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Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM

Started Mar 18, 2014 | User reviews thread
Atoche
Atoche Contributing Member • Posts: 682
Re: Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM

crashpc wrote:

Easy...

Is that true what you say?

photozone.de/canon_eos_ff/472-canon_50_12_5d?start=1

Border resolution of 1200 lines compared to 3500 in the center stopped down, and nearly 3EV light fallof wide open is not convincing for L lens as you paint it. Sorry....

Anyway, I have both Canon EF 40mm STM f/2.8 and 50mm f/1.4, and while I don´t record video, I prefer 50mm all the time. Faster focusing and tracking, more options, little bit sharper when stopped down, and ooooh that spectacular close up portraits on crop body (80mm)... Will sell my 40mm this week without eye blink. Only reason to buy this lens is the size (though it´s still very good prime glass - but looses in comparison with 50mm f/1.4) and round bokeh. I decided to make some sacrifice of size and bokeh in the name of absolute IQ rank and potential of that lens.

quality of bokeh is a part of overall image quality, is it not?  A nice clean crisp subject with excellent color rendition and micro-contrast are diminished if the bokeh is nervous as hell.   Seriously, just ask my 70-300L!  In some situations the bokeh sucks, detracting from the overall image quality.

i guess by image quality you mean sharpness?

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