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Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur

Started 3 weeks ago | Questions thread
koenkooi Contributing Member • Posts: 920
Re: Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur
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R2D2 wrote:
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Keep in mind that the 85mm f/1.2 will be the equivalent (on FF) to the 50 you were using on crop. However, I think that 50mm is much more desirable than 85 for small kids (and you might want to go wider yet).
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Whenever I use the 85mm with my kids I think to myself ‘I need a larger house’ or ‘Why do I need to run so far ahead?!???’

The results are generally worth it, but a 50mm will get you a lot more useable pictures. I rented the RF24-105 shortly after the 2nd child was born and it worked great for nearly all situations.
The RF50 f/1.2 I rented handled the shallow DoF things, but I didn’t encounter many situations where f/1.2 was useful, a person holding a baby rarely fits into the DoF. Unless you go for full body portraits, which enters the ‘I need a larger house’ situation again

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