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tuantran wrote:
I would stay away from f1.2 - f1.4 in a group settings.
The lens makes you want to shoot at f1.2 because you think you can do it and your photos look good on the LCD screen but at the end of the day looking on your monitor, you realized that you goofed.
I find that even at f2.0, the lens gives a special look compared to 85mm f1.8.
Now, I use f1.2 only for longer distance.
This is good advice. I did some photos of my grandchildren over the weekend. One of the lenses I used was my 135L, which has similar shallow DOF when shooting tight.
When taking a photo of my granddaughter, her two friends jumped in. I backed up and shot all three at f2.0. The images looked great on the LCD screen, but when I got back home and looked on the big screen, I found one of the girls was not in the same plane with the others and was a little too soft for my standards.
I have not used the 85 1.2, but I think it would be most useful at waist up and wider where you really need a little wider than 1.8 to control the background better. If you shoot any tighter at 1.2, focus becomes critical and you will have to be very careful with the position of the face in relation to the camera.
I suggest you test at all distances when you take it out for a drive. I also suggest you take plenty of test shots at 1.2 and then the same shot at 2.0 or even 2.8. That will give you a point of comparison. Have fun!
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