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Best lens so far

Started 6 months ago | User reviews thread
Brian D3300 Senior Member • Posts: 2,428
Re: Best lens so far

thunder storm wrote:

Was f/1.2 the best aperture to balance between the most possible back ground blur and enough DOF for the subject?

If subject separation is about enough DOF for the subject as well, the flexibility of f/1.2 can be easily overestimated. Yes, there's an "if" in that statement. Nonetheless it's something to consider before paying 3300 bucks.

I thought it worked well for this shot.  It seems most full body and even slight closer work well at 1.2.  I'm sure others might do differently.

It is a luxury lens and 1.4 would look similar in dof, that said I didn't just buy it for 1.2 I bought it for the DS character it provides which is quite different than the non DS model.  Plus the colors, contrast are also great on top of being ridiculously sharp.

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Canon EOS R5 Canon RF 50mm F1.2L USM Canon RF 35mm F1.8 IS STM Macro Canon RF 24-70mm F2.8L IS USM Canon RF 70-200mm F2.8L IS USM +3 more
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