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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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sercheese wrote:

koenkooi wrote:

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

If that's true, it would bring us back to the 2nd option with RF 24-70mm F2.8 as universal lens, with no practical need for F1.2, unless I take few stops back, i.ex. to F2, still with better IQ. Not so easy to decide...

I don't take RF 28-70mm F2.0 as an option, because it's a beast (as 85mm F1.2 is). Or... should I? 🤕

Personally, I find the 85mm f/1.2 almost cartoonishly large, the 28-70 takes that 2 steps further. Great results, but it turned taking pictures into a very deliberate effort for me.
I had the feeling I would need to shape the hobby around that lens, with bigger bags, use the battery grip more, work harder at socializing to not scare other parents, etc
I’m very glad I rented all those huge lenses, it helped me realize that the smaller variants were a better fit for me. And they leave enough space in the bag for my 100-500

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