f 2.8
Added 2025-05-04 07:30:01 +0000 UTCAfter the photo of tomorrow, here is a lightly wider frame shot with the GFX and "Martin" at f 2.8.
With this aperture closed a couple of stops, and from more far away, the model is much better in focus, most of her body looks sharp, and details look delicious, like both eyes, the lips, the red hair, and the hands.
Milla looks gorgeous, whilst the background is still pleasantly blurred.
After all, what matters more to me, and presumably to you, is what is IN FOCUS, not what is out of focus.
The question is, why buy a fast f 1.4 lens to use it at f 2.8?
An 85mm f 2.8 costs less and is easier to carry around.
But having a faster lens like f 1.4 gives you the choice of using also the wider apertures when you feel like it, and the quality of the lens becomes optimized when closed down a couple of stops to f 2.8.
I will have to try also f 2 sometimes, the intermediate aperture, but I think f 2.8 is still the best balance, especially on a medium format sensor!
Which of the two pictures do YOU prefer, f 1.4 or f 2.8?
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Comments
The increased dof of f2.8 is much appreciated.
Proginor
2025-05-05 00:59:07 +0000 UTCThis picture is superb. f 1.4 can produce interesting effects with certain subjects, but, as Randall says, there is a lot that is important to see clearly here. π
Daniel974
2025-05-04 15:20:10 +0000 UTC
