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Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur

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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

No. Unusable for walk around purposes, so you would need another standard zoom for that.

(as 85mm F1.2 is). Or... should I? 🤕

Generally too long for indoors  and too heavy to bring along outdoors.

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