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Terrible coma on Canon 50mm. Do I have any options? Would servicing be worth it?

Started Jun 17, 2016 | Questions thread
OP J Fisher New Member • Posts: 5
Re: Terrible coma on Canon 50mm. Do I have any options? Would servicing be worth it?

diness wrote:

J Fisher wrote:

My Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM has always had really bad coma. I assumed these lenses were just bad like that and for the most part stopped using it, but I recently learned they're normally better than this.

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Are you sure the lens is normally better? I thought 50mm 1.4's had bad coma pretty often. To be honest with you, if you don't like it, I would consider selling it and getting the 50mm 1.8 stm. I think it's a better lens especially for the money.

With you mentioning that you thought they were often bad, I went back and did some double checking, and... some of the examples I thought were shot with the 1.4 lens were actually shot with the 1.8 you mention. So now I think you may be right; mine might not be out of the ordinary. I'll keep digging, but assuming you're right then that certainly answers the question of whether servicing is worth pursuing!

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