Re:Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated?
by ben7799 on Monday May 10, 2021 @11:41AM
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I'm not trying to pick on Roger he writes well and his stuff is way higher quality than most DPReview content.
He rents lenses, and a big point of what I'm saying is these fancy lenses are very often specialist tools that are much better to rent from someone like him occasionally when you need something very special, but that doesn't make them better items to own vs the less expensive & smaller/lighter 50mm lenses.
Re:Why are modern 50mm lenses so damned complicated?
by hyperbovine on Monday May 10, 2021 @03:20PM
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(S)he's got a point about though DPReview, Fred Miranda, and all the rest. Dear God, those forums---on the rare occasion when someone stops wanking about "bokeh" long enough to actually post a photograph, it tends to serve as a stark reminder of how little time most of those users spend creating art vs. talking about machines.
To be fair, the author of this article is Roger Cicala of LensRentals fame [1]; optical testing is his bread and butter. He's also the first to point out that optimal lens performance is neither necessary nor sufficient for good photography, and is famously snarky in his writing towards "spec sheet warriors" and sharpness-obsessed gearheads.
[1] https://www.lensrentals.com/blog/author/roger/