The RF 45mm f/1.2 STM lens I've been waiting for arrived this week and I finally was out with it in good conditions. I plan to use the lens this weekend, along with my 24-105mm zoom, for several events commemorating the Henry Knox Noble Train of Artillery, the successful transport of cannon from Fort Ticonderoga to high ground over Boston Harbor 250 years ago which persuaded the British to abandon the city and retreat to Nova Scotia.
My plan was to keep both this new lens and my RF 50mm f/1.4L VCM, at least until I was sure that the new lens was sufficiently decent. But, the cost difference is too much to justify keeping both lenses as even with a wholesale used sale to MPB the 50mm lens will bring me nearly twice the cost of the 45mm lens. Yes, there are compromises but the better lens was overkill for my uses.
I have a gallery for images with the new lens at https://www.trulandphotography.com/Prime-Galleries/Winter-of-45. Here are some from this morning at Waterford Harbor.
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| RF 45mm f//1.2 STM, f/8, 1/2000 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 45mm f//1.2 STM, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 45mm f//1.2 STM, f/8, 1/750 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 45mm f//1.2 STM, f/8, 1/500 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 45mm f//1.2 STM, f/8, 1/350 sec., ISO 100 |
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| RF 45mm f//1.2 STM, f/4, 1/1500 sec., ISO 100 |
