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Sell the RF 85mm f/1.2?

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Steve W Veteran Member • Posts: 6,998
Re: Sell the RF 85mm f/1.2?

Gearacquisitionsyndrom wrote:

Steve W wrote:

You Canon R5 system is almost identical to mine and I also bought the EF 85/1.4L IS and adapted it. I now also have the RF 85/1.2L but didn’t sell the EF version because it’s adaptable to other systems I have. When I shot Canon DSLR 5DIV also owned the EF 85/1.2L II. One difference is for 35mm I also have the EF 35/1.4L II which is great.

Also used to shoot with the EF 135/2L so I have the RF 135/1.8L IS on preorder. If it’s good that may make me understand better what I want to do with the RF 85/1.2L since the RF 70-200/2.8L IS can be used to do 85 or 135mm if it’s at f/2.8 instead.

Also I do own the RF 50/1.2L and I use that for it’s wider FOV to have context and the 85/1.2L for portraits.

How do you compare the 85 1.4 is EF against the RF 85 1.2?

I really like the EF 85/1.4L a lot and your not doing just shallow DOF portraits it’s a great lens IMHO. So for non portraits the EF is great. I only paid $1000 for it and well worth the $1400 to $1700 savings. Below is a link to a pretty good comparison as well as a focus on what the 85/1.2L does really well

https://youtu.be/3wWaFH9iQD0

on my Sony I still use 85/1.4 GM so I’m used to the DOF differences.

Also here is an older forum post I created on these lenses.

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/63764684

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