Canon RF 45mm 1.2 Review – Budget Dream or Cheap Nightmare?

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00:00 - Intro
0:24 - Photoshoot - Image Quality, Rendering, Focal Length
4:43 - Good for General Use?
5:37 - FOV vs 50mm
6:10 - Is It Sharp??
7:46 - Corrections
8:51 - 45 1.2 vs 50 1.2 Rendering
10:38 - Bad Bokeh??
11:48 - 45 1.2 vs 50 1.2 Sharpness
12:14 - 45 1.2 vs 50 1.8 vs 35 1.8
13:23 - 45 1.2 vs RF 24-70
13:48 - Corner Sharpness
15:08 - Chromatic Aberration & Flaring
15:56 - Photo AF
17:10 - Photo AF Noise
18:10 - Bad for Video??
19:38 - Video AF
20:47 - Video AF Noise
21:11 - Build & Handling
22:21 - Would I Recommend It?

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