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Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM

Started Mar 18, 2014 | User reviews thread
Philippe Castagna
Philippe Castagna Contributing Member • Posts: 575
Re: Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM

ZX11 wrote:

Philippe Castagna wrote:

However I sold it as soon that I bought the 6D as anything below f/2.8 was not convincing me at all especially from mid of the picture until the corner. Also the AF was not that precise and a bit tricky sometimes.

Not that precise? I know my 50mm 1.4 misses the focus intermittantly. Is this a trait of the lens? I just thought I was doing something wrong. I was using a single focus point but planned on using all the focus points for future shots (and hoping nothing is closer than the subject).

I was not able to get "tack sharp" image as I can get from the 40/2.8, the 70-200 and even the 24-105

according to the above I never incriminate the AF of the 6D but the 50f/1.4 itself

I know what mean and look like a shallow DOF and what I was getting was really inconsistant AF issue.

It's good to note that I never got this issue with the crop 40D.

Using all focus point could be a solution in certain situation but not any (except maybe with a 1DX or 5DmkIII)

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