06-12-2010, 10:57 PM
[quote name='Spook Tooth' date='09 June 2010 - 03:31 AM' timestamp='1276050717' post='360']
Hey Pinhole, did you manage to get out and take some nice pictures with your new Canon 50mm f1.4 lens? It would be nice to see your experiences with it.
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Hi Spook Tooth,
I went out this week and took a few photos with the Canon 50/1.4 - from late afternoon until dark. All in all, it's a fine lens, more or less as people have stated here: quite good up to f2, then very sharp from 2.8 onwards. In fact, f1.4 is perfectly fine if you are not expecting miracles (a brick wall, face-on at 1m isn't going to be sharp corner-to-corner).
In comparison, I'd say the Zeiss has a slight edge in resolution, has better micro contrast, and a more distinctive bokeh and colour rendition. The CAs are also slightly higher on the Canon ... so there's no chance my Zeiss will ever start collecting dust in my bag. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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That said, the 50/1.4 focusses well in dark conditions, it's nice and small, and I'll definitely be using it for concert/theatre work. The rather cheap build quality is a shame considering the good optics, but it's in any case an improvement over the 50/1.8 (at least to my eyes).
I'm going to post some images under 'Prime lenses' in the gallery section soon.
Hey Pinhole, did you manage to get out and take some nice pictures with your new Canon 50mm f1.4 lens? It would be nice to see your experiences with it.
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Hi Spook Tooth,
I went out this week and took a few photos with the Canon 50/1.4 - from late afternoon until dark. All in all, it's a fine lens, more or less as people have stated here: quite good up to f2, then very sharp from 2.8 onwards. In fact, f1.4 is perfectly fine if you are not expecting miracles (a brick wall, face-on at 1m isn't going to be sharp corner-to-corner).
In comparison, I'd say the Zeiss has a slight edge in resolution, has better micro contrast, and a more distinctive bokeh and colour rendition. The CAs are also slightly higher on the Canon ... so there's no chance my Zeiss will ever start collecting dust in my bag. <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> That said, the 50/1.4 focusses well in dark conditions, it's nice and small, and I'll definitely be using it for concert/theatre work. The rather cheap build quality is a shame considering the good optics, but it's in any case an improvement over the 50/1.8 (at least to my eyes).
I'm going to post some images under 'Prime lenses' in the gallery section soon.