> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 16:12:07 -0300
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Terry Danks)
> Subject: Re: EOS EF 85mm f1.2L Weight
>
> > Disadvantages though: If you use AF (I don't) it is
> > pretty slow (manually it is pure charm) and closest
> > focussing distance is a poor 85 centimeters.
>
> You can't focus it manually at all unless the shutter
> button is first half depressed!
The lens is FTM, there is no need to tick the trigger
to be able to focus. As long as the camera is not off,
rotating the EMF (Electro Manual Focussing) sensor ring
directly focusses the lens.
This lens is rarely used in fast varying distances,
usually you have your subject rather in a controlled
distance and need just fine focussing, not roaming
the full focuusing range back and forth.
It is not an every day, every use lens, but in lowlight
newswork, close range fashion and similar setups there
is no replacement for it.
> it indeed does AF very slowly -
Yes. However, from *my* position I am not sure why
one would want AF with this lens at all.
I have AF-start on the rear start button anyway,
and very rarely use it.
> almost like a macro in that respect
You are not really saying that you use AF in
a macro lens, are you?
> and I don't consider it fit my personal definition
> of FTM at all.
To me it does, and it does that better than any other
of my lenses. I'd rather not call it an AF at all.
Which is okay for me......
> After buying the EF300/2.8L IS, my first Canon lens,
> I guess I expected too much.
No, you expected the wrong thing, the 85/1.2 serves
a different purpose.
> The 85/1.2 is a much older design I suppose.
It is one of the first lenses in the EOS system.
> I think the design needs an overhaul.
I don't.
> They should make it an IS design too :>)
> Of course I think ALL Canon lenses should be IS
> (I wish!)
I agree on that, though....
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Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.photoquack.de
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