[blatant bragging] I have it, it's HERE! Holy Trinity is complete!!!

[Raymond Lin]

It came this morning, no proper pics of it or from it (although i have taken some) but I'm not home yet so a iphone pic will have to do for now.

85L/1.2 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

First impression.

A LOT OF GLASS
It weights more than the 24-70
The rear element is scary.............
Focus is slow, not a bit slow, but slow.

But it's the Keg!!!! Yay!!!

 

[ScarySquirrel]

Did you have the 85 1.8 before?

 

[Raymond Lin]

Did you have the 85 1.8 before?

I do still have it, and keeping it

 

[neil_g]

thats not a lens, thats a photo of a bucket of water.

 

[feriso]

Is that a double scratch on the lens I see, worth a punt I'll give you £50 for it...

 

[D.P.]

I do still have it, and keeping it

Ditch it and get the Sigma 1.4 for when you need equal sharpness to the Canon 1.2, but with a usable focus speed!

 

[rG-tom]

i thought the mk2 was meant to have fixed the focusing issue?

 

[dannyjo22]

Looking forward to seeing the low depth of field on Pasta recipes

I'd love an 85mm for my 50D. I'm seriously considering getting rid of my 17-55 2.8 to buy one (not the 1.2). I was taking some shots of my son playing last weekend and even on the crop at 55mm I'm far too in his face for my liking.

Apart from landscapes I find even taking portraits I prefer higher than 55mm.

 

[Derek W]

oh dear god, chat roulette wont know whats hit them!

 

[adamau5]

jealous.....!!!

 

[Raikiri]

oh dear god, chat roulette wont know whats hit them!

You'd spend about 5 minutes trying to work out what it is, before the sudden realisation, followed by disgust

 

[Schizophonic]

Enjoy, I used the MKI and its a heavy lens but also slow. Can I ask how much you paid for it?

 

[mcc49]

Gotta catch em all. Now go for the zoom trinity

 

[Johnny|lucidcomposure]

You need to watch the rear element when attaching it to your camera body. Its VERY easily knocked which would be fatal!!

Tom the mark II improves the focus speed but believe me it was horrendously slow on the mark I. The mark II is so slow but the results make the value worth it!

 

[Raymond Lin]

oh dear god, chat roulette wont know whats hit them!

Lol, can even blur out my face

Enjoy, I used the MKI and its a heavy lens but also slow. Can I ask how much you paid for it?

It is supposed go be 60% quicker but compare to the 24-70, 35, 85/1.8and 135, its slow. As they all focus internally where the 85 focus by moving the front element and that is a big ass piece of glass. The lens came to £1390....i could have got a new 27" iMac !

Gotta catch em all. Now go for the zoom trinity

Lol, just one short there, may be 1.5 qs my 16-35L is the mk1.

 

[Raymond Lin]

You need to watch the rear element when attaching it to your camera body. Its VERY easily knocked which would be fatal!!

Tom the mark II improves the focus speed but believe me it was horrendously slow on the mark I. The mark II is so slow but the results make the value worth it!

I know, i actually took it off to check i haven't scratched it already, which i haven't lol. Phew.

I am trying to figure out a technique to mount it in the dark. Because the barrel of the lens is so wide, you can't actually see the red dot that lines up with the camera unless you are perpendicular to the lens so its very easy to put it on around the mount and start twisting...not knowing its not centre and then twisting the element on the metal mount!

 

[Raikiri]

A little dot a tritium paint?

 

[Gaffer]

But it's the Keg!!!! Yay!!!

Congrats, you're going to love it.

If the trinity is the 35-85-135, then what do you call the set of three than I'm trying to build: 200-400-800 ?

Andrew

 

[Raymond Lin]

Congrats, you're going to love it.

If the trinity is the 35-85-135, then what do you call the set of three than I'm trying to build: 200-400-800 ?

Andrew

Holy Grail?

 

[sorn21]

If the trinity is the 35-85-135, then what do you call the set of three than I'm trying to build: 200-400-800 ?

Needless is what I call it!