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With the help of my model Joni, ok my sister but look at her she might as well have been one I took off for the lake a couple weeks ago to get some test shots with my new lens, the Canon 50mm F1.2L. After reading all the hoopla on the internet I wasn’t convinced that this lens was really right for me. There was a lot of discussion about back focusing and not being sharp wide open. Well I am here to say you do need to be careful when focusing at F1.2 but I experienced no back-focusing issues. In addition this lens was sharper at F1.2 than my 1.8 was at 1.8. Given the extreme price difference one would expect this but after reading through all the forums I wanted to make sure to give this lens a good testing before I was outside the period where I could return it. I am happy to report it lived up to my hopes and surpassed my expectations. I shot the lens as wide open as my camera would allow which in the shade was at 1.2 and in the sun it was between 1.2 and 2.2. Here are the results:
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The rest can be found here.
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2 Comments
1.2?! Wow! That’s pretty damn fast! Looks like it did a great job. Fabulous lens, wish they made something like it for Nikon.
These are all great photos. I am impress with the simple but elegant shots of Joni. Jeff and Joni nice choice of colors and backgroud.
Uncle Frank