I might be too late, but you might look at ken rockwell's review of the 85mm 1.8 before you buy the 1.2. Getting a 85mm 1.8 *and* a 70-200 2.8 IS wouldn't cost too much more than getting an 85 1.2 alone.


That said, you have to take what he says with a grain of salt. (He says the 1.2 is only good for special purpose, like astronomy. In the first place, I think plenty of people like to go faster than f/2 for portraits when they can. And secondly, I don't know any astrophotographers who shoot much faster than f/4 due to chromatic aberration... I'd be surprised if the 85 1.2 is immune to this wide open.)