>>4186393>Also f2.8 isn’t fast enough imo. 1. That depends on who you ask. Not everyone shoots within the same photography field, not everyone has the same style of shooting and not everyone restricts their composition and angle to only and solely ''bokeh!''
2. I, for example, rarely find myself shooting below f5.6, maybe f4 and that's in or outside my studio and with or without strobes. I am rarely below f5.6, f4 at the lowest. The widest I will go with strobes is f8-f11, depending on where I'm doing the shoot. If we're out in sunlight, I will even close down to f16 or higher. The one and only time I will force going below f4, is when my location and/or composition requires or can take advantage of ''bokeh.'' Otherwise, it's always f5.6 or higher.
Professionals aside, even amateurs, beginners, hobbyists and sub-professionals, which makes up about 70-80% (possibly even more) of all photographers, will shoot at f2.8 or higher, rarely below that. Now take low end to high end professionals into the picture and close to nobody will shoot below f5.6/f6.3. 99% of us will hang around f11, going slightly lower or higher as we need. Low/Fast aperture lenses are, for the most part, just a marketing trick for the masses. Nothing more. You will buy a f0.95 lens but then as time goes by, you will realize that you're doing most of your shoots at f2.8, f4, f5.6, f8 and f11 and then... Then you will realize that you should have gotten that other, cheaper f2 lens that has a better look, instead of spending thousands on a marketing trick.
