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Second Prime Lens: 60 or 50?

Started Jun 7, 2019 | Questions thread
afwares Regular Member • Posts: 150
Re: Second Prime Lens: 60 or 50?
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I don't yet have the 50mm F2, though I've been tempted with the sale going on right now.  I don't need it, but I'd like to try it and at current prices it's hard to resist.

I do have the 60, and I feel about it the way I've read others feel about the 35 1.4.  I don't care what the specs say, or if it makes more noise than newer lenses, or hunts a little more or takes an extra fraction of a second to focus (it's slower, but not slow - have to keep in mind it's all relative), there's just something about the photos that come out of that lens.   It just renders beautiful shots, at least to my eye, though I'm an amateur at best.   In the same way that, on paper and to pixel warriors, the 18mm F2 isn't considered a great lens yet you'll see photographer after photographer taking arrays of captivating photos with it, the 60 seems to just work and it has its own following.

Don't agonize too much over this decision...these are both fine lenses so you can't lose either way.   And you can always sell what you buy and go get the other one with minimal loss if you find yourself still looking.  Very little downside here.

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