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Sep 23, 2010 08:46 |  #1

I sold my f/4 last night for a good price (for me :)), and I think I want a small prime L. Ill likely sell my mk1 Nifty if I spring for the 50L or I thought even of saving a little monies and buying the 50mm 1.4. But I see the samples of the 85L's and some others and it leaves me in a predicament. This will be more geared toward wedding usage and portraits. Ive shot a couple of my friends kids lately (haha) and have been asked if Im interested in doing baby pictures and such. I used a 50L before and liked very very much, very sharp. I have never used any of the other smaller L primes. Not asking you guys what to buy, just looking for opinions and suggetions.

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Sep 23, 2010 08:53 |  #2

First, you need to update your sig :P
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The choise of the lens is totally up to your budget & type of style photography.


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Sep 23, 2010 09:03 as a reply to  @ WireWess's post |  #3

My sig states 70-200 L f/2.8, I sold my f/4.

I didnt realized English was different in Holland ;)

Im just up in the air about wheather to go with a 50L or and 85L. If Im buying what I want, budget isnt a concern.


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Sep 23, 2010 09:03 |  #4

Get rid of your 50D and move to a 5D classic. It was the best decision I ever made.


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Sep 23, 2010 09:18 |  #5

Ive thought about it. Im buying a FF body next year, but Im keeping the 50d for what Ive got in it.


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Sep 23, 2010 09:47 |  #6

Do you use your 50 1.8 much? I have had the 50L and it was a sweetlens. A little hit or miss for me. When "we" were on it....it was awesome. Now...my 85L is a dream. Love that lens.

For weddings or portraits I think you can't go wrong with either.


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Sep 23, 2010 09:48 |  #7

@koshin, sorry my bad.. i'm always getting way excited when someone talks about buying an L'series prime :)
I love my 35L on full-frame for portrait, wedding, events and alot more, ever played around with a bit of a wide prime ?
But the 85L will give you a killer bokeh.. and 50L is best of both worlds.
Maybe you could rent them both for a couple of days to play around with these monsters?


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Sep 23, 2010 09:54 as a reply to  @ WireWess's post |  #8

@harleypugs, I do use my nifty quite a bit. Its a good solid cheap lens. Im really up in the air about which to go with, the 85 or 50L

I could sell my nifty, get the 50 1.4 and buy the 85L....or do a number of things. I dont get stuck on lens becasue they are always out there. I hope I dont my my f/4. I got good money out of it becasue I told the guy I didnt really care if he bought it or not (good way to sell stuff btw).

@wess, I was just messing around with you buddy


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Sep 23, 2010 09:57 |  #9

Upgrade yourself to a full frame. Crop and full frame are worlds apart. When you do so, the focal lengths of the l primes make a lot more sense. It'll force you to collect them all' :)


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if you already have the 70-200 2.8 I would go for the 85 1.2L


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Sep 23, 2010 11:03 |  #11

RL. wrote in post #10963431 (external link)
if you already have the 70-200 2.8 I would go for the 85 1.2L

thats where Im leaning unless my thoughts are swayed


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Sep 23, 2010 11:44 |  #12

First of all, you used the word "small". That really doesn't apply to any of the L-series primes. Nor does the word "light".

Second, for approx. the same money you might get a 50L or an 85L.... Or you could get 28/1.8 and 50/1.4 and 85/1.8. They make a very nice trio on a crop sensor camera and are very good performers. They're faster focusing, a lot more compact and lighter weight than the L lenses. Not that the L's aren't lovely, big hunks of glass. They are very cool lenses I drool over and would love to display on a shelf, under glass. But from a practical standpoint, the three mid-grade lenses serve my shooting purposes much better. I guess I'm just not an L-coholic ;)

50D to 5D Classic? Nope... unless you are willing to give up Micro Adjust, much faster AF and some other nice features that the 50D offers. The biggest single feature 50D offers that 5DC doesn't is likely Sensor Cleaning... With primes you will likely be changing lenses even more frequently and the 5DC is a real dust magnet. But, your lens kit (nothing wider than 17mm, except for a FE you describe as "junk") and your avatar image suggest you are a sports shooter too... a specialty where the 50D is a solid performer thanks to it's faster handling and quick AF, and either of the 5D's are less than stellar. (Before someone flames this statement... yes, you can shoot sports with a 5D.... but you will have far more keepers with 50D, 7D or one of the 1D series, primarily thanks to faster and better tracking AF).

