The 105/2.8VR has beautiful bokeh and is a macro lens, and yes I think it would have done better, both because it\'s a great lens and because of VR. The 105/2DC would have also done very well. But I wouldn\'t start by switching lenses.
You\'re at f/5.6 on this lens in the first place... you have three full stops of wider apertures all the way to f/2, plus at least another two stops of ISO with still near-zero noise (lower than low). All this shot needed to be silly-sharp was 1/500 f/2.5 @ iso200.
But you could have gotten 1/3200 f/2 @ iso800 if you really wanted the edge of every pore -- and a racecar blowing past behind her from left to right -- in perfect sharpness.
Nov 21, 2009 at 02:04 PM
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