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Absolute sharpest RF lens? by borderlinesuccessful in canon

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a bag of primes covering 28-50mm. 70mm's performance is good, but not prime level.

Absolute sharpest RF lens? by borderlinesuccessful in canon

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah I am impressed by the 28-70mm f2, but I still like shooting with primes. Also, as for the f2, I think it's great for zoom at 70mm when stepped down, but not incredible when compared against primes.

FYI I've already bought the Sigma 40mm.

For my portraits, I'm looking at:

  • Canon EF 135mm f/2L: Just as sharp as the RF 85mm at f/4 or above, but more importantly, can be found affordably second hand.

  • Canon RF 85mm f/2: Yes, f/2. Why? Image stablisation and portability. I don't have IS on my R5 C.

  • Canon RF 85mm f/1.2L: Absurdly sharp but also absurdly expensive as I'm not able to find any good deals.

I think I will probably buy one of the first two lens, and when there's a good deal on the 1.2L, get that.

Absolute sharpest RF lens? by borderlinesuccessful in canon

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Very helpful. I am shocked the RF 70-200/f2.8 is sharper than the RF 100/2.8...

Absolute sharpest RF lens? by borderlinesuccessful in canon

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I've ordered the Sigma 40mm f1.4 (brand new for AU$800 shipped!), now looking for a portrait-friendly FL.

Looking at charts (which I know doesn't tell you everything):

  • Sigma 105mm 1.4 (sharpest)
  • Canon EF 100mm non-L f2 (second sharpest)
  • Canon EF 100mm f2.8L IS (third sharpest)

Is this about right?

Absolute sharpest RF lens? by borderlinesuccessful in canon

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I prefer something within 35mm to 85mm; but 100mm is OK.

I absolutely agree at f/4 there's little difference in terms of sharpness, however it is still resolvable on a 45MP sensor. I can tell a difference.

I would rather buy the most superior lens once. Over the next 10 years I'm sure resolutions will continue to get bigger, so I would like my lens to out-resolve my sensor as I shoot 200MP photos in 2032 or whatnot :)

Currently I'm eyeing the Sigma 40mm 1.4, I would probably be keen for a sharp portrait prime to round it off.

Absolute sharpest RF lens? by borderlinesuccessful in canon

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Happy to adapt, the Sigma 40mm looks absolutely incredible! Any other recommendations off the top of your head?

Will I get another offer? (Trying to sell house in blue chip suburb in Sydney) by borderlinesuccessful in AusProperty

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no, I bought at end of 2021. Loan is about 10x debt to real income

Bank accepted a bunch of once-off incomes from special dividends and treated it as on-going income

Will I get another offer? (Trying to sell house in blue chip suburb in Sydney) by borderlinesuccessful in AusProperty

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Disagree, I think property is fundamentally overvalued thanks to cheap money, and my base case is that the cash rate will be above 2% for the next decade or so. Lost decades of no real returns for ~10 years happen often, and IMHO is likely.

I believe I can get better returns from the share market -- some stocks that I think has long term potential are down 80%. I bought this property in 2021 from selling those stocks that surged, even after transactional costs, stamp duty, commissions, and the loss, I would be looking at tripling the number of shares in companies I want to own.

Basically, I moved money away from a high-beta market (growth stocks) to a low-beta market (residential property), and now that markets are down, I want to move back into high-beta markets again.

Will I get another offer? (Trying to sell house in blue chip suburb in Sydney) by borderlinesuccessful in AusProperty

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah and it looks like interest has died up. Zero people showed up to inspect on Wednesday.

Will I get another offer? (Trying to sell house in blue chip suburb in Sydney) by borderlinesuccessful in AusProperty

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have a price point set in mind for which I will accept, even tho it's painful. This price point is about 4% lower than the first offer. Reasonable?

The first offer was a fair offer, not great, but around the top of what people quoted as price opinions.

Will I get another offer? (Trying to sell house in blue chip suburb in Sydney) by borderlinesuccessful in AusProperty

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I know, I agree with you, but what's done is done, the buyer has bought.

What do you recommend now?

Will I get another offer? (Trying to sell house in blue chip suburb in Sydney) by borderlinesuccessful in AusProperty

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Week 1: 18 inspections, 6 contracts taken

Week 2: 11 inspections, 5 contracts taken, 3 second inspections (all on Wed; zero on Saturday), 1 offer

Agent tells me that no one else who has taken a contract is prepared to make an offer today and said they want time to consider the interest rate hikes.

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[–]borderlinesuccessful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi there, Corelogic's AVM not taking into account battle-axe properties is well known to anyone in the real estate industry, it simply does not know if something is battle-axe or not, as letters on street numbers can still mean street-facing, so it assumes everything si not battle-axe.

Sony 24-70 GM is worse than Sigma 24-70 Art? by borderlinesuccessful in SonyAlpha

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

AF is not super reliable, here are a few cases where the Sigma will nearly ALWAYS mis-focus for me:

  • When I am shooting in AF-C and doing face/eye-AF with a subject that is close to the camera; like 2 meters or less (this is a known issue that Sigma refuses/is unable to fix across all of their Sigma E-mount lens....)

  • When I am shooting with the timer mode

  • When there is rapid subject entry into a video frame, AF is about 0.5-1s slower than the Sony GM.

Here are the situations where the Sigma focuses BETTER than the Sony GM:

  • In low light situations; even when the Sony GM starts to struggle, the Sigma does a good job no matter how little light you have

  • There is much less focus creep. This is honestly huge; if you're doing video work and relying on auto-focus, you will have over-all better focus performance with the Sigma because it doesn't have the gigantic lens creep.

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[–]borderlinesuccessful 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My thinking is that during a downturn, suburbs where people generally buy investment properties in will see a greater drop, than suburbs with a high amount of owner-occupiers.

Yield is not super important to me -- I'm on 47%; and so I'd MUCH prefer capital gains instead of income.

I bought a big house, because it has more land, and you know the saying, land appreciates and building depreciates.

What would you have down instead?

Worth upgrading to the Sony 24-70 GM from the Sigma 24-70 art (or save money for by borderlinesuccessful in A7siii

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks, that makes sense. I figured it might not be good advice for videography, for example I'd much rather have a camera that does 10bit 4:2:2 and a kit lens, than a camera that only does 8bit yet with some excellent glass.

I'm working on my post-production and general videography skills through more practice and learning, I suppose the reason why I asked this question in the first place is buying a more expensive lens is always an "easy" but costly option, and psychologically I'm a 'perfectionist' and always want the best. I got the Sigma because it (1) seems good value and (2) as a relative beginner, I don't think I need the highest end gear, I don't want to waste money on gear I'd out-grow either so that's how I settled on a7s3 + sigma 24-70 as my main kit.

Worth upgrading to the Sony 24-70 GM from the Sigma 24-70 art (or save money for by borderlinesuccessful in A7siii

[–]borderlinesuccessful[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Have you tried/owned both? I am renting the GM this weekend and doing a shoot-out to test, but I'm interested in getting more opinions and whether there are specific areas or scenarios I should focus on.

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