Canon 50m f/1.4 worth the money?

Cleisthenes · 19 Jan 2014 at 14:57

Thinking about picking one up, has anyone else had experience with it? It would be used with a 450D for portraits.

Cheers

Cleisthenes · 20 Jan 2014 at 12:17

I'm quite the amatuer at the moment and am shooting with an 18-200 sigma which I know isn't especially good for anything in particular but it seemed to do the job for my first DLSR lens. The reason I was thinking about the 50mm is that it would be good for social occasions. Am I right in thinking this? Raymond thanks a lot for your samples and thoughts

Can you sell photography bits on the MM or not? I have about 6 days to wait until I can get there if so :rolleyes:

WHat kind of price do you think you'll be selling it for Raymond?

Cleisthenes · 20 Jan 2014 at 13:36

olv said:
Because they've still got the f1.2 if speed is the ultimate goal. I just don't see them keeping such a line up 50mm lenses and if they introduce a stabilised 50mm then I see the 1.4 as the easy one to lose. This is just my guess though.

If you're on a crop body then 50mm is likely too long for social occasions. Ray is using his on a full frame body which is a 'standard' perspective whereas it'll be closer to 80mm on a crop body which is quite long. Good for portraits but a bit rubbish for groups or close quarters candids.

You may want to consider the Canon 28mm 1.8, Sigma 30mm 1.4 or the other Canon/Sigma 35mm lenses.

Thanks, i'm not exactly sure what full body means but i'll have a look at those that you have mentioned.

Cleisthenes · 20 Jan 2014 at 13:52

Raymond Lin said:
Erm, I think the going rate is around £200? I am not sure, may be 10% less to get it sold. I got it around 2007 I recall, I sold off all my EF-S lenses and began building towards EF lens only and it was the first lens that I got. I had it serviced at Canon at Elstree last summer at the cost of £195(!), have the receipt still so the lens is in tip top shape, still have the box and hood (although it has some scuffs on the hood), will come with a Hoya pro-1 UV filter).

I'll list it in MM soon as the Sigma gets a release date, along with my 85/1.8, I've not used that since I got my 85L.

This sounds great (and the price right too), but if my 450D is a crop body will that mean that I won't get shots like you did above?

Cleisthenes · 20 Jan 2014 at 14:08

Raymond Lin said:
You would need to stand back another 4/5 ft or so to get the same-ish shot.

Hmm, not sure that that would 100% work then, might be worth going for something like the 25 or 30 mm lenses. Although for the price I still might be tempted. I'll have to keep an eye on the MM. Thanks for all your help!

Cleisthenes · 21 Jan 2014 at 00:10

So, just to clear up. If I want to get the same images as I see that raymond has got and the same zoom type as say they do on digitalrev in their 50mm, I need to get a 30mm for my 450D? Will this lense work when I eventually upgrade to a full frame camera?

Cleisthenes · 21 Jan 2014 at 08:24

Thanks guys!