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Excellent lens. Should be in very bag.

Started Jun 20, 2014 | User reviews thread
Albert Silver Veteran Member • Posts: 3,373
Re: Excellent lens. Should be in very bag.

NottsPhoto wrote:

This is probably IMHO one of the finest lenses ever made. Why anyone would purchase the 1.2 is beyond me.

i have now been using this lens, purchased new, for about a year... And frankly it's changed the way I work... it's light, unobtrusive, fast, and stupidly sharp. By far the best lens in my bag.... And in comparison to my 70-2002.8, or 24-70.. There is simply no comparison... it blows them into the weeds.

at circa £300 the lens is unbelievable value.

The only bad thing is the lens breathes quite a bit.... Which if your doing a focus pull when shooting video can be a bit a bit of a pita... But I am willing to forgive this as its such a stunning portrait lens.

buy one. Now.

I would imagine that the only similar value is Canon's 100mm f/2.

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