Upgrade 50mm f/1.8 to 50mm f/1.4?

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Originally Posted by Keith B

Yeah that is pretty much what I'm saying.

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Impressive. Does your copy have a lot of CA at f/1.2? Mine sure does. Not so bad that it would be apparent in this pic, but it is often quite apparent.

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Originally Posted by Chuck Lee

I got second place or something a couple of years ago over at the digital photography school site for shooting wide open with this shot:

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Nice!

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Originally Posted by Jon Ruyle

Impressive. Does your copy have a lot of CA at f/1.2? Mine sure does. Not so bad that it would be apparent in this pic, but it is often quite apparent.

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Thanks. In all honesty the 85L is the sharpest, most vivid lens I have ever shot with.


It does have a bit of CA wide open (not as bad as my 35L though). I haven't experienced train wreck CA like I have seen others. I guess it is entirely possible I have a (dern near) perfect copy.

And maybe my 50 f/1.4 is better than some.


When I get some time I'll post pics from my 85 to give an idea of sharpness and CA as a comparison to yours.


I'll say this: Ken Rockell's suggestion that the 85 f/1.2 be used wide open for astrophotography is seems even more laughable to me now than when I first read it (before I tried the 85 f/1.2)

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Originally Posted by Chuck Lee

<span class="nowrap"]Also, Shieky, it may be a your personal preference, but the norm that I see followed is 85mm on FF and 50mm on crop for waist up portraits. Personally, I do not like the 50 1.4 on FF for portrait. I much prefer 70mm plus. The 85 1.8 has been on my list for quite some time. I would think that lens rather long for a crop sensor T2i camera.

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Thanks for replying Chuck. I know what the norm is, but I just didn't like 50mm on a crop-camera at all. Of course at the time I was using the 50mm 1.8 which I didn't like anyway. But honestly I really like the 50mm on full frame. It totally madesense to me why this was "the" standard lens for 35mm camera's. I haven't used an 85mm lens on full frame yet, but I must say that the 100mm macro is also a very nice portrait lens [A]

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Originally Posted by Chuck Lee

<span class="nowrap"]There used to be a saying... something like "f8 is safe" or "safe at f8" After thousands of photo's I understand why.

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Well...safe isn't always exiting is it? [:P]


Ps: welcome back [Y]

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Originally Posted by Jan "Sheiky" Paalman

Is that because of the lens-specifications aka sharpness etc or because you like the depth of field of f2.8?

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I think it's a little bit of both

I see. I think f2 is my favorite aperture for my 50mm 1.4. For the same reasons ;)