stupid question - Large Aperature = Wide Aperature?

[TechBoyJK]

Hearing the phrase tossed around and looking at wikipedia. Is large/wide aperature the same thing?

 

[PurdueRy]

Hearing the phrase tossed around and looking at wikipedia. Is large/wide aperature the same thing?

Yes

 

[alfa147x]

Thus you have a fast lens

 

[Maximus96]

want a fast lens? get yourself the mighty 50mm one point oh,

http://www.photographyreview.com/mfr/canon/35mm-primes/PRD_83381_3111crx.aspx

 

[ElFenix]

i see your 50/1, and raise you a 50/.95

(not bad for 1/14th the price of leica's new noctilux)
(though on its native u4/3 it's equivalent to a 100/1.9 on 35mm.)

 

[jpeyton]

The Noktor is notoriously soft at large apertures. Go for the Nokton f/1.1 instead:

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2009/11/16/the-voigtlander-nokton-50-1-1-lens-review/

 

[ElFenix]

The Noktor is notoriously soft at large apertures. Go for the Nokton f/1.1 instead:

http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2009/11/16/the-voigtlander-nokton-50-1-1-lens-review/

has it been out long enough to become notorious?


it'd be interesting to see a head to head comparison of the two on an ep or a g2