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The greatest lens costs $200???

Started 7 months ago | User reviews thread
Rock and Rollei Senior Member • Posts: 2,902
Re: The greatest lens costs $200???
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I'm not a huge fan of the 50mm focal length for my personal work - I use it a lot for portraiture for my paid work, and the EF 50mm f1.2 is perfect for that, but for personal stuff, I don't use it enough to carry around all day. Which is where this lens comes in. Small, light, fairly solid (certainly compared to the EF Mk II lens I had that literally fell apart) and quite decent optically, this lens really can fit in my kit for almost any circumstance.
You could argue that for someone who doesn't like 50mm, having two of them is real overkill, and you wouldn't be wrong - but I use them far more this way than I would if I just had either one of them.
Good review.

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