Philber - thanks for the info on the Pantheon - I really must make it over to Paris one day!
Charles and Adam
Thanks for your various comments regarding focus with the 50 1.4. I can see why you have the special focusing screen but my concern is that for most of my photography I am better off with the one I have which is lovely and bright and also has a grid which is handy. The brightness of the 1DSiii viewfinder is one of the things I love and as a glasses wearer it makes life a lot easier for me. I had a brief stint with an Oly 35 2.8 shift lens and had no probs focusing that through the viewfinder wide open but I guess that\'s the difference between 1.4 and 2.8! ;-(
My webspace still playing up so I\'ve put a couple of photos on flickr to illustrate the performance wide open. Excuse the mundane subject matter. First is the whole picture and the second has 100% crops at 1.4, 1.8 and 2.2 - I focused (LV 10x) just to the left of the remote control on the cushion. I also did a similar test on some text on boxes with similar results. I looked on the slrlensreview site and their findings seemed consistent with mine I\'d say. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizzieshepherd/4863872820/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizzieshepherd/4863253945/
Philber - thanks for the info on the Pantheon - I really must make it over to Paris one day!
Charles and Adam - thanks for your various comments regarding focus with the 50 1.4. I can see why you have the special focusing screen but my concern is that for most of my photography I am better off with the one I have which is lovely and bright and also has a grid which is handy. The brightness of the 1DSiii viewfinder is one of the things I love and as a glasses wearer it makes life a lot easier for me. I had a brief stint with an Oly 35 2.8 shift lens and had no probs focusing that through the viewfinder wide open but I guess that\'s hardly surprising given difference between 1.4 and 2.8.
My webspace still playing up so I\'ve put a couple of photos on flickr to illustrate the performance wide open. Excuse the mundane subject matter. First is the whole picture and the second has 100% crops at 1.4, 1.8 and 2.2 - I focused (LV 10x) just to the left of the remote control on the cushion. I also did a similar test on some text on boxes with similar results. I looked on the slrlensreview site and their findings seemed consistent with mine I\'d say. http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizzieshepherd/4863872820/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/lizzieshepherd/4863253945/
