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85mm f/1.2L II USM - Brilliant Lens...

Started Jun 3, 2015 | User reviews thread
Fog Maker Senior Member • Posts: 2,733
Re: 85mm f/1.2L II USM - Brilliant Lens...
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Abu Mahendra wrote:

I am holding out for an Otus 85, Marco. As you yourself said in another thread, some people are easily impressed with lesser lenses.

Good for you. I couldn't bother with manual focus lenses anymore.  It doesn't do 1.2, has worse bokeh, but is indeed sharper in the edges/corners.

But remember the Canon is still overall one of the sharpest lenses they currently make.

Love mine.

To the OP: Good and accurate review, hasn't experienced any of the focus problems you refer to though. My copy is bang on without mf (which is always a combination of both body and lens)

and I never felt the need to mf any of the rental copies (however I seldom shoot at 1.2 when working, so I didn't thoroughly test any of those copies.)

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Canon EOS 5D Mark III Canon EF 85mm F1.2L II USM Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM Canon EF 100mm F2.8L Macro IS USM
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