On Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:51:36 +0100, Bruce <> wrote:
: Robert Coe <> wrote:
:
: >On Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:41:52 -0400, PeterN <>
: >wrote:
: >: On 8/9/2011 5:26 PM, RichA wrote:
: >: >
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=39064364
: >: >
: >: > Looks very "busy."
: >:
: >: You may add safely add inability to comprehend what you see to your
: >: inability to comprehend written material.
: >
: >Actually, I sort of agree with Rich. It looks like it's raining half dollars
: >and Canadian doubloonies in the background. Of course if somebody actually is
: >dumping coins for effect, that's a different matter. But it is distracting.
:
:
: +1 here.
:
: For a lens that is specifically designed for portraiture, and should
: reasonably be expected to produce pleasantly blurred out of focus
: highlights, this is a poor result.
:
: For an top quality state-of-the-art nano-coated multi-aspheric lens
: costing $1800, it is a major disappointment.
:
: When will more people realise that they can get better bokeh - and
: almost equally good sharpness - from a Samyang/Rokinon lens costing
: ONE SIXTH of the price? Surely learning how to focus manually is
: worth a $1500 saving?
For the kind of event work I do, I'd never be able to keep up if I had to
focus manually. For posed portraits, sure.
But my wife's Canon 60mm f/2.8 macro is a decent portrait lens with AF and
nice bokeh, and I'm pretty sure I paid less than $500 for it.
Bob
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