Thanks!Your picture shows some of the best bokeh I can think of, wonder what can be criticized about it ?????
Very nice pict!
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Thanks!Your picture shows some of the best bokeh I can think of, wonder what can be criticized about it ?????
Very nice pict!
Rob the bank, use the wife's car as the getaway car, ditch the car, then get the insurance money for the "stolen" car. A fool-proof plan!Really really bad news for me: I wanted to have it, now I MUST have it with a second EOS R high resolution body.
Got to sell my wife's car, my son's downhill bikes or rob a bank. Life is getting hard for fanboys...
But it seems Canon made the right (lens) choices!
Here’s a quick shot at 1.2, very close background and I really like the pop, a different world than what I got with the Sigma. And I love the super smooth background, but as with EVERY lens you can get poor bokeh.
Haha, I think she enjoys smiling a lot more, at least she almost never stops doing it, but for pictures, that’s a bit tougher yeah. She hates having her picture taken so I showed her and my boy lots of pictures from recent past and some from when they were much younger and they enjoyed it a lot! So I told them, how are we supposed to see pictures from today in 5 years if you won’t let me take a single shot? I think that helped, they are kinder to me now, lol.At least you didn't make her smile and look at the camera this time. She probably tolerated it a little better?
Haha, I think she enjoys smiling a lot more, at least she almost never stops doing it, but for pictures, that’s a bit tougher yeah. She hates having her picture taken so I showed her and my boy lots of pictures from recent past and some from when they were much younger and they enjoyed it a lot! So I told them, how are we supposed to see pictures from today in 5 years if you won’t let me take a single shot? I think that helped, they are kinder to me now, lol.
I didn't know there was so much positive criminal energy in this forum. I just hope no FBI agent is also a forum member!Rob the bank, use the wife's car as the getaway car, ditch the car, then get the insurance money for the "stolen" car. A fool-proof plan!
I suggest that you take a look at Optical Limit's test of the EF 1,2/50, they found out that, under some conditions, even its bokeh could be pretty busy!From a sharpness standpoint, the lens is truly magnificent - I expected this and am still impressed.
50mm is my most commonly used prime focal length as a walk around and detail lens. But I can't get on board the "bokeh train" when it comes to this lens. I'm really on the fence. I see images where the background melts away and then I see images where it's a busy, distracting mess with football bokeh balls everywhere. Unfortunately, the latter seems to be happening a lot in sample images and it's honestly not something I have with my 50mm Art.
The Sigma is a great lens, but it's my only non-Canon glass I have, and that bothers me from a weather sealing and professional service standpoint. Sigma repairs are well communicated, but slow and they don't offer a loaner program at this time. I want to want this lens - if that makes sense....but I really need to rent one and decide if it will work for me and I need to experience just how bad the bokeh is. Because right now I'm not really seeing the insanely beautiful bokeh the 50mm f/1.2 was previously known for. This is almost like a Canon "Helios 44-2" 50mm f/1.2! haha
Again, just my opinion based purely from samples online. I plan to rent this lens and get a better feel for it.
I suggest that you take a look at Optical Limit's test of the EF 1,2/50, they found out that, under some conditions, even it's bokeh could be pretty busy!
The always perfect bokeh simply doesn't exist, not even in a Leica Noctilux which cost 4 times the price of the Canon ER 1,2/50.
But, most of the time, these lenses deliver!
Could this be the reason for sometimes busy bokeh? The part electronic shutter is set On as default.
I was considering not buying this lens because of the vignetting I saw in the TDP test, but I didn’t see anything remotely as bad in the test shots I took when I tried one. So I bought it anyway and the vignetting hasn’t showed in any way to this extent, and I’ve shot only wide open. So yeah, it looks bad in that test and the picture above MUST have some vignetting added or something because it just isn’t that bad. And chances are if it’s in ONE shot and not the others, that’s not what you’ll see in every shot, I certainly haven’t...This photo is from the review:
https://photos.smugmug.com/Canon-RF-50mm-f12-USM-L/i-Sr4z2rt/0/e9d05b40/O/1V0A0025.jpg
...man that's lots of vignetting!
I saw the same thing said when I considered the 200 f2 against the 70-200 f2.8, “why pay for that huge and heavy monster when they are practically identical.” Yeah, they are not even close ...I'm pretty certain that the parrot shot hasn't had any added vignetting, that's not Optical Limits' way. However vignetting, expressed in brightness, can be affected by profiles tone curves. It also varies with focusing distance.
The 50mm RF has so much of it that it makes its f1.2 physical aperture somewhat pointless, at least past a certain focusing distance. It's better to consider it a f1.4 lens under most situations. This can be seen in mirror lessons' video, among other examples : https://www.mirrorlessons.com/2018/11/29/canon-rf-50mm-f-1-2-review/
The difference in terms of DOF (or brightness for that matter) between the f1.2 and f1.4 shots are negligible.
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In any case, if you don’t like, don’t buy it
Ah, I see, yeah I thought you meant get a 1.4 lens instead, but you meant stop this down to f1.4, I agree. All lenses have a sweet spot where it shows the most pop and separation at wide open aperture, so using this lens from 20-40 meters and beyond it doesn’t show what I can do in regards to pop, use it between 1-6 meters and it’s superb.It isn't a case of liking or not. Just that its vignetting has consequences on its DOF. There will be no noticeable difference with that lens between f1.2 and f1.4 past a certain focusing distance.
If vignetting is meant to be corrected for x shot and you're shooting in bright light past a certain focusing distance, with ample shutter speed freedom, it's a good idea to shoot at f1.4 instead of f1.2 with that lens.