POTN Aussie Club #7 - Feng, where's my invoice?

The Moose wrote in post #8733578
But if you go FF soon then you'll wish you bought the 135L for the same length? Then it can double up as street and portrait!

No no! That's the genius of FF.. I actually prefer the 50mm FL for portraits. Just that I don't trust any of Canon's 50mm offerings, so an 85L would be absolutely perfect on a 5D II. PERFECT <3.. just like hungry and my 30D.

The Moose wrote in post #8733578
But if you go FF soon then you'll wish you bought the 135L for the same length? Then it can double up as street and portrait!

just get both!

mmm 135....

Collin85 wrote in post #8733609
No no! That's the genius of FF.. I actually prefer the 50mm FL for portraits. Just that I don't trust any of Canon's 50mm offerings, so an 85L would be absolutely perfect on a 5D II. PERFECT <3.. just like hungry and my 30D.

lmao, QUIT IT MAN, I ain't buying your filthy 30D.

XD

fungry wrote in post #8733636
lmao, QUIT IT MAN, I ain't buying your filthy 30D.

XD

Look dude, I cleaned up all the diarrhea stains okay? It's all good now!

HEY FENG, where's my invoice?

Collin85 wrote in post #8733609
No no! That's the genius of FF.. I actually prefer the 50mm FL for portraits. Just that I don't trust any of Canon's 50mm offerings, so an 85L would be absolutely perfect on a 5D II. PERFECT <3.. just like hungry and my 30D.

You are going to hate me temporarily.

Collin85 wrote in post #8733647
Look dude, I cleaned up all the diarrhea stains okay?

That sounds like a bad mankini accident.

Brought the Iphone yesterday and loving it Still getting used to typing but by end of week I should be good.

fungry wrote in post #8733814
You are going to hate me temporarily.

Why?

blackshadow wrote in post #8733833
That sounds like a bad mankini accident.

Yeah, something like that.

Highlight_Photography wrote in post #8733886
Brought the Iphone yesterday and loving it Still getting used to typing but by end of week I should be good.

It's pretty awesome eh?

Anyone up? I'm working on my thesis.. and erm, listening to Indian pop music again.

Collin85 wrote in post #8733534
Hmm.. I'm getting the 85L itch. Oh noes! Anyone gone from 85/1.8 to 85L? I won't be selling the 85/1.8, as it's my primary street lens. But an 85L for portraits..

I did, I kept the 1.8 for 2yrs also. Though I'd need it for the focusing speed when doing indoor sports but the 85L worked fine for how I shot Volleyball. Only sold the 1.8 two weeks ago.

Collin85 wrote in post #8734983
Anyone up? I'm working on my thesis.. and erm, listening to Indian pop music again.

me, getting ready for work

Morning Grag! One reason I'm really interested in the 85L is the ability to play with real shallow DOF. That may seem like a typical no-brainer/duh reason to buy the lens, but I'm referring specifically to 'usable' apertures - ones I'd be comfortable using unconditionally. For the 85/1.8, it would be f/2.2+. I rarely use it at f/1.8 as CA and sharpness aren't satisfactory IMO. With an 85L, I'd imagine I'd be happy using it at f/1.6+ and that would be an absolute cracker.

DAdeGroot wrote in post #8732705
The thing about Apple products is that if you've been brainwashed into the Windows way of doing things, it will seem alien. In general though, if you think of the most obvious way to do something, that's the way the Apple stuff works.
Throw away your preconceptions and mistaught methods and just use the kit like you think it should work and it will.

Yes, as ever, it's the weird majority. Gotcha. Apple is so great it's got, what, five per cent of the market?

Yawn...

Scott H wrote in post #8733125
Anyway, I am officially now living in Adelaide.

Poor bastard.

JustinLawrence wrote in post #8733342
LOl, and im thinking about the data usage, eek...

Yeah, I did 2.9GB through the iPhone in August when I was a broadband-free zone.

Collin85 wrote in post #8733534
Hmm.. I'm getting the 85L itch. Oh noes! Anyone gone from 85/1.8 to 85L? I won't be selling the 85/1.8, as it's my primary street lens. But an 85L for portraits..

Can I just state, again, how much I love my 85L? Ta.

Collin85 wrote in post #8735663
Morning Grag! One reason I'm really interested in the 85L is the ability to play with real shallow DOF. That may seem like a typical no-brainer/duh reason to buy the lens, but I'm referring specifically to 'usable' apertures - ones I'd be comfortable using unconditionally. For the 85/1.8, it would be f/2.2+. I rarely use it at f/1.8 as CA and sharpness aren't satisfactory IMO. With an 85L, I'd imagine I'd be happy using it at f/1.6+ and that would be an absolute cracker.

I used my 1.2 at Mad Monday, and even @ 1.2 it was great. (On a mkIII)

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Collin85 wrote in post #8735663
Morning Grag! One reason I'm really interested in the 85L is the ability to play with real shallow DOF. That may seem like a typical no-brainer/duh reason to buy the lens, but I'm referring specifically to 'usable' apertures - ones I'd be comfortable using unconditionally. For the 85/1.8, it would be f/2.2+. I rarely use it at f/1.8 as CA and sharpness aren't satisfactory IMO. With an 85L, I'd imagine I'd be happy using it at f/1.6+ and that would be an absolute cracker.

1.2 is usable, just depends on the situation. I tend not to shoot many portraits at 1.2 but use it a bit for subject isolation type shots.

Scott H wrote in post #8733125
Anyway, I am officially now living in Adelaide. Currently homeless, but you get that. Haha.

Just keep away from the serial killers, militant bicyclists and watch out for red-light runners :P