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Hi everyone,
How important for you how fast your lens is?
I have been thinking about this and I am not convinced it is worth paying often so much extra money to get 1.4 over 1.8. It is only one stop of light, the depth of field becomes so shallow that it is often impractical especially when doing street photography or landscapes, even portraits sometimes. Yes, the bokeh becomes more intense although many factors influence bokeh such as focal length and distance of subject from background.
So I am curious to know your thoughts and could someone explain the usefulness of a 24mm 1.4 lens? It strikes me as really odd.
Basically I think gaining one stop is not worth the money. You can increase ISO for example, in many cases. Also a lot of working pros are using zoom lenses that don't go faster than 2.8 and they seem to do OK.
It is true, one could argue that 1.8 is sharper on a 1.4 lens than 1.8 on a 1.8 lens. If the lens is basically sharp, I wonder how visible that even is when looking at a picture, especially on the internet, where most of us post.
Am I missing something huge here? How many of you would pay the two or three times more for a one-stop faster lens?
How important for you how fast your lens is?
I have been thinking about this and I am not convinced it is worth paying often so much extra money to get 1.4 over 1.8. It is only one stop of light, the depth of field becomes so shallow that it is often impractical especially when doing street photography or landscapes, even portraits sometimes. Yes, the bokeh becomes more intense although many factors influence bokeh such as focal length and distance of subject from background.
So I am curious to know your thoughts and could someone explain the usefulness of a 24mm 1.4 lens? It strikes me as really odd.
Basically I think gaining one stop is not worth the money. You can increase ISO for example, in many cases. Also a lot of working pros are using zoom lenses that don't go faster than 2.8 and they seem to do OK.
It is true, one could argue that 1.8 is sharper on a 1.4 lens than 1.8 on a 1.8 lens. If the lens is basically sharp, I wonder how visible that even is when looking at a picture, especially on the internet, where most of us post.
Am I missing something huge here? How many of you would pay the two or three times more for a one-stop faster lens?
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