I just purchased this lens & would love to see some images made by those that have it. I would think technique would be important with this hunk of glass.
Had the 85 1.8, 70-200 2.8 L and then the 50mm 1.2, but nothing really approximates the image quality of this glass. But beware. It's much harder to score a high hit rate with this because there's so much glass moving about that any quickly moving subject (like children or action photography) and you're going to struggle on AF. At 1.2, no-one I've handed my camera to can get a decent shot with this. At 2.0 and above, sure, but you want this for the 1.2 right? I've learned to accept that this lens is harder to use than my other favourites, but when I score, I score big. It produces the best results, no question, but you have to earn it. OK, I'm making sound like it's near impossible, it's not. Just not as straightforward as using the pretty quick 85 1.8. Autofocus is slower than you'd like, but to be expected with this much heavy glass being shifted back and forth. Also, if you're suing this wide open in anything like strong natural light and you want your creamy bokeh, then you'll need a good ND filter at at least 4. Suggest ND 8 with this in strong light. And get a good copy and not cheap. What's the point of putting cheap glass over the end of this classic? So, apart from the acceptable sluggishness: flawless
Studio58 wrote:
I just purchased this lens & would love to see some images made by those that have it. I would think technique would be important with this hunk of glass.
I agree that it can be a challenge shooting wide open. I just got mine last Friday and took a few pics around the house...hope you like cats.
I've stated many times that I think this glass is second to none when it comes to portraiture........here is one of my daughter Julia that I have posted before..........85L @f2!
I've been, almost literally, been drooling over this chunk of glass for a long long time and I thought I was over it. But I was foolish enough to open this topic...
