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Talk me into or out of the RF 50/1.8

Started 10 months ago | Discussions thread
EOSSpeedLite Contributing Member • Posts: 640
RF 50 f1.8 Renders BEAUTIFUL Bokeh..
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thunder storm wrote:

Texchappy wrote:

For a while, I planned to get the the RF 50/1.8 stm. lately however, I’m leaning away from it. Against it is some sub par reviews, mushiness away from center, and it not being a zoom*. For it are cost and aperture **. So talk me into or out of it…

*Been shooting primarily primes on Fuji for the last decade. Being in a wheel chair while shooting, I’ve found zooms much more convenient. I currently have the RF 24-105L & RF 100-400.

**It’s hard to beat $200 but if I never use it then it’s still a waste. However, having nothing less than f4 is new to me.

As a landscapes lens it's good. So the question is rather simple: do you need a 50mm for landscapes? If yes, buy it.

Of course you can buy it because it's affordable, but if you don't need it spilled money is spilled money, even if it's not a whole lot.

If you want a portrait lens being capable to render your backgrounds beautifully it's not worth it imo.

Your blanket statement is false. The RF 50 f1.8 can render awesome backgrounds...it depends on the background, the distance from the model, and the skill of the photographer. You also said the same thing about the RF 35mm f1.8 some weeks ago, but that was false too.

Awesome backgrounds from the lowly cheap RF 50mm f1.8:

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