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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
brightcolours Forum Pro • Posts: 15,885
Re: How much better is 50mm 1.8 over 22mm 2.0 in terms of taking portraits?

chrisno wrote:

brightcolours wrote:

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.

This lens are reviewed numerous times and everyone seem to agree it is legit f1.1.

Then this sample appears to not stop down correctly at bigger apertures.

One of biggest plus besides bokeh is the extreme low light performances, you can gather about 3 times more light than 50mm F/1.8.

The biggest downside is that it is really hard to nail perfect focus. When you focus the eyes, the nose already got blurry.

But for the price it is really hard to complain, it does remind me a lot of 50mm F/1.2 and 50mm F/1.0 from Canon, which costs 10 times+ and weigh like a brick.

It reminds me of my Nikkor 55mm f1.2 and Canon FL 55mm f1.2, but these two have less  smooth bokeh.

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