Re: 50mm 1.2 Sony - Sigma - Voigtlander Has anyone compared them?
I don't see any special image here. Some mediocre snapshots. There are different reasons some people do not like to see sharp images of themselves. Sometimes it is just because it shows wrinkles and flaws they do not want to see. They want to see themselves as 'beautiful'. That said, the solution is not to start off an out of focus or blurred image. It makes even the eyes uninteresting. Most professional photographers make sure the eyes is sharp in focus. Then they may soften the skin or else in PP.
I have never seen any lens being unpleasantly sharp. The lenses do not produce the kind of unpleasant garish sharpness by themselves. It is the user error when an image becomes unpleasantly sharp. They must have pushed an slider too far in the software.
philip_pj wrote:
It's a strange thing but it seems to be true that overly sharp lenses actually repel the viewing eye from gazing at human faces. I shoot street portraits so I get 'instant karma' on how my lenses show peoples' faces - I show them their images.
I'll ask you to visit a recent Nikon page for the 50/1.8 S lens, and I mean no disrespect for the photographer here. My sole aim is to provide a graphic comparison of the outcomes of close viewing of the new age high spec lenses and a maker whose lenses double as cine lenses in another lens range - Thypoch (really DZOFILM).
So take a look at these linked images, then see what I get from a dedicated portrait lens below. I'm hoping you see a difference, and it would be sad if you do not. Very little processing required, very high consistency shot-to-shot.
Nov 30, 2025 at 12:58 AM
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