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

aeronium wrote:

matrix44 wrote:

My Kamlan 50mm F/1.1 arrived today, which was a lot earlier than expected. I'll post a more detailed review later, but initial impressions after playing around with it for an hour or so are very positive. I am really enjoying the bokeh and shallow DOF. I also received my 50mm F/1.8 STM and Canon EF adapter, and that is another incredible combination. I'm happy I bought both and they fulfill totally different needs. More soon (including sample photos, photos with lenses mounted on my M6, etc.).

How's manual focusing on with it? I imagine f1.1 to be super shallow so getting sharp photos might be a challenge.

With a camera offering focus peaking and/or "magic zoom" (EOS M + Magic/Tragic Lantern) it should be pretty easy.

From the video it is not totally clear if indeed the lens offers f1.1... The odd behavior of no real change in blur from f1.1 to f2 either points to an issue with the aperture stopping down, or with it not really being f1.1.

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