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I think I'll use my zooms to cover 85mm.
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If it's anything like the EF version i've got on loan at the moment, it's fan-flaming-tastic.
The only problems with the EF one i've noticed is that AF is a bit slow - mainly because it's moving such a weight of glass, and that the DOF wide open is thinner than a thin thing (like about 1 inch at wide open and a range of 6 feet!) Very easy to focus on one eye, and get the other OOF
The only problems with the EF one i've noticed is that AF is a bit slow - mainly because it's moving such a weight of glass, and that the DOF wide open is thinner than a thin thing (like about 1 inch at wide open and a range of 6 feet!) Very easy to focus on one eye, and get the other OOF
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it's supposed to be every bit as good.
since I nearly always use the AF to get close and adjust by hand before firing this would be a great lens to have. it's been on my watch list for the last few days but it's just not a great week to spend.
given that it has 15 bids now and the cost of the EF version, I won't be all surprised to see at least another £150 on top of that £256 when it closes.
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Unless you're going to use the big hole in the front It's a big heavy bit of glass to lug around to be honest. At 680g, its only 25g lighter than my 75-210 f4 zoom!
You're right of course. And at that price I'd have to set a precedent for looking after my gear instead of lobbing in the car footwell/boot or like yesterday, balancing lenses on a sloping churchyard wall while I swapped bodies. OTOH I would make use of it for dim church interiors that flash kills.
The winning bid is likely to take it into domestic disharmony territory.
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I'd guess somewhere approaching £400 :shake:
I fear so. An 85mm f2 sells for around the current bid.
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****OTOH I would make use of it for dim church interiors****
What's wrong with a 24mm f2 or even a 50mm f1.4 or 20mm lens........85mm is usually for portraiture.
What's wrong with a 24mm f2 or even a 50mm f1.4 or 20mm lens........85mm is usually for portraiture.
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.........maybe a Canon 50mm f1.4 with 1.5 extender might be sharp enough for you, well it's a lot cheaper and if you are not happy with the results it's easy to get your money back :shrug:
Used one of those yesterday, though without the extender. With 400 asa film, f1.4 is on the limits of hand-held photography in gloomy churches. Your point about the extender is a fair one, though I think three Canon bodies with 24mm, 50mm and 85/100mm primes would be a near perfect combo for the stuff I shoot. The f1.2 is somewhat overboard in cost, size and aperture :thumbsdown:
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Hey I have another idea.......get a DSLR with IS and low noise for low light, for those hand held shots
Hey I have another idea.......get a DSLR with IS and low noise for low light, for those hand held shots
Or take my 5 x 4 and a tripod!
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at a guess, most of 'em end up in studio's with a non-glass fd > ef adaptor ring attached - as I've mentioned - the DOF is so narrow, half the time the AF will lock on an eyelash, and leave the eye OOF unless you tweak manually, and if you're doing that anyway...
I'll miss the EF when my mate asks for it back, but I don't use it enough to drop even the £321 that this one went for.
I'll miss the EF when my mate asks for it back, but I don't use it enough to drop even the £321 that this one went for.