Anybody want a Canon EF 50mm f/1?

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"You are bidding the fastes and sharpest lens..."

Dang! Ill take two :D:D
 
Just had a quick word with Mrs CB and, apparently, we don't need it. :shake:

That's women for you eh?
 
Mmmmmmm large white lens goodness :)

I saw a guy from AFP having a yard sale on the following:

400mm 2.8 IS x 2
300mm 2.8 IS x 2
70-200 2.8 IS x 2

12 Various model 1D series.

Anf a bunch of flashes (Around 12 550's)

Probably all nicked :)
 
1DMARKII said:
Mmmmmmm large white lens goodness :)

I saw a guy from AFP having a yard sale on the following:

400mm 2.8 IS x 2
300mm 2.8 IS x 2
70-200 2.8 IS x 2

12 Various model 1D series.

Anf a bunch of flashes (Around 12 550's)

Probably all nicked :)
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i think i must have a sub standard yard then, ive only got a bbq and 2 wheeliebins in it!
 
Nice

Didn't Canon do a f/0.95 lens on an FD mount back in the day?

Or is that really a 20/19F aperature :thinking:
 
*looks at kidney... looks at ebay... looks at kidney... looks at ebay... looks at kidney...*
 
Isn't a 1:0.95 lens producing more light than there actually is? I thought the f number was a ratio to how much light it can take in to what there actually is?
 
Liam said:
Isn't a 1:0.95 lens producing more light than there actually is? I thought the f number was a ratio to how much light it can take in to what there actually is?
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It's impossible for a lens to produce light....sure you're not thinking of one of these?
 
It's just the ratio between the width of the aperature and the focal length
 
And its not going be that much faster, only 44% faster over the 1.2
 
Radiohead said:
Shame the current 50/1.2L is a better lens in every way and £750 new.
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... except for the inability to focus properly on subjects around 1m away when the aperture is around f/2 to f/4 ...
 
30psi said:
Nice

Didn't Canon do a f/0.95 lens on an FD mount back in the day?

Or is that really a 20/19F aperature :thinking:
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That was a range finder lens I think.

The big problem with the 50mm F/1 (asides from the price) is the sharpness. From the samples I've seen at around F/1 it simply isn't very sharp at all. Not many people seem to have this lens to post shots from though so it could have been user error.
 
I'm interested in his 200 f/1.8 myself. Nice!! I'd love one of them. Stick a 1.4x on and you've got a 280 2.8, and a 2x on and you've got a 400 f4.
 
Cool! 400mm f3.5. All the more reason to get one. It's on the shopping list now.
 
chewyuk said:
on all - or some 1.2's?
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There seems to be a growing number of photographers on both Fred Miranda and POTN that have no issues with their 50 f/1.2 lenses and an equally large group that don't use it at 2-4ft from their subject anyway.

Interestingly there seems to be far less users (if any) that are experiencing problems with lenses that have a UV07 date stamp iirc. :shrug:
 
chewyuk said:
on all - or some 1.2's?
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I would suspect that, from a technical standpoint, it must be all of them. There is a marked focus shift when the aperture stops down, This is most noticeable at larger apertures and closer focus distances as the shift moves thefocus point outside the DOF window, As the aperture gets smaller (f/3.5 upwards) or the distance increases (1.5m upwards) then the larger DOF will mask the problem.

I've read that there may be a possible software fix that front shifts the focus as the aperture moves but this is likely to be only on the latest output (if it is indeed fact).

Bob
 
Right, I've got a plan!
I'm goint to buy the 200 f/1.8 and 2 2xTeleconverters + some gaffa tape....
 
olv said:
*looks at kidney... looks at ebay... looks at kidney... looks at ebay... looks at kidney...*
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Removable kidney eh. Waht will they come up with next;)
 
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