Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

Will you keep the faith....

fotuwe wrote in post #13435779

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Pacman!

Haha, nice!

agphotography wrote in post #13432795
Just got another copy of this lens (third time now that I will be owning it). Finances have been tight so I decided to trade my 50L for one of these and put the difference in cost towards bills / expenses.

Just did some testing around my folks backyard and this copy is great wide open thankfully! Probably the best of the three I've had.

Here's one at f/5.6 on a 5DmkII

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Looking Into The Valley by Abram Goglanian, on Flickr

Please don't post pictures of Temecula. It makes me homesick.

I grew up in Encinitas and we owned a cabin in Idyllwild, so we used to go through Temecula a few times a year (back when it was country).

By the way: What is the advantage of buying this lens over the Nifty Fifty (if we don't consider build quality and a slightly wider aperture)?

I really want a 50mm, but at three times the price, is the 1.4 worth it?

it should be worth it, not unless you prefer the almost 10 times the price.=D or more than.=D

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #13436284
By the way: What is the advantage of buying this lens over the Nifty Fifty (if we don't consider build quality and a slightly wider aperture)?

I really want a 50mm, but at three times the price, is the 1.4 worth it?

It's an all-around better lens. Better build quality, better focusing, nicer blur, better IQ (especially at wider apertures). Yeah, it's 3x the price ... but it's still one of the cheaper lenses out there, and a great value.

MikeFairbanks wrote in post #13436284
By the way: What is the advantage of buying this lens over the Nifty Fifty (if we don't consider build quality and a slightly wider aperture)?

I really want a 50mm, but at three times the price, is the 1.4 worth it?

If it wasn't worth it lots of folks, myself included, would NOT plunk the money down for the 1.4

No regrets on my part, that's for sure!

Just came back from a small car meet.

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rpaul wrote in post #13436380
It's an all-around better lens. Better build quality, better focusing, nicer blur, better IQ (especially at wider apertures). Yeah, it's 3x the price ... but it's still one of the cheaper lenses out there, and a great value.

^this...

I have both, I got the 50 1.8 II as a gift to see if I liked the concept of a fixed focal length lens, when I realized I did the 50 1.8 just didn't quite cut it, the build is great on this lens, the AF is much better, quicker, quieter, and more accurate, the image quality is great and it gets some rather nice bokeh depending on your background and such... It is definitely worth it for me.

This is a greatly underrated lens. No PP. Shot wide open for both images. These sample images were saved for the web and got noticeably softer with compression, especially on the trackball image. Cat is already pretty soft though.

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