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Quoting Metropolis from Jun 29 2012 11:45:53:
man... 50s are 50s. They are all sharp. It the character of the bokeh you really need to discern as an artistic choice (without sounding too much like slandypooface)

Quoting MACAQUE from Jun 30 2012 11:15:34:
Let me start this by saying that I understand your point entirely. I shoot only film now because I didn't enjoy the process of shooting digital. It wasn't "satisfying", as you said it, to me anymore. There is no difference between me looking up the characteristics of different films on Flickr and other people shooting lens caps to test noise, blowing up 100% crops to check sharpness, or doing any other sort of "test" to asses technical image quality. If your an artist you have to understand your medium and be able to manipulate it. Photographer, cinematographer, painter, carpenter, whatever. I'm all for "gear whoring", if you will, up until the point where it has no effect on the art itself. If you take pictures just because you like seeing perfect corner sharpness or zero noise without trying to convey a larger message, all the power to you, but don't call yourself a photographer. As a photographer or videographer, working as an artist and not just someone who likes cameras, you have to be able to identify the point where the "image quality" stuff doesn't affect the "content" stuff. The "power" stuff. The "wow" stuff. The "goosebumps" stuff. You can't be so focused on the gear in your hand that you forget to get creative. Debates over sharpness, noise, etc. have a time and a place. They're important and I'll be the first to advocate them. But, when you have to turn to a forum and have other people tell you what camera is better or what lens is sharper when they're looking at the exact same sample pictures you're looking at, I think it's gone a little too far. "There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept"

Quoting photodouche69 from Jul 1 2012 12:40:04:
I disagree; vingetting, CA, distortion, and overal look are huge factors when picking a lens. Realistically, for real life you'd never be shooting with such a shallow depth of field, for general operators I usually shoot at F4 or F5.6, and photo's of random shit and then bokeh is stupid...

Quoting Metropolis from Jun 29 2012 11:45:53:
man... 50s are 50s. They are all sharp. It the character of the bokeh you really need to discern as an artistic choice (without sounding too much like slandypooface)

Quoting DingoSean$ from Jul 1 2012 4:43:26:
Now, if you can justify and even afford spending 1500 on the lens to the far left, that's awesome.. but personally, the 1.4 is perfectly fine for just about 99.7% of everyone, and for 1/5th or so of the price. And if you're going to go as far as to spend like 6 grand on the Canon EF 50mm 1.0 L? You're just an idiot haha.

Quoting ehv from Jul 1 2012 3:27:12:
at least for video, most AF lenses have terrible focus rings