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Another cheap(ish) RF prime review/demonstration

Started Mar 24, 2022 | Discussions thread
thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: Used at a high school production of Mary Poppins

zzip wrote:

I totally do not like OP's style of photos - but it is a matter of taste of course

Popco did a nice review of RF 85/2 with a lot of examples (including raw files for many) - use google service to translate in English (note there are 4 pages in that review)

https://www.popco.net/zboard/view.php?id=dica_review&page=1&category=22&no=1115

the did same type of reviews (again with samples and raw files) for a lot of other RF lenses

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This guy knows how to choose the background, the light, the balance between the distance to the background and the distance to the subject, and he possibly did some local contrast and or saturation tweaks.

If you're going to do some candid shooting without posing and no control on the background, don't expect these kind of results.

This picture shows an aspect of the character of the bokeh which could be better imo.

http://image.popco.net/Review/LENS/Canon_RF85F2/3/resize/0E8A9552.jpg?20201028

Factually there's no outlining and factually the bokeh shapes are smooth. Still it looks a bit busy as the brighter spots and colors are jumping of the screen.

This picture is one of the rare pics in the review where f/2.0 leaves you wanting:

http://image.popco.net/Review/LENS/Canon_RF85F2/3/resize/0E8A9537.jpg

This picture shows why I don't need the RF f/1.2 L over my Sigma 85mm Art for indoors purposes: Even f/2.0 can give too shallow DOF at indoors distances, and at f/2.0 there's not a lot of difference between the RF f/1.2 and the Art:

http://image.popco.net/Review/LENS/Canon_RF85F2/3/resize/0E8A0356.jpg?20201028

These kind of images are an important reason I have the RF 85mm f/2.0 in the bag: Landscapes/cityscapes in low light at loooong hand held shutter speeds, and the advantage to be able to combine those with a relatively large aperture.

http://image.popco.net/Review/LENS/Canon_RF85F2/3/resize/0E8A4123.jpg

Another reason to have this lens in your bag is it's contrast in back lit situations.

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