MyM6II
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Re: Sigma 16mm f/1.4 or just keep the Canon 22mm f/2
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MAC wrote:
MyM6II wrote:
StrugglingforLight wrote:
MAC wrote:
ScentedOrange wrote:
Hey everyone, I currently take alot of landscape, but also love to carry my camera around for some street and travel photography. I love my Canon 22mm for its low light performance but I was wondering if it would be worth having the Sigma for the extra bit of light it would let in. Of course alot of photos would be in the daylight, but I don't really want to put the camera away when walking around outside at night. Would it keep my ISO down much lower?
depends
if shooting motion, yes
if shooting stills, the 11-22 with IS is what I would use
the 16 is a big lens - you have a small m200 - many use the 16 on bigger m bodies like the m6II or m50 II
I view the 16 f1.4 as a party lens to photograph kids indoors at f1.4 - sharp in the center at f1.4
outdoors at night, for stills, use the IS on the 11-22
outdoors at night, for motion, the 16 f1.4 would give you 1 stop of light, iso 3200 versus iso 6400, over your 22 f2
Re: 22 f2 vs 11-22 f4-5.6 IS
Your saying the 11-22 would be better than the 22 outdoors at night, for stills? IS would help that much with both at 22mm?
Any chance for people in your photos? or anything that moves?
Yes? Then I would take the 22mm f/2 every night.
*my* answer to this is I would take the 32 f1.4
So between the 22mm and the 11-22mm you would take the 32mm. 🤔 Hmmm.
why?
because for the razor sharpness I want in low light with people motion, I'd need to stop down the 22 to f2.8 to be as sharp as the 32 f1.4 is at f1.4. I don't want to sharpen high iso images but instead use razor sharp lens wide open.
that 2 stops (difference in f1.4 vs f2.8) translates to needing 4 times the light and the difference between using iso 3200 vs iso 12,800
It depends on what you shoot. The EF-M22mm center quality is excellent at f/2.
And the 22mm is much smaller and lighter than the 11-22mm, so easier to have in a small pocket when out in the town at night.
If I am shooting outdoors at night or indoors, I always take the 22mm f/2 before the 11-22mm f/4-5.6. It will freeze any movement better and also give me more shallow depth of field (and nicer bokeh).
just to clarify -- shallow dof is not the definition of nicer bokeh
??. I never said it was.