-=5D CLASSIC admirers, assemble! (4)

ThePupD wrote in post #10948040
Can buy a 1.8 85mm for a nice price.. on full frame I like that more than my nifty fifty. But is the quality of pictures the same or is the 85 better?

I love my 85 1.8.....WAY better than the nifty. Get it! You won't regret it!

I bet the 85 is muuuuuch better.

Alejandro Sandoval wrote in post #10948533
I've should listen you..you were right waaaayyy too much crap on the 5D MKII that I don't really need or use...the manual is making my head spiiiiiiinnnnnnn like craaaaaazzzyyy

aside from the top buttons being confusingly rearranged, and slight variations with the rear buttons, i found the mk2 to function really similarly to the original. the muscle memory of pressing certain spots threw me off at first, but you get used to it after your first day or two of shooting with it. what's making your head spin?

sevillafox wrote in post #10948564
I love my 85 1.8.....WAY better than the nifty. Get it! You won't regret it!

hmmmm ok. Cause for the money the 50mm is insanely good... but I am hoping the 85mm is just a little better. (actually I hope a lot:cool

ThePupD wrote in post #10949000
hmmmm ok. Cause for the money the 50mm is insanely good... but I am hoping the 85mm is just a little better. (actually I hope a lot:cool

No need to hope. It is way better.

@airfrogusmc:
Either one of them can take my pulse anytime.

@thePupD:
I do not want to start the 85 1.8 vs 100 2.0 war. They are both great lenses. But don't fail to look at the 100 as well if you are thinking about the 85. It gets down to which f.l. you need.

airfrogusmc wrote in post #10948948

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Very cool.

mehran.mo wrote in post #10948628
I bet the 85 is muuuuuch better.

Well, This is subjective. All else being equal (both lenses being good copies) they are both just tools in the arsenal of one of the greatest photographic systems around. Each focal length has a different use.
IMO, The 50 makes a great walk around lens for general purpose. OTOH, the 85 is a very good portrait lens, especially on a FF camera.
The main ingredient in deciding which is better, is "you" the Photographer.
-Bruce

Harleypugs wrote in post #10949114
Very cool.

Thanks Jon.

Ballen Photo wrote in post #10949118
Well, This is subjective. All else being equal (both lenses being good copies) they are both just tools in the arsenal of one of the greatest photographic systems around. Each focal length has a different use.
IMO, The 50 makes a great walk around lens for general purpose. OTOH, the 85 is a very good portrait lens, especially on a FF camera.
The main ingredient in deciding which is better, is "you" the Photographer.
-Bruce

++++++1 ^^^

Well said Bruce.

Re: the nifty/85 1.8 question....

I have both. I have found that for me using the 50 vs 85 I get sharper pictures and more close to my usual with the 85 than the 50. The 85 just feels better to me when using it. The 50 is plenty fine but I like my eyes sharpity sharp sharp sharp and I tend to get better results with the 85. Even better with the 135 but that's neither here nor there.

sevillafox wrote in post #10949479
Re: the nifty/85 1.8 question....

I have both. I have found that for me using the 50 vs 85 I get sharper pictures and more close to my usual with the 85 than the 50. The 85 just feels better to me when using it. The 50 is plenty fine but I like my eyes sharpity sharp sharp sharp and I tend to get better results with the 85. Even better with the 135 but that's neither here nor there.

Nope but I got one right hur at least for the time being....I really want an 85L now.

ThePupD wrote in post #10949000
hmmmm ok. Cause for the money the 50mm is insanely good... but I am hoping the 85mm is just a little better. (actually I hope a lot:cool

I've gone through 2 copies of the 50 1.8, the last one I compared the sharpness and overall look to my 85, and the 85 blew it out of the water. It was like comparing a kit lens to an L. Perhaps that nifty needed a bit of a calibration, but the AF is so terribly slow on those things anyways I just had to sell it. Now that I've gone FF with the 5D I want to find a Sigma 50mm, but the 85 is a superb lens for portraits and anything and worth every penny!