> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2001 15:46:29 +0100 > From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?F=E9lix_L=F3pez_de_Maturana?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: EOS RE: Canon 50 mm f1:1 L > > Has anyone used this lens?
Once, but I have and use the 1.2/85mm L, which is similar to it. > How accurate and fast is his autofocus. It is not fast at all, but it is very accurate. The M1 motor has to move enormous glass, and that takes time. On the other hand both lenses are FTM, and if your eyes are good enough, you'll be much faster focussing manually. Since most of your subjects will be somewhat predictable, it is easier than one might think. > I see it's a big and wighty lens It is. > but for using in available light I should like to know > how is runnig AF Accurate, but not fast. > as this the biggest problem for working with such a > kind of lens full open due to the very small DOF. Yes, and I'd rather suggest the excellent 1.2/85mm L instead. I love this lens for it's excellent performance and it has saved my life in more than one situation where not having it would have resulted in no picture at all. I have once shot a gloomy theatre performance with huge press interest. Rather big setup, and then the clear message: Pop only one flash and you are out the door. Oh. Silence. Something like 30 to 40 other photographers looking down on their 2.8/70-200 lenses, looking worried. After the first flash and the first bounced colleague, no more flash was seen. I ended up at 1/4 sec wide open for 800 ASA film. I was the only photographer to bring home pictures that day. On another occasion the lens allowed me to extend a shooting for the decisive time into dawn, saving the production a full shooting day, equalling to around 10k saved dollars. Yes, the lens is special. But if you can make use of it, there is no alternative and it easily pays off. I have already owned the FD 1.2/85 mm L and I bought the EF 1.2/85mm L when the switch to EOS came because of my good experiences with the lens. AF is slow, but the D30 AF sucks anyway. Manual focussing is perfectly fine with me. But be aware that the lens is EM electro manual, whenever you turn the ring it will use up batteries, and the M1 motor draws one full Watt of power. I always carry extra batteries. -- Michael Quack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
