Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L USM - The Keg

hiddengamer7 wrote in post #8375703
Why am I still subscribed to this thread, it will be the end of me!

lol it sure will be!

hiddengamer7 wrote in post #8375703
Why am I still subscribed to this thread, it will be the end of me!

you need to unsubscribe now.. i fell into to the 85L trap too.. ha ha.

i was to get some pro lighting stuff, but instead. got my dream glass.. and it does produce some crazy stuff.

hiddengamer7 wrote in post #8375703
Why am I still subscribed to this thread, it will be the end of me!

You should see what it does with your 5D. Heaven.

I'm glad I got my 85L before I started reading this thread!

'Course I'm also glad I got my 5D Classic before I started reading that thread as well...now I have a firm hold on my bank account and I can even read the 50L thread with barely a sigh...

I reserved a copy of the 85 1.2L II today - should have it in 10 days to 2 weeks (won't have the cash until next Friday). Looking forward to comparing it to the 50L and 135L.....

Brown truck just dropped off my 85L from B&H. Time to see what this baby can do...

If someone mislabeled a package containing a certain 85L and accidentally sent it to Kansas City, I wouldn't really object...

How come no Mark 2 of the 85?

taken with my favorite lens of all... Closed down at 1.8 to avoid CA in harsh sunlight

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I finally put my poaws in this lense. I rented out for a weeding , its HEAVY as hell...very slow to focus ..BUT the IQ is AMAZING!

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TheAztech wrote in post #8381656
I finally put my poaws in this lense. I rented out for a weeding , its HEAVY as hell...very slow to focus ..BUT the IQ is AMAZING!

Good luck resisting a visit to the shop to buy

my situation is as follows... I can probably make a nice deal on a used EF 85mm 1.2 L mark 1.. but I know the AF on the mark 2 is almost twice as fast!

Now I have a 5D classic and the AF on the 5D isn't fast either... so I was wondering..

will the slow AF of the 5D and the slow AF on th 85 L mark 1 make the AF in general slower? or is it as with slow CF cards? no reason for putting very fast CF cards in an old 5D cause the camera can't make use of those blazing speeds..

So in short.. would the old 5D benefit from the faster af on the mark 2? I guess it would..

Also the reason I want to get this lens is simple: concert photography! sometimes ISO3200 and f2.8 ain't enough. I could solve this by getting a new camera, but this will only help me by 1 or 2 stops max! and to be honest. the 5Dmark2 has better ISO but not 2 stops over the 5D. and the lower the ISO the better

the 85 1.2 would give me 2.5 stops advantage over my 2.8 zooms. So I'm sure this would give me better pictures. this means ISO800 instead of ISO4800! (this number I can't even reach)


So my question is would you spend the money on a new body so you would gain like 1.5 stops in usable ISO on all lenses (but we all know in a year there will be even a better body) or should I spend it on the 85 1.2 L mark 1? (I can't and won't buy the two at once)

germinal wrote in post #8386163
my situation is as follows... I can probably make a nice deal on a used EF 85mm 1.2 L mark 1.. but I know the AF on the mark 2 is almost twice as fast!

Now I have a 5D classic and the AF on the 5D isn't fast either... so I was wondering..

will the slow AF of the 5D and the slow AF on th 85 L mark 1 make the AF in general slower? or is it as with slow CF cards? no reason for putting very fast CF cards in an old 5D cause the camera can't make use of those blazing speeds..

So in short.. would the old 5D benefit from the faster af on the mark 2? I guess it would..

Also the reason I want to get this lens is simple: concert photography! sometimes ISO3200 and f2.8 ain't enough. I could solve this by getting a new camera, but this will only help me by 1 or 2 stops max! and to be honest. the 5Dmark2 has better ISO but not 2 stops over the 5D. and the lower the ISO the better

the 85 1.2 would give me 2.5 stops advantage over my 2.8 zooms. So I'm sure this would give me better pictures. this means ISO800 instead of ISO4800! (this number I can't even reach)

So my question is would you spend the money on a new body so you would gain like 1.5 stops in usable ISO on all lenses (but we all know in a year there will be even a better body) or should I spend it on the 85 1.2 L mark 1? (I can't and won't buy the two at once)

The difference in focus speed with an 85L Mk I on any body is determined for 99 % by the lens, and if you know what you are doing, you can actually use it for sports photography. The focus speed improvement with teh 85L II is a factor 1.8 only, which still makes it slow at focusing. IOW, the focusing speed difference from body to body with the 85L is not all that different, and the focusing speed difference between 85L and 85L II is not significant. It still is quite slow, but faster and more accurate than me having a go at MF.

Whether you should rather upgrade to the 5D II, that's a difficult decision. I already had the 85L when going from 5D to 5D II, but I do know that it is not just the 2 stop iso advantage. It has another leap of magic, over the 5D, just like the 5D has over the xxD cameras. And besides that it has quite a bunch of new features, that make it very attractive too. I am afraid you have to decide for yourself what is more important .

Kind regards, Wim

Just to echo (sorry!) wimg, you can track moving subjects pretty well with the 85L. Example taken today at f/1.2

[QUOTE=echo;8386646]Ju​st to echo (sorry!) wimg, you can track moving subjects pretty well with the 85L. Example taken today at f/1.2

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good shot there echo..

i haven't tried tracking with the 85L though. ha ha..

the lens is magical.. here are some i did last night

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