And I meant to add you're right about the focus on the 85. I can almost always manually focus faster than the lens can AF. But then I don't shoot much motorsports with it anyway.
Tom P. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hugo Lopes > Sent: Friday, January 14, 2005 5:45 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: EOS Which 50mm lens is the sharpest ? > > Didn't Canon stop the production of that lens, along with the > 85/1.2L a couple of years ago? From what I've heard, it was > bulky and had a very slow AF. Shame tough, it was the only > competitor to the Leica M Noctilux 50/1.0 Canon has a > tradition for making some of the fastest lenses on the market. > Why didn't they keep it on the catalogue? Those lenses aren't > made for profit anyway, but for showing the know-how of a > manufacturer. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
