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How much better is 50mm 1.8 over 22mm 2.0 in terms of taking portraits?

Started Jan 14, 2018 | Questions thread
matrix44 Forum Member • Posts: 86
Re: How much better is 50mm 1.8 over 22mm 2.0 in terms of taking portraits?

chrisno wrote:

22mm on M system is 35mm and not a decent portrait focal length

50mm f/1.8 is an excellent choice for the price

if you do not mind soft edges, corners and no autofocus, take this 50mm f/1.1:

50mm f/1.1 - Bokeh Beast for $160!

Thanks for the recommendation. I spent a lot of time researching this lens after you mentioned it, and I ended up ordering it last night for $173 shipped. Hope it doesn't take too long to get here from China (it has already been shipped).

This will be my first manual focus lens for the M6. I spent some time with my 22mm and 18-150mm (at 150mm for shallow DOF) in manual focus mode to see if I can live without AF. I was able to take plenty of sharp shots with focus peaking and some practice.

Since I only bought this lens for it's supposedly great bokeh, I will be shooting it wide open a lot. It will definitely take a lot more practice and patience to get used to MF at F/1.1. Looking forward to the challenge!

Oh, and I also just picked up a 50 1.8 STM, and my ef-m adapter arrives tomorrow, so it will be interesting to compare the two. I'll post on this forum as soon as I am able to do that comparison.

ps: This is my first post here!

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