There's too much talk of the 50mm 1.8 in this place!

2Thumbs · 7 Feb 2012 at 13:45

So thought I'd even it out a bit with this.

Arrived this morning. I love the 50mm FL on crop and full frame/film so when I saw this one I just had to have it! Bought it second hand, 2010 code so no hint of back focussing that I can see. Perversely sharp and magnificent colours! Just don't remind me how much it cost.

Enough typing, I'm off out to have a play.

andy_mk3 · 7 Feb 2012 at 13:47

Post