Ease of focusing for one. Fast lens = brighter viewfinder. Not to mention the coolness factor. I probably won't shoot my K50/1.2 at 1.2 *that* often, but focusing is super easy and I get to carry around a big honkin' piece of glass. Please, no jokes about compensating... :)
chris (P.S. Ok, I lied. I actually shoot at 1.2 pretty often. DOF is small... so small.) On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, frank theriault wrote: > Funny (and I don't mean this as a criticism of your post), but I'm > always amused when I hear, "I rarely use the lens wider than [insert an > aperture here]". Why buy a fast lens if you aren't going to use it wide > open a lot? I have an M 2.0 50mm. If I was happy shooting at 5.6, I'd > stick with that lens.
