05-03-2011, 08:34 AM
[quote name='Brightcolours' timestamp='1304409835' post='8011']
You have to get a different lens for "fast AF". This lens in not a fast focuser. If you want a faster focuser, look at the Sigma instead. It is about twice as fast as the Canon L. Or if you really need the speed, nothing comes close to the Canon Ef 85mm f1.8 USM.
Its bokeh is also not "smooth", even if Markus writes that. Look at the what the background is rendered in the flamingo shot, a very typical way of rendering for this lens which stood out with the very first published sample shots with this lens already. I know that every time I point that out I get a load of crap, but I don't fabricate all those images with not exactly smooth or creamy bokeh. It seems the amount of blur and the term "smooth bokeh" get mixed up by some.
Of course, you may wish to have this lens, but it certainly is not "better" than the Canon 85mm f1.2. A bit smaller, yes.
The Nikon has one plus: The way it manually focuses. The Sigma has that plus too.
All 3 are very good lenses,
Here for a bit of a laugh and comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adQHzNfvzFM
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Well, nothing is perfect but he also concludes that for Nikon, the 85/1.4 G is the best. For Canon, if I'd feel a 85mm urge, I'd certainly get the 85/1.8 as my first (and possibly the last) 85mm lens.
You have to get a different lens for "fast AF". This lens in not a fast focuser. If you want a faster focuser, look at the Sigma instead. It is about twice as fast as the Canon L. Or if you really need the speed, nothing comes close to the Canon Ef 85mm f1.8 USM.
Its bokeh is also not "smooth", even if Markus writes that. Look at the what the background is rendered in the flamingo shot, a very typical way of rendering for this lens which stood out with the very first published sample shots with this lens already. I know that every time I point that out I get a load of crap, but I don't fabricate all those images with not exactly smooth or creamy bokeh. It seems the amount of blur and the term "smooth bokeh" get mixed up by some.
Of course, you may wish to have this lens, but it certainly is not "better" than the Canon 85mm f1.2. A bit smaller, yes.
The Nikon has one plus: The way it manually focuses. The Sigma has that plus too.
All 3 are very good lenses,
Here for a bit of a laugh and comparison:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adQHzNfvzFM
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Well, nothing is perfect but he also concludes that for Nikon, the 85/1.4 G is the best. For Canon, if I'd feel a 85mm urge, I'd certainly get the 85/1.8 as my first (and possibly the last) 85mm lens.