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Which Canon 85mm? EF f/1.4L IS or RF f/1.2L Locked

Started Mar 21, 2020 | Discussions thread
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Mtmountainman2 New Member • Posts: 1
Re: Which Canon 85mm? EF f/1.4L IS or RF f/1.2L

BrandonCharles wrote:

I have the RF 85 and I have mixed feeling about it. The lens design is really impressive. The addition of the BR element is a bit of a double edged sword to me. While I like that the CA is nonexistent, I don’t really like the somewhat harsh bokeh that is a result of correcting for the color fringing. While I do get good portrait results, it’s almost like I get more excited to use it for landscape work since the resolution and corner detail is out of this world. You can see my thoughts on it here:

https://youtu.be/BAjaT3Tgyv
I can’t help but think that I could could sell this lens, buy the ef 85mm 1.2 (has a smoother out of focus rendering that I prefer) and buy 3-4 lenses for my xpro3.

Do you have any examples that you are willing to share? I have saved up for either the RF 85mm or the RF 85mm DS and I can't decide which one I want between the two. Your comment is the first I have heard about harsh bokeh edges and I was curious how harsh the look.

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