Is the Canon 50mm 1.2 lens $1000 better than the 1.4
Mac
Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.
Ruthlessrider wrote:
Is the Canon 50mm 1.2 lens $1000 better than the 1.4
It all depends on how important f/1.2 is to you.
Mac wrote:
It all depends on how important f/1.2 is to you.
If you please, can you explain how that is technologically.
davidrb
Loc: Half way there on the 45th Parallel
Ruthlessrider wrote:
Is the Canon 50mm 1.2 lens $1000 better than the 1.4
Depends upon who's $1000.00 you are spending. People must think it is or that price would not be offered.
If you can't afford it, it's not for you.
Mac wrote:
It all depends on how important f/1.2 is to you.
It wasn't for me, I purchased the ƒ/1.4.
(Not $1,000 important...)
How has it performed for you?
Ruthlessrider wrote:
How has it performed for you?
Very nicely, but I don't have either the other two to compare. Not really interested in doing so either.
I'm pleased with it. I also like the build more than the ƒ/1.8.
Very helpful, thanks a lot.
CHG_CANON wrote:
If you can't afford it, it's not for you.
Not the quality of response I’ve been use to on UGG.
Ruthlessrider wrote:
If you please, can you explain how that is technologically.
If you shoot at f1.2 all the time then you have no choice. Faster lenses cost more to build.
The extra lens speed has almost no effect on the image so that aspect is not worth $25. But in really crappy light, even if your need for DoF has you setting f2.8 or 3.5, sometimes a bit of extra lens speed enables the AF to lock on when a slower lens might leave the AF struggling.
OTOH, some lesser than high end AF systems are confused by the lack of DoF with f1.2 lenses and really work better with slow lenses.
For over 90% of users 100% of the time, anything faster than f/2.0 is meaningless. The other 10% really do need f/1.4 and a verrrrry few from among those users will sometimes benefit from f/1.2. IOW, even the few who "need" it dont really NEED it.
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The existence of f/1.2 lenses is mainly a holdover from classic MF-only (pre-AF) cameras where the slightly brighter view and the reduced DoF enabled humans to focus a bit more accurately. That was true even thiugh they had set f/1.4 or f/2.0 for the actual exposure.
Ruthlessrider wrote:
Not the quality of response I’ve been use to on UGG.
(tongue-in-cheek...)
Some will pay the $1,000 simply because they KNOW it's better.
Might not be able to discern ant differences in all instances, but they
know it's better!
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