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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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Been soo busy lately taking pictures I haven’t had any time to post any of them.

A couple weeks ago my sister came for a visit and we didn’t waste any time. These photos are from the first day she was here. We drove out to Annapolis MD and walked around the Naval Academy and got some good seafood. Unfortunately I don’t really have many pictures of the buildings out there, but it is a beautiful campus. Guess I will have to make another trip out! The campus did provide many great backdrops for photos.

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