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Exchanging my 50mm f/1.4 for 50mm f/2.5 Macro opinion.

Started Jul 17, 2018 | Discussions thread
bektravels
bektravels Regular Member • Posts: 398
Re: Exchanging my 50mm f/1.4 for 50mm f/2.5 Macro opinion.

Not sure what part of the world you're in but here in Oz I recently picked up the 50/2.5 cheaper than what I sold my 50/1.4 for a few months earlier - by approx $75AU.

I like the 50/2.5 but like others have said, it's an old design, AF is old school noisy and slow, but I got it for a specific purpose - product close ups (which aren't moving) where I wanted more of a wider FOV (for which my only other option was the 100/2.8 macro).

Funnily enough, I then grabbed the Tamron 45/1.8 as it has quite a close MFD and I now prefer that to the 50/2.5 (more modern design, quicker AF)...

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