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

Started Jun 3, 2015 | User reviews thread
kevindar
kevindar Veteran Member • Posts: 4,625
Re: 85mm f/1.2L II USM - Brilliant Lens...
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have had this lens for a few years.  The comparison with the otus 1.4 is interesting.  No even considering that its 2.5x the price people place different preimum on AF and other features.

Canon 35L by all measures is very much optically inferior to the sigma art.  worse performance wide open, worse contrast, worse corner performace, worse CA, etc, and its more expensive.

and the sigma has AF.  yet many people prefer canon for its more accurate and consistent AF. I think the otus and canon are for two different markets.

I have been quite happy with the canon 85 1.2 sharpness, even at 1.2, as well as color and contrast, rendering and bokeh.  I find its primary weakness is CA, which can be removed in post to a large extent.

I find the subject isolation fatnastic, espe for full body shots.  here is one at f 1.2

 kevindar's gear list:kevindar's gear list
Canon EF 85mm F1.2L II USM Canon EF 70-200mm F2.8L IS II USM Canon EF 24-70mm F2.8L II USM Sony a7R II Sony a6300 +25 more
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