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Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur

Started 3 weeks ago | Questions thread
Liteo New Member • Posts: 12
Re: Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur
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Hello @sercheese,

I've owned both the EF 50mm 1.8, RF 50mm 1.8 and RF 50mm 1.2L. I also own the RF 85mm 2.0 and RF 85mm 1.2

To start with the fifties, while you might not see a big difference in sharpness, there's a massive one when it comes to bokeh quality, chromatic aberrations, color rendition and overrall "3d pop".

For the eighty fives, the RF 85mm f2 has great image quality in regard of it's price, but the AF is really really slow. The 85mm 1.2 is no 70-200 but I still use it for a lot of indoor sports events with fantastic sucess rate.

One point that is not immediately obvious, for both the 50 and 85, is that the 1.2 versions focus a lot better in low light situations or backlit situations. The F2 and F1.8 will tend to hunt more and are overall slower to focus. With the F2 or F1.8 you'd have to wait for your kid to slow down a bit to be certain that you're going to nail the focus, when you could take "action" shots with the F1.2.

If the 50mm is your go to focal length, I'd definitely go with the RF 50 1.2L

The R6 mkII will give you tack sharp 1/10th of a sec at 50mm. IBIS is also going to be usefull for video. For what you said, if I didn't have the budget for R6 + 50mm 1.2, I'd go R8 + 50mm 1.2

Best of luck with your newborn,

Nicolas

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