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Richard N
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Registered: Apr 3, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 146
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Review Date: May 22, 2003
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Price paid: $360.00
| Rating: 8
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Optically excellent, very useful fast aperture. Light.
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Noisy AF focusing.
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Great prime to have. I guess everyone should have one. An excellent portrait lens on my 10D. Extremely useful when shooting in low-light. USM is good, but it needs to be updated to a newer design.
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 May 22, 2003
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braindeadmac
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Review Date: May 1, 2003
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Price paid: $309.00
| Rating: 6
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Good image quality, relatively small and lightweight for an EF lens. Great aperture and focal length on 10D, other cameras with 1.6x factor.
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Mediocre build and mechanical quality, especially when compared to L lenses. Manual focusing is not smooth and lens has short throw, making manual focusing a bit difficult.
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I bought this lens to have a fast portrait lens with my 10D; it is my only non-L lenses. I'm a bit disappointed in the "feel" of the lens, and manual focus is not smooth due to the motor. However, image quality is pretty good with nice contrast and bokeh even wide open. It is a bit soft in the corners wide open, especially on a film camera, but that improves quickly by f2.8. It is certainly comparable to the Nikkor lens of the same speed and focal length. This may not be a lens I keep for long, although that was my expectation before buying it.
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May 1, 2003
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Apr 14, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 8
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Compact, fast, sharp at f2 or above, fair price
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Focus ring is kinda of loose.
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Great portrait lens on both digital camera and film camera. Focus very fast on my EOS 3, slightly slower on 10D. With 550 flash, fast focus in almost darkness.
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Apr 14, 2003
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Amit
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Location: Australia
Posts: 1292
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Review Date: Apr 2, 2003
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Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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light, easy to carry, sharp, excellent for low light and indoor photography and good DOF
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I use this lens a LOT. Very sturdy, and easy to carry, and I have dropped it 2 times already  , it works like a song and is perfect for indoor and/or night/low light photography.
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Apr 2, 2003
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Jack Flesher
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Registered: Oct 23, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 3489
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Review Date: Apr 1, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $250.00
| Rating: 8
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Speed, price.
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None
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Not the sharpest lens in my stable, but one of the fastest, and it still delivers VERY good images. Good to use when I want a one-lens simple snapshot outfit. In contrast to other users, I find the slight edge "softness" at f1.4 on my FF and 1.3x crop camera a sometimes asset -- especially if you use it to compositional advantage -- a "look" I like. But I agree it performs better from f2 - up.
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Apr 1, 2003
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deevee
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Mar 31, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $250.00
| Rating: 10
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very sharp
inexpensive
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not as solid as L build
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a wonderful lens for d60 and 10D ...excellent for portraits and low light...relatively cheap for a non L...i sold it in favor of the 50mm f2.5 for i need the macro capability too...they're both sharp but the f1.4 has better usm technology...i do miss the f1.4 and f2.0 sometimes especially in absence of flash...highly recommended to d60/10D users.
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Mar 31, 2003
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MikeP
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Review Date: Mar 31, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $299.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharpness
Price
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Build Quality is way better than 50/1.8 but could still be better
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I use this lens with a D60 and I am amazed by the sharpness and the detail that it captures (especially at this price).
I find this lens of limited use wide open - at F1.4 it is a little soft, combined with a VERY short DOF. However, at F2.8 it starts to shine and at F4.0 it is by far the sharpest lens I have ever used.
Because of the detail, I use this lens whenever I can, forgoing the convenience of a zoom.
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Mar 31, 2003
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Harold St
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Registered: Sep 16, 2002
Location: United States
Posts: 786
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Review Date: Mar 31, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $330.00
| Rating: 8
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Excellent Image Quality, Low Cost, Large Aperature, Light Weight
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None (for a consumer grade lens)
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I used this lens on the D60. Ninety percent of my "keepers" have either been taken with this lens or the 135mm/f2. Images are very sharp at f2.0 or higher.
The build quality is average and the autofocus is a little sluggish, especially in low light.
I would highly recommend this lens to anyone with looking for superb image quality at a reasonable price.
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Mar 31, 2003
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stan_g
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Location: United States
Posts: 232
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Review Date: Mar 31, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $320.00
| Rating: 6
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Very sharp, light, good portrait length on 1.6 factor body
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Slow AF in low light
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Needed fast AF/low light lens. Not bad on a 1D but poor on D30/D60. Wish I still had it as few lenses are sharp enough to bring out the resolution abilities of the D60/10D.
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Mar 31, 2003
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lexvo
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Location: Netherlands
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Review Date: Mar 30, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $500.00
| Rating: 8
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sharp, compact
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I bought this lens for available light photography. With a maximum aperture of f/1.4 it shines of course, giving me acceptable shutter speeds in low light.
Now that I have it, I also like it very much for street/scene shooting. It is compact and makes the camera/lens combination very handable. I spend a day in Antwerpen (Belgium) with only this lens and loved it.
According to some tests the 50/1.4 is optically as good or even better than the (now discontinued) 50/1.0.
You don't have to stop this lens very much down to become very sharp pictures, I've read a test which outcomes were:
f/1.4: 53 lp/mm
f/2.0: 69 lp/mm
f/2.8: 80 lp/mm
f/4.0 up to f/11: around 90 lp/mm
f/16: 80 lp/mm
So, I'd say stopping down to f/2.8 will give you already great results.
It may be a little soft at f/1.4, but I don't care about that much because I photograph mostly people at this aperture (low light) and they appreciate it when their faces aren't tack sharp, revealing every little 'fault'...
Summary: I love this lens.
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Mar 30, 2003
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Ben Horne
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Posts: 11207
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Review Date: Mar 30, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $299.00
| Rating: 6
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Light, Fast, Cheap
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Plastic Build Quality
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I really like this lens because it is light, fast, small, and sharp. I use this lens as my primary "normal" lens on the 1D. I don't usually shoot with it wide open, but I often shoot at f/2.0 and achieve very sharp results. My only complaint about it is the non-L plastic build quality. If you shake the lens, you can feel/hear that the joints are rather loose compared to the rock solid L series lenses. For only 299 though, I would consider the 50mm f/1.4 to be a must-have lens.
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Mar 30, 2003
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rebel300
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Review Date: Mar 29, 2003
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $350.00
| Rating: 6
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Inexpensive sharp lens
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slow focus
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I'd rate this lens at 3.8 on a 5 scale. It's exceptional on a 1.6 magnification camera, but just good on a 1.3 like the 1D.
LM
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Mar 29, 2003
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