Hi People, I can verify that the front of the 50 1.4 does not rotate. Very nice optics for the money, however don't count on or even bother using it at F1.4, it's a mess. Stopping down to 1.8 improves things out of sight.
Mark. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Henk de Jong Sent: Monday, 18 June 2007 8:04 AM To: Hanna, Mark (x9085) Subject: [filmscanners] Re: film and scanning vs digital photography Hi Tony, > They misinformed you! I have one here and the front does not rotate > on the EF 50mm f1.4 USM, it simply extends and retracts a little. You are sure? That is good news! With kind regards, Henk de Jong -- http://www.hsdejong.nl/ Nepal and Myanmar (Burma) - Photo Galleries Tony Sleep wrote: > On 15/06/2007 Henk de Jong wrote: >> I think the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens is also not bad, but a big >> draw >> back is the rotating frontlens when focussing. At least that is what >> Canon >> support tells me. A big handicap when using (Cokin) filters like >> polariser >> or half-coloured ones. > > They misinformed you! I have one here and the front does not rotate > on the EF 50mm f1.4 USM, it simply extends and retracts a little. The > same as every other EF lens I've ever used. And yes, the 50 f1.4 is a > nice lens. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe by mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with 'unsubscribe filmscanners' or 'unsubscribe filmscanners_digest' (as appropriate) in the message title or body
