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Talk me into or out of the RF 50/1.8

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thunder storm Forum Pro • Posts: 10,139
Re: Talk me into or out of the RF 50/1.8

ProDude wrote:

I find the responses here rather humorous on end and absurd on another. While one may not wish to compare the RF50 1.8 to the likes of a RF50 f1.2 and such, it still provides better subject isolation than a f2.8 or f4 lens which is it's true intentions. If you do the research and look at the statistics a large aperture lens of this type is more often then not used for portraits or a single subject isolation shot. For that it does a remarkable job in the first place for it's price to say the least.

As far as results if one is careful in choosing their subject's distance from the background carefully you can get some very high quality bokeh even from this lens. Most folks aren't all that careful so I won't go there. They tend to want the equipment to do most of the work for them;-)

That's me.  I love my lenses to render the background nice and smooth no matter what.

If you want to get a lens that will allow you to learn a lot for very little it's a good choice indeed. I wouldn't worry about corner sharpness

Well, it's not about corner sharpness only .

if you are doing a portrait type shot in the first place. If you want a "walk around" lens look elsewhere.

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