-f2.5 other than the ones I posted in the original post.

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