06-09-2015, 09:38 AM
Guess I need this lens after all...
Yesterday the wife asked me to make a portrait of her - totally off the cuff, and all I had on hand were her 650D + 18-135 STM (a great lens btw!) and the 50/1.8 II. The latter could not focus to save its life in Live View (I had to use LV because the wife told me what she had in mind, and that demanded VERY odd angle, far too unsuitable to use the viewfinder) and I was afrait it was going to fall to pieces. In the end I just gave up, jacked the ISO up one stop and switched to the 18-135. Focused like a charm. Guess the 50/1.8 STM would've done the same.
Yesterday the wife asked me to make a portrait of her - totally off the cuff, and all I had on hand were her 650D + 18-135 STM (a great lens btw!) and the 50/1.8 II. The latter could not focus to save its life in Live View (I had to use LV because the wife told me what she had in mind, and that demanded VERY odd angle, far too unsuitable to use the viewfinder) and I was afrait it was going to fall to pieces. In the end I just gave up, jacked the ISO up one stop and switched to the 18-135. Focused like a charm. Guess the 50/1.8 STM would've done the same.