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Your Opinion? What is the best bang for the buck RF lens?

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Basil Fawlty
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Your Opinion? What is the best bang for the buck RF lens?

Mind you, I'm not asking what is THE best RF lens.  Rather, which RF lens do you think is the best bang for the buck.  The lens you think should cost a lot more?

For me, I'm thinking the RF 85 f/2.0.  My reasoning (just based on reviews and what I've read):

IQ that isn't terribly far off the much more expensive f/1.2 version

Much lighter and more compact than the f/1.2 version, so easier to carry around.

"Decent" shallow DOF and nice bokeh.  Not as great as the f/1.2, but unless you put them side by side you would probably be happy with the results. Paying an extra $2000 for slightly nicer bokeh balls and a little bit shallower DOF is a hard pill to swallow unless you're a professional and making $$.

Has IS that even the f1.2 doesn't have.

It's also a Macro lens, so for $499 you get a really good portrait lens and a macro lens!

So what RF lens to you think is the best bang for the buck, and why?

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