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Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM

Started Mar 18, 2014 | User reviews thread
Timbukto Veteran Member • Posts: 4,988
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Here is a full size 100% with 50 sharpening and 25 mask and some PP work to reduce wide-open aberrations.  These settings are much less aggressive in sharpening compared to what Cameralabs uses for 1k+ primes they've reviewed recently.

Too much coma and astigmatism, contrast hit, fringing against overexposed awnings, lack of DOF, and some halation wide open...sure, but a trait of many normal 1.4 besides an Otus (or maybe the new Sigma).  It is not lacking in sharpness.  It's light and compact except for the mandatory lens hood usage (but lens hoods are good to use anyways otherwise you'd never be able to take wide open shots outdoors without huge issues anyways).  Pic is also ETTR'd due to my 4k limit on 6D which in some ways is good for shadow detail but not good for blown out white awnings with fringing.

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