I only shoot professionally, not for pleasure. I own the 85/1.8 and have used the 85L a number of times for jobs. There was a time I considered getting the L but never did because I don\'t feel there is $1500 difference between the two lenses. The 85L isn\'t perfect, either. The purple fringing at wider apertures is pretty bad. (Though the same can be said of the 85/1.8.) The L copies I\'ve shot with were not all that sharp at or near wide open. And, more times than you would think, shooting at 1.2 gives you too narrow of a depth of field. Oftentimes I found myself stopping down to 2 or 2.5 with the L just to get adequate depth of field and this you could do with the 85/1.8. Now, if I really want the \"look\" of the 85L as far as bokeh, I use the 135L, which I\'ve found to be about the closest to it.
I only shoot professionally, not for pleasure. I own the 85/1.8 and have used the 85L a number of times for jobs. There was a time I considered getting the L but never did because I don\'t feel there is $1500 difference between the two lenses. The 85L isn\'t perfect, either. The purple fringing at wider apertures is pretty bad. (Though the same can be said of the 85/1.8.) The L copies I\'ve shot with were not all that sharp at or near wide open. And, more times than you would think, shooting at 1.2 gives you too narrow of a depth of field. Oftentimes I found myself stopping down to 2 or 2.5 with the L just to get adequate depth of field and this you could do with the 85/1.8.
Dec 30, 2011 at 06:05 AM
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