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Putting the NX 30mm and 85mm in Perspective

Started Jan 22, 2017 | Discussions thread
cyberpi1 Contributing Member • Posts: 504
Re: Putting the NX 30mm and 85mm in Perspective

Kisaha wrote:

cyberpi1 wrote:

I had 45mm, it's far from being sharp wide open, only at 2.4 and further. 16-50mm S zoomed to 45mm f2.8 was on par with 45mm at f2.8. Maybe my copy wasn't sharp.

As I said, "especially from 2.8f", but as a specialized portrait lens, you do not need ultra sharp wide open.

The 12-24 which is a landscape lens, is ultra sharp wide open, the 30mm as an all purpose lens is quite sharp from wide open, and the most amazing thing about the 30mm is the ratio of price/size/f stop/sharpness of it.

45mm is usually praised for it's sharpness even wide open, I just wanted to say it's not true, not even close. It's always easier to unsharp a picture.

For me sharpness of 45mm at f/1.8 was not enough and also it lacks OSS, so that's why I sold it when I got 16-50mm S.

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