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Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur

Started 3 weeks ago | Questions thread
Alastair Norcross
Alastair Norcross Veteran Member • Posts: 9,874
Re: Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur

I have most of the RF stm prime lenses, and love them. The focusing is plenty fast enough for most uses, including babies. The RF 85 F2 has never seemed slow to me at all. Having said all that, if money was no object, I'd certainly get the RF 50 F1.2 as well. That just seems like an amazing lens. As someone else said, with a lens like that, you might find yourself mostly using it at home, because of the weight and bulk. The RF 50 F1.8 is so small, light, and cheap, that you could get both, and carry the little one with you when out and about, when weight and bulk might matter more. I am very pleased with the results I get from the nifty fifty, but wouldn't say no to the F1.2 version if someone wanted to give me one.

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