Standard Focal Length Full Frame Camera Lenses.
Nov 19, 2014 12:57:35 #
The Zeiss 55 in first followed by the Sigma 50 1.4 Art in second followd by no one in third and then all the rest.
Nov 19, 2014 13:58:47 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Rockwell comparison of premium 50mm lenses.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/comparisons/premium-50mm-lenses.htm
http://www.kenrockwell.com/tech/comparisons/premium-50mm-lenses.htm
Ken has put together a nice chart of specs there, but its really embarrassing how he almost begs for donations anymore.
Still, when it gets down to brass tacks, that Sigma is a killer deal!
Nov 19, 2014 15:49:46 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
Just can't beat it for $100!
rpavich wrote:
The canon nifty 50mm f/1.8
The best there is...
case closed :)
The best there is...
case closed :)
Nov 19, 2014 19:29:47 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Zeiss - maybe not. However, it is made by Cosina in Japan, and Ken Rockwell isn't impressed.
http://www.kenrockwell.com/zeiss/zf50.htm
http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1144
http://www.kenrockwell.com/zeiss/zf50.htm
http://slrgear.com/reviews/showproduct.php/product/1144
I read the review. Interesting to learn that a "Ziess" lens is actually a Cosina. But he does not ever say the lens is poor or much different from a real Nikkor lens that the "Fake" Cosina-Ziess is a substitute for. His main objection is that the lens is not AF. To me that is fine, perhaps an advantage. I don't even use the AF on my AF lenses anyway. I practically manual focus everything to begin with. And who shoots sports or wildlife (where you need AF) with a 50mm lens? Personally I'm not interested anyway as I'm drowning in Takumar and Pentax 50 & 55 s already.
Nov 19, 2014 19:39:00 #
ole sarg wrote:
Just can't beat it for $100!
I tend to agree -- in principle -- many of the old vintage "film era" and even lenses from a decade ago were far better than what they make today at any price.
Nov 20, 2014 03:24:14 #
lamiaceae wrote:
I read the review. Interesting to learn that a &q... (show quote)
I shoot basketball with a 50!
Nov 20, 2014 06:50:55 #
lighthouse
Loc: No Fixed Abode
lamiaceae wrote:
I tend to agree -- in principle -- many of the old vintage "film era" and even lenses from a decade ago were far better than what they make today at any price.
Many??
Far better??
Than they make today at any price??
OK. Name many that are far better than the best two named here, far better than the current crop of 300mm & 400mm F/2.8 lenses, far better than the 21mm Distagon or the TS-E 24mm mark 2, far better than what they make today at any price.
Nov 20, 2014 08:11:19 #
cjc2 wrote:
I shoot basketball with a 50!
Doesn't it break after a bank shot?
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