Chip Louie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote/replied to:

>Optically a very fine lens IMO, but it has a noisy, slow autofocus motor and
>lacks the ability to manually focus or touch up focus without switching off
>AF on the lens barrel.  For many people this is all you will need much of
>the time when using a 50mm lens.  For some (myself included), the lack of
>FTM, slow focusing and noisy AF won't get the job done while shooting with a
>50mm regularly.  Additionally, while the higher initial cost of the EF 50
>1.4USM can be a factor the difference is almost nothing over the anticipated
>10 year life I expect from a high-end lens like this.  Just my .02, YMMV.
>
>
>Cheers/Chip

Good advice, thanks Chip. I likely would have got the 50/1.4 without
it, and I agree. USM rocks.


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