If you�re SURE you�ll eventually get the 1.4, why spend money on the 1.8? Save, or find yourself a second-hand 1.4!
To be more specific, I do own the 1.4 (bought recently to supplement my 28-135 on the D60 for low-light situations). I like it, especially the full-time manual focussing (D60 doesn�t shine in low light AF, and I don�t want to disturb people by using the help light, so I often focus manually). I find it quite usable fully open, and very good already at 1.8. Focus ring doesn�t feel as good as on the 28-135, but it is vastly superior to that on the 1.8 lens, which has no quality feel at all. Optically, I can�t compare them, since I never took any pics with the 1.8. I *think* that somebody needing a very compact, very cheap 50mm lens that he never needed to focus manually, might be content with the 1.8, but if you�re already leaning towards the 1.4, the 1.8 will be a dead-end alley on your way there... Per Joe B. wrote: > I will be getting myself the 50/1.4 but I may need to consider the > 50/1.8 mk 1 as an alternative to begin with as I try to flesh out > what is at the moment a very basic EOS system (as of today I own an > EOS 3 body, an EOS RT body and an 85/1.8). > > I've read that the 50/1.8 isn't so good wide open, and I've seen > comparisons made to the 50/1.4 that suggest that the latter is better > at the wider apertures. I'll be using a 50mm lens wide open or very > close to it much of the time and would want to make mostly 7 x 10" to > 11 x 14" prints without feeling bad about the results. But- this is > for handheld black & white available light photography and so the > usual lens quality considerations apply in a somewhat differerent > way, so this lens may be ok for me for a while- I don't know yet. > I've been reading reviews but haven't found anything too conclusive > to go on so far. If anyone can give an opinion here it would be > helpful- I would appreciate any additional feedback I can get on the > viability of the 50/1.8 type 1 for available light photography, used > wide open, mostly for fast black and white. TIA for any info. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
