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

laxative wrote in post #9469669
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Very interesting .. I really hoped that 85L1.2's AF would be sufficient to get "action" pictures, and till now, everybody disencouraged me to try this.

Can you tell me if AF is quick enough to get such style of pictures ? (I could do these next pictures with a 135L2.0, which is a bit slow in the woods or late in a winter afternoon. 85mm'DOF is what I am looking for too)

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(I just give links and don't show images because they are not 85mm)

Usually I don't have any time for a long focus .. at least, I need AI focus to work perfectly !!!

Do you have some samples with a running dog or just moving?

pmarz wrote in post #9473421
That is one good looking dog.

She sure is. Thank you!

newworld666 wrote in post #9473701
Can you tell me if AF is quick enough to get such style of pictures ? (I could do these next pictures with a 135L2.0, which is a bit slow in the woods or late in a winter afternoon. 85mm'DOF is what I am looking for too)

Do you have some samples with a running dog or just moving?

The 135mm f/2L is a whole different beast considering focus speed. The 85L is quite honestly bad for any type of action shots. They surely can be done, but there are way better lenses for that. Using a 5D/5Dii like i do surely wont help either. The tracking speed of the 85L will work just fine but if you lose - and you will - focus with the 85L, getting back on track will take some time and that will result in huge headaches and a couple of cursewords.

What i found interesting is actually that the EOS-3 i had two years back "drove" the motor way faster than the 5D so if the camera lost the subject it would snap back much faster. It was really a noticeable difference. Has anyone else experienced this?

Here's one action shot with the old 5D and 85L at f/1.6. The focus is a bit off so the head is blurry but downsizing helps

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Very cool shot....Love the busted glasses and the smirk..

ken2000ac wrote in post #9471695
Finally starting to use this thing for portraits. Starring myself:

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thatkatmat wrote in post #9474753
Love the busted glasses and the smirk..

Looks like an umbrella...

Thanks! Yeah it's an umbrella, but if they looked busted that would be fine with me too. The concept behind the shot is on my Flickr in the description; I'm pleased with how it turned out.

Geno DM wrote in post #9474801
Looks like an umbrella...

Hey...it is an umbrella....I like the busted glasses better though...LOL

perfect smirk....I saw umbrella too

Glad to hear it - I was hoping for umbrella.

No umbrella in this one, though. We were trying to do the whole "cool-guy" look, I dunno if it worked. My buddy & I were bored:

had forgotten about this one in last years stuff

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SeattleSpeedster wrote in post #9482315
had forgotten about this one in last years stuff

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handheld f/1.2
one 12mm tube
no significant post processing

Crazy...Imagine, the DoF would be almost non-existent if you used the 25mm tube. O.o

yeah pretty much I first went with a 25mm tube when i got into tubes and found that there was almost nothing there. Now the 12mm is my fav

DOS..

I like first shot!! nice one airbutchie !!

@ Airbutchie..

sweet work..


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Camera:Canon EOS 5D Mark II
Exposure:0.017 sec (1/60)
Aperture:f/2.0
Focal Length:85 mm
ISO Speed:640

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com/​photos/-phamster-/4312042075/