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Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur

Started 3 weeks ago | Questions thread
Laqup Regular Member • Posts: 351
Re: Struggling between RF USM and STM lineup as an amateur

The 50 1.2 is great, but the max aperture has limits in terms of usefulness when being used indoors at relatively small distances to the subject. You will see that not too much is in focus at 1.2. At the same time you are worried about macro.

This sounds like you could actually benefit from a set of primes 35,50,85 STM for less money overall while covering all your "macro" needs. 1:1 magnification is not really necessary for the kind of shots you have in mind.

And btw, if you are not super experienced it will be hard for you to see any difference between 50 1.8 STM and 50 1.2 both at 1.8 with subjects in the center area in most use cases. The huge price tag is a bit misleading, you pay mainly for the ability to go to 1.2 in the first place and for better performance in the corners (often not needed for portraits) and then some additional overall optical performance that will not be visible in a lot of situations indoors.

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