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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robert Mitchell" data-source="post: 111554" data-attributes="member: 11282">Depending on the camera to subject distance, f/1.4 can be a paper thin depth of field. Combine that with the fact that the 50mm f/1.4 lens is not especially sharp at f/1.4 and you've got a recipe for disaster brewing.The difference between f/1.4 and f/1.8 is 2/3 stop and while that's not a huge difference, it makes large enough when it comes to both light gathering ability and depth of field, especially if you love paper thin depth of field.Having said that, if you don't need that shallow depth of field, f/1.8 is a beautiful thing and if you don't need to shoot wide open then f/2 and smaller tends to give much better results with a crisper, sharper image with greater contrast.</blockquote>