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Archive 2013 · To the people who LOVE their 50L

  
 
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


Why do you love it? What does it do for you that other lenses can't? How often is it on your camera? What do you like to use it for?

I'm just wondering to see what the positive side of the tricky lens is to people who love it and use it often.



May 20, 2013 at 06:58 PM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


I use it mostly for portraits. As much as I love the images from the 85 1.2, the 50 1.2 has it's own magic.


May 20, 2013 at 07:16 PM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


One of my favorite lenses on my 5D II FF camera. I use it pretty much for anything - sceneries, street photography, portraits, landscape, close-ups. Still the lens really shines at fast apertures of f/2 and faster. Since I bought it a few years ago, I rarely even touch my 24-70/2.8 lens. This lens is a real light-sucker!


May 20, 2013 at 07:22 PM
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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


I love the drawing style of the 50 1.2. It has gorgeous colour and really nice bokeh. I love the 50mm focal length and this is the best canon 50 I have used. While it is probably my favourite lens, it sees less use these days, as I find the 35 to be a more versatile focal lenth.


May 20, 2013 at 08:08 PM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


I like the perspective of the 50L for certain partial portraits that may contain blurred background around f/1.2...but I still end up liking the images from the 85L more, so I have gone back to primarily using 35/85 after toying with 50 for a while.


May 20, 2013 at 08:10 PM
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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


The 50L is one of my favorite lenses on the 5DIII. I use it for everything- walk around, landscape, portrait.


May 20, 2013 at 08:40 PM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


lucas lumiere wrote:
I love the drawing style of the 50 1.2. It has gorgeous colour and really nice bokeh. I love the 50mm focal length and this is the best canon 50 I have used. .


+1

Same experience here. Not the sharpest lens I own, but more than sharp enough and I really like how it draws the image.



May 20, 2013 at 11:00 PM
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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


It's one of my favorite lenses. I love to shoot with it. I use it as my main walk-around lens when I'm with my family.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/8761038411_4c7a3485eb_b.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3709/8761038365_3041659e27_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/8762164948_582e72da98_b.jpg



May 20, 2013 at 11:06 PM
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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


James Taylor wrote:
It's one of my favorite lenses. I love to shoot with it. I use it as my main walk-around lens when I'm with my family.

http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5453/8761038411_4c7a3485eb_b.jpg

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3709/8761038365_3041659e27_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7414/8762164948_582e72da98_b.jpg


Hi James,

Fantastic images!

For me - It didn't work. I didn't find the 50mm view inspiring. I prefer 35 and 85 on ff.



May 20, 2013 at 11:21 PM
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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


stan23 wrote:
Hi James,

Fantastic images!

For me - It didn't work. I didn't find the 50mm view inspiring. I prefer 35 and 85 on ff.



Thanks! I also have the 35L & 85L -- amazing lenses! If I'm going to carry two lenses, the 50L stays home and I take the 35 & 85. Not much you can't do with that combo of lenses! However, when I want to just carry one lens, I take the 50L. I'm never disappointed with what I get



May 20, 2013 at 11:28 PM
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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


I love the softness of edges, color, and vignetting of this lens. When used at wider apertures, it has just the right amount of inherent DOF from the 50mm focal length. Mine gets extremely sharp overall from f/4 and smaller.


May 21, 2013 at 12:08 AM
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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


James Taylor wrote:
Thanks! I also have the 35L & 85L -- amazing lenses! If I'm going to carry two lenses, the 50L stays home and I take the 35 & 85. Not much you can't do with that combo of lenses! However, when I want to just carry one lens, I take the 50L. I'm never disappointed with what I get


This is really true. Now that the 24-70II is so good, I hardly reach for my other L primes. If you like the 50 focal length (I love it) it is really the only way to go. I have tried all of the canon 50s plus 3 sigmas and Leica and the 50L has it all. If I only had one lens it would be a very hard decision between this and the 24-70II. 2 lenses it would be the 50L plus 24-70II no question. I never got why people say the lens is challenging etc. mine has always been spot on



May 21, 2013 at 12:13 AM
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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


It's a fast AF 50mm with great bokeh, colour and drawing. What's not to like? (other than the somewhat funky AF ).




May 21, 2013 at 02:49 AM
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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


its fast, bokeh is great, color too
af is also really fast (comparing to 85/1.2 ;-) ) and i never had af problems with it
it is always with me (when i have camera )

focal length is very personal thingy, for me it is 24, 50, 135
yes 35 and 85 are great lenses, but i got rid of the 35 (for the above reason) and do not use 85 that much(anyway can not imagine selling it, its just so special )



May 21, 2013 at 03:18 AM
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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


It's light, portable, has great color & bokeh, and forces me to engage my images and think things through more since I don't have the luxury of zooming. And the 50mm focal length is popular for a reason - it's so versatile, and if something catches your eye, chances are that you can render that same vision with the 50mm focal length.

And it's fast enough to keep up with my daughter



May 21, 2013 at 09:15 AM
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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


Annnnnnnnnd I bought one.


May 21, 2013 at 08:38 PM
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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


I hope you two will be happy together!


May 21, 2013 at 09:46 PM
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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


You will not be disappointed


May 21, 2013 at 10:00 PM
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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


Yeah, its the unicorn that I always wanted and I saw Canon finally got them in stock with their refurbished with 15% off. I know I always wanted it in my bag so might as well take the plunge.


May 21, 2013 at 10:13 PM
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p.1 #20 · p.1 #20 · To the people who LOVE their 50L


Because it draws almost as well as the Panleica 25/1.4
I will say up close i wasnt too impressed with my CPS loaner, but shots at 10ft+ were outstanding



May 21, 2013 at 10:15 PM
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