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Are you happy with your Canon RF 70-200 2.8?

Started Mar 28, 2022 | Discussions thread
ProDude Senior Member • Posts: 4,851
Re: Are you happy with your Canon RF 70-200 2.8?

Croomrider wrote:

To get that kind of bokeh with the 70-200 f2.8 you need to shoot it wide open at over 150mm. It will never compare to primes that are 2+ stops faster at 50 or 85mm.

If you've been at this for a good number of years you'd know better then to make such a statement. I'm not saying I wouldn't tend to go for a 50 f1.2 or a 85 f1.2 at times just for convenience alone. But if one has the ability/luxury of adjusting their subject distance and also accounting for any background distance involved, with some care it can easily enough be done. With that and a RF70-200 f2.8 you can wipe out the background if that's one's goal. This whole argument/discussion regarding bokeh and how to achieve it is really getting old. But I suppose it's the internet and we should expect it.  Somebody needs to do more homework apparently.

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