Full frame and bigger aperture primes are ideal for portraiture, weddings, and such. If that was your largely exclusive area of work, or the one that pays the bills, then a full framer would be the way to go. But are you looking to completely recommit to just this specialty, or do you plan to keep shooting other stuff, too? The 50D is more of an "all arounder", to include action shooting, than either of the 5D. That's all I'm really saying here. I'm not saying that the 5DC isn't a great camera... It is. The 5DII is even better. But, I'd suggest thinking of eventually adding a full frame camera to compliment your crop camera, if and when that makes sense.... not to replace the cropper. Using the two formats together with mostly EF lenses really leverages your kit for all it's worth. It's sort of like back in the good/bad old days of film, using a 35mm camera system complimented with a medium format rig... except with today's DSLRs the two formats can largely share the same kit of lenses (so long as they're not EF-S) and system accessories.


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Sep 23, 2010 11:57 |  #13

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First of all, you used the word "small". That really doesn't apply to any of the L-series primes. Nor does the word "light".

Second, for approx. the same money you might get a 50L or an 85L.... Or you could get 28/1.8 and 50/1.4 and 85/1.8. They make a very nice trio on a crop sensor camera and are very good performers. They're faster focusing, a lot more compact and lighter weight than the L lenses. Not that the L's aren't lovely, big hunks of glass. They are very cool lenses I drool over and would love to display on a shelf, under glass. But from a practical standpoint, the three mid-grade lenses serve my shooting purposes much better. I guess I'm just not an L-coholic ;)

50D to 5D Classic? Nope... unless you are willing to give up Micro Adjust, much faster AF and some other nice features that the 50D offers. The biggest single feature 50D offers that 5DC doesn't is likely Sensor Cleaning... With primes you will likely be changing lenses even more frequently and the 5DC is a real dust magnet. But, your lens kit (nothing wider than 17mm, except for a FE you describe as "junk") and your avatar image suggest you are a sports shooter too... a specialty where the 50D is a solid performer thanks to it's faster handling and quick AF, and either of the 5D's are less than stellar. (Before someone flames this statement... yes, you can shoot sports with a 5D.... but you will have far more keepers with 50D, 7D or one of the 1D series, primarily thanks to faster and better tracking AF).

Full frame and bigger aperture primes are ideal for portraiture, weddings, and such. If that was your largely exclusive area of work, or the one that pays the bills, then a full framer would be the way to go. But are you looking to completely recommit to just this specialty, or do you plan to keep shooting other stuff, too? The 50D is more of an "all arounder", to include action shooting, than either of the 5D. That's all I'm really saying here. I'm not saying that the 5DC isn't a great camera... It is. The 5DII is even better. But, I'd suggest thinking of eventually adding a full frame camera to compliment your crop camera, if and when that makes sense.... not to replace the cropper. Using the two formats together with mostly EF lenses really leverages your kit for all it's worth. It's sort of like back in the good/bad old days of film, using a 35mm camera system complimented with a medium format rig... except with today's DSLRs the two formats can largely share the same kit of lenses (so long as they're not EF-S) and system accessories.

I like this post.

Yes, I do sports. Motorsports mostly and from my research there isnt anything better than a 50D for what I do most of the time. I will be adding a FF body to my kit early next year and will not be getting rid of my 50d...But Im not worried about that either way at the moment. I think Im going to sell my nifty, and pick up a 50 1.4 and an 85 L. Thats what Im going to do.


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Sep 23, 2010 12:19 |  #14

Koshin wrote in post #10963908 (external link)
I like this post.

Yes, I do sports. Motorsports mostly and from my research there isnt anything better than a 50D for what I do most of the time. I will be adding a FF body to my kit early next year and will not be getting rid of my 50d...But Im not worried about that either way at the moment. I think Im going to sell my nifty, and pick up a 50 1.4 and an 85 L. Thats what Im going to do.

Have you considered the flipside to this is the 50L and the 85 1.8?

So, it boils down to which FL you want to invest on for an "L" lens. 50L or 85L.


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Sep 23, 2010 12:34 |  #15

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Have you considered the flipside to this is the 50L and the 85 1.8?

So, it boils down to which FL you want to invest on for an "L" lens. 50L or 85L.

I think the 50L and 85 1.8 would be your best bet if you use your 50 1.8 that much.


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