Krisjanis Linkevics Tue, 04 Dec 2012 06:20:18 -0800: > Let me rehash my point. The 50 f/1.2 is nice. Very nice. But they are only > manual focus and you wouldn't be able to casually focus it at f/1.2 in low > light anyway. Unless your eyesight, hand-eye coordination and viewfinder > precision are well above average and/or you use static targets. And if > sharp-ish eyes and blurry nose/ears is your thing or you are not going to use > it at f/1.2 at tight portrait distances.
Granted. The 50/1.2 is not an easy lens to master - but there are images where the narrow DOF and creamy OOF areas are desirable and worth the effort IMO. However, the low-light advantage is very slim and not of much value given the excellent high-ISO performance of today's DSLRs > The going rate for the FA50 is less than half of the various 50/1.2. You get > a > little more real "extra light" over the f/1.7 and autofocus for that. I would > get the FA50/1.4 right away if my f/1.7 wasn't autofocus or if I had a buyer > for it. If it is an "either/or" choice I would agree. But some of us are fortunate enough to be able to afford both; granted, the OP is probably not be in that position. > I never made any comments about 50/1.2 being inferior to other 50s at f/4 or > anything to that effect. I said it was nice, what more do you want? :) > It is, however, a "specialty" lens with an appropriate price tag. I felt that you were damning the 50/1.2 with faint praise and wanted to make it plain that this lens has its own special virtues (at least in my eyes). If this was not your intent, I'm sorry I jumped to that conclusion. Yes, it's a specialty lens and some (perhaps most) will not be attracted to what it has to offer. However, I find it that it has its charms. As I concluded in my earlier reply, YMMV... > The reaction from the non-photographer members of my family when showing them > kids pictures made at f/1.2 has always been "This is nice and all, but if > only > you had used a real lens, we would have decent pictures now". Yes, apparently > I > aim to start a holy f/1.2 war here. No "war," just a difference in opinion based on a different scale of values. ;<) Regards, Jim ******************************************************************************************** "It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong." - Voltaire -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
