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coase wrote:
... Since I mostly use normal lenses at their widest for portraits (bokeh) or in low light shooting, I'm not sure I see much value in corner to corner sharpness at f2 or f1.4. ...
I guess I don't see how ulitmate sharpness outside the center is worth spending big money on..
I use different lenses for different subjects. For portraits at large apertures, I don't care how sharp the edges and corners are, in fact I hope they're smoothly out of focus. I generally use the Canon EF 50/1.2L for this (at 50mm). The best f/1.2 manual focus normal lens that I've used is the Olympus 50/1.2 OM. I also like the Contax 50/1.4 MM and Leica-R 50/2 E55.
When I'm shooting scenic images where I want sharp edges and corners, I use different lenses at smaller apertures, typically f/8 or f/11, and/or tilt-shift lenses. I generally use the Zeiss 50/2 ZE or Mamiya C 55/2.8 N on Mirex T-S adapter for this.
Edited on Aug 11, 2016 at 06:48 AM · View previous versions
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