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A beast, in every sense.

Started Mar 3, 2020 | User reviews thread
lélé Contributing Member • Posts: 608
Re: A beast, in every sense.

Strolic Furlan wrote:

At 1450 euros Canon Italy warranty was almost a steal (well, almost...).

It's heavy and big and expensive and has no IS, you can also argue with the barrel coating chosen by Canon. It has a lot of vignette @f1.2.

Well, that's it. I cannot think to any other cons.

The pros are: crazy sharp @f1.2, from center to borders of the frame, fast AF, very very precise also without eye-AF, for what concerns me very good and smooth "bokeh" with no underlinings, yes it's not the RF 85 f1.2 but it is nice with some character for a 50 mm. Very well controlled CA, a hint of bokeh fringing but very well controlled @f1.2. It is heavy but the weight is distributed from the middle of the lens to the back so I find it quite balanced on my RP (I use it with the extension grip).

At the end the only problem is the size and, to some extent, the lack of IS.

A great lens from Canon.

I don't see any trace of the Canon RF 50mm F1.2 L USM dropping to 1400€ on Amzon.it on Keepa or CamelCamelCamel, even refurbed...

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