Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM

joeyjoeyjoey wrote in post #9550825
ƒ/1.2

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The lux 50 ƒ/1.4 puts the EF 50 ƒ/1.2 to shame.

Great shots, but could you explain in your own words? Why not sell the 50L and keep the lux + the extra money?

AlexMoPhotography wrote in post #9569824
Great shots, but could you explain in your own words? Why not sell the 50L and keep the lux + the extra money?

Those are 2 different lens mount types. It's not a "Sigmalux." It's a Summilux 50mm 1.4 Leica M-Mount lens and it's not going to work too well on a Canon EOS body.

ƒ/1.2

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Ah, I see.. I wasn't too familiar with the summilux, so I thought you meant the sigma 1.4.

dkspook wrote in post #9564494
Ohpleaseohpleaseohplea​se say we can have a B&W conversion of that? Love concert photos

you mean like this?

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ƒ/1.2

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joeyjoeyjoey wrote in post #9578761
ƒ/1.2

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This lens has a certain je ne sais quoi about it. You can't measure it with charts or rulers. You can only measure it with the emotions that make you a photographer.

Great photo to go with an equally fantastic quote.

f/1.2

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Finally MA'd my 50L and it needed a +12. Pictures are incredibly more sharp at 2.8 than wide open. I know this might be expected, but what do you guys think?

Both on 1D3, autofocus at +12, 100%, no PP at all

1.2 on the left ------------- 2.8 on the right

EDIT: I'm NOT a pixel peeper, but since I finally got around to doing MA, I thought I would post the results. For the record, I ABSOLUTELY love this lens, everything about it!!!

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Finally.

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jklewer wrote in post #9579520
Finally MA'd my 50L and it needed a +12. Pictures are incredibly more sharp at 2.8 than wide open. I know this might be expected, but what do you guys think?

Both on 1D3, autofocus at +12, 100%, no PP at all

1.2 on the left ------------- 2.8 on the right

EDIT: I'm NOT a pixel peeper, but since I finally got around to doing MA, I thought I would post the results. For the record, I ABSOLUTELY love this lens, everything about it!!!

IMO, this is typical wide open peeping at 100%. Not exactly sharp and not exactly soft, but has that "ghostly" effect to things. You'll notice it especially with black text against lighter BG.

I find that this effect cleans up at around f1.8.
How far were you from the target?

nicksan wrote in post #9592483
IMO, this is typical wide open peeping at 100%. Not exactly sharp and not exactly soft, but has that "ghostly" effect to things. You'll notice it especially with black text against lighter BG.

I find that this effect cleans up at around f1.8.
How far were you from the target?

For these shots, about 3 feet. I MA'd it from about 9 feet. If this is about typical, I won't worry about dropping it off at Canon, thanks nicksan

jklewer wrote in post #9593649
For these shots, about 3 feet. I MA'd it from about 9 feet. If this is about typical, I won't worry about dropping it off at Canon, thanks nicksan

Yeah, I would expect something like that at 3 feet wide open. Definitely. Again, it's not exactly soft and it's not exactly sharp...

Here's a sequence of shots at about 2.5 to 3feet away. All are 100% crops with no sharpening at all at any stage.

f1.2 (Similar results are you text based sample)

f1.2