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Archive 2009 · Show me your 50L shots
  
 
JasonJ
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p.4 #1 · Show me your 50L shots


So basically the 50L still suffers with AF issues and the 5D2's outer AF points are no good. Guess these 2 things weren't made for each other

Yet, I'm still drawn to it.

rhorta wrote:
Apples and oranges.

The 50/1.2 has a well documented focus issue.

What you describe is the effects of the less than admirable outer AF-points on the 5D(2).

Using the outer focus points is incidentally described by some as a workaround for the 50/1.2, but that only works if these outer points are up to scratch

The 50/1.2 is still tantalizing though...

Ruy

Nov 18, 2009 at 07:35 PM
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I just got myself another copy of the 50L today. It's a UX date-code and it's awesome on my 5D2, I'm very pleased with what I'm getting from it so far. I will be using it extensively in the coming weeks so I'll be sure to keep an eye on it's focusing habits and let you all know.

Nov 22, 2009 at 07:58 AM
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AbramG wrote:
I just got myself another copy of the 50L today. It's a UX date-code and it's awesome on my 5D2, I'm very pleased with what I'm getting from it so far. I will be using it extensively in the coming weeks so I'll be sure to keep an eye on it's focusing habits and let you all know.

It will be good to hear how this one works out.


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Nov 22, 2009 at 03:30 PM
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Here's one @ f/1.2 in LA from yesterday, It's pretty processed but the focus was on the eye.

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Nov 23, 2009 at 05:12 PM
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some great shots at the beginning of this thread. nicely done =)

Nov 23, 2009 at 05:36 PM
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Nov 23, 2009 at 05:39 PM
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lidesun wrote:
Wow...more dramatic shots than the 85/1.2L shots.
Oh? I guess that means I need to buy one. Not.
If shallow depth of field and smooth bokeh are the intent then the 85 has all of that and more. Take a few steps back with the 85 and you get what is shown here with the 50

Nov 23, 2009 at 05:50 PM
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Here's a couple more showing it's DOF capabilities.

These are both with my 5D2 right when I got it, and right before I sold my first copy about 6 months ago.

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and my buddy chaz while we were scouting locations for a shoot in LA.

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both shots are at f/1.2

Nov 23, 2009 at 07:54 PM
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At 1.2 on the 5d Mark II



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Nov 23, 2009 at 08:02 PM
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xrayvision wrote:
lidesun wrote:
Wow...more dramatic shots than the 85/1.2L shots.
Oh? I guess that means I need to buy one. Not.
If shallow depth of field and smooth bokeh are the intent then the 85 has all of that and more. Take a few steps back with the 85 and you get what is shown here with the 50
No, not entirely. They are different, based on my observations (I own both).

The 85L has very good background bokeh, but a little busy foreground bokeh. The 50L has excellent bokeh both in background and foreground. And flare is not in the 50L's dictionary.

Apart from that, the 50L is excellent as a macro lens with one or more tubes, the 85L does less well.

Kind regards, Wim

Nov 23, 2009 at 08:43 PM
 



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swanny338 wrote:
At 1.2 on the 5d Mark II



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Great use of the narrow DOF

d~

Nov 23, 2009 at 09:08 PM
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I suddenly want a 5DMKII and this lens!

Nov 24, 2009 at 04:17 AM
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Two more:



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Nov 24, 2009 at 10:28 AM
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HelenaN wrote:
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Thanks for sharing.

Very creative using the 50 for landscape.

Keep them coming.


d~

Nov 25, 2009 at 10:57 AM
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Thanks! I use it for everything that can fit into the 50mm focal length. I know some people think it's a strange use for this lens, but even landscapes sometimes. We recently visited the Rocky Mountain states in USA for 5 weeks and I brought two 5Ds (no grips), 24LII, 50L, 70-200/4IS and 1.4x TC in a Flipside 300 backpack, and couldn't be happier with the result and it never felt heavy to carry.

The shots above were part of a 50mm June challenge at a Norwegian forum. I have some better ones, but they aren't taken between f/1.2 and 2, so I can't post them here.

Nov 25, 2009 at 11:06 AM
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Posted here before.



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Nov 25, 2009 at 01:23 PM
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^ Great image @ f1.2 !

d~

Nov 26, 2009 at 12:30 AM
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xrayvision wrote:

Take a few steps back with the 85 and you get what is shown here with the 50

I am not sure about that


Nov 26, 2009 at 03:17 AM
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OK, so I am trying to decide if I need my 24-70...or should I replace it with a 50L. I hate you guys... Looks like I am switching back to primes for the mid range... I have the 50 1.4 and I hate it with a passion. It is going to canon for calibration and checkup and then straight to the BS board...50L here I come!!

Jul 04, 2010 at 01:25 AM
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Have some recent shot of 50/1.2L, 5D2, 220EX

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Jul 04, 2010 at 01:49 AM
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