Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

How's your second go with this lens, m.shalaby?

I'm loving it, great underrated lens.

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m.shalaby wrote in post #12501798
I'm loving it, great underrated lens.

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The exif says 85mm f1.6 lol

She's so photogenic it's obnoxious lol

This lens is so sharp

M.shalaby, very nice portrait series. How do you find this lenses AF in comparison to your 24-70L or 85L? Low-light AF performance any decent?

I really like the compression a 50mm lens provides over a 35mm for taking pictures of people when I need something at faster aperture but wider then my 85 1.4.

Optically do you find it on par with your L's in terms of sharpness and colours?

Thanks in advance! Looking to maybe get this lens.

Just ordered one of these
Been thinking about some highter end stuff like L glass or a printer but I settled on this lens and an "Ipad 2 32gb".

A webshop had a sale on these and since i've been eying it and it's on my long term list i ordered it.
Now the waiting begins

Just bought one for myself, thanks to this thread. Now I'm wondering if I got a good copy. Not too impressed at 1.4 Here are a couple shots and crops. Please tell me, am I fretting over nothing or should I go back to the store and exchange it? Shot raw on a 50D, right out of the camera with no PP.

Brandon350 wrote in post #12506076
Just bought one for myself, thanks to this thread. Now I'm wondering if I got a good copy. Not too impressed at 1.4 Here are a couple shots and crops. Please tell me, am I fretting over nothing or should I go back to the store and exchange it? Shot raw on a 50D, right out of the camera with no PP.

Remember that the edges are very soft at f/1.4.

damn m.shalaby.. i love your work!
were the recent shots natural light??

JayStar86 wrote in post #12504346
M.shalaby, very nice portrait series. How do you find this lenses AF in comparison to your 24-70L or 85L? Low-light AF performance any decent?

I really like the compression a 50mm lens provides over a 35mm for taking pictures of people when I need something at faster aperture but wider then my 85 1.4.

Optically do you find it on par with your L's in terms of sharpness and colours?

Thanks in advance! Looking to maybe get this lens.

I honestly love this lens and don't hesitate to take it out on a shoot whatsoever, even having my 85L with me.

Sometimes the 85L is just too tight, so I use this without a second thought. I know I'll get a great image from it.

Its a vastly underrated lens and I put it (IQ wise 90% of what my L's are)


Put it this way... I got rid of my 50L to get this lens. IQ is hard to tell between the two honestly. The L is "better" but only marginally. I got this because it hits focus almost all the time, where the L didn't.