I have to weigh in on the 1.4 lens. This is a great deal for the money. The USM is fast and accurate on my 50D, but it probably should come with a lens hood as it flairs sometimes. The L lens is the size of a large grape fruit (my only experience with the L); The 1.4 is still pocketable in a winter coat. If I am wanting to have a "real" camera for point-and-shoot situations, this is my go to lens for those spontaneous shots.
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p4_c16/
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p8_ii_c16/
They haven't reviewed the 50mm L yet...
Hope this is ok to post links.
Cheers,
Andy
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p4_c16/
http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_50_1p8_ii_c16/
They haven't reviewed the 50mm L yet...
Hope this is ok to post links.
Cheers,
Andy
On 10 Aug, 2010,at 05:08 PM, James Schenken <jds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
With no recent experience with Canon glass ( most recent is 30+ yrs ago and
a 50mm F/1.8 Serenar ) I can comment on the relative merits of similar
Nikon glass.
The current 50mm f/1.4 AF-S lens performs comparably with its manual focus
equivalent 50mm.
The 50mm f/1.8 AF after stopping down a little is just as good and the
f/1.4's stopped down to the same apertures.
The Canon 50mm F/1.2 is faster but has no depth of field at f/1.2. I
suspect that the comparison with the Canon 50mm f/1.8 at f/2.8 and smaller
would show little difference just as the Nikons do. Wide open you only get
just a little more than one stop faster with the 1.2.
At B&H the 1.8 is $99, the 1.4 is $360, and the 1.2 is $1,450.
Pretty steep curve given that the 1.2 is about 1/2 stop faster then the 1.4
anyway. You can get lots of other neat stuff for the $1,000 difference.
Cheers,
James
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Subject: Re: Canon 50mm lens comparison
On Tue, August 10, 2010 08:38, Kim Mosley wrote:
> I'm curious about the same question, but with the Nikon 1.8 vs. Nikon 1.4
> for the D90/D80. The 1.4 is 3 or 4 times as expensive.
For both the Canon and the Nikon, the Sigma 50mm f/1.4 should not be
overlooked, it sounds like. The reviews I've seen definitely place it
ahead of the new Nikon 50/1.4 AF-S, and it's a lot cheaper than the Canon
50/1.2.
(Me, I'm still using a Nikon 50/1.8 AIS from 1982; I used to have the 58mm
f/1.2 NOCT, but sold that to finance the D700.)
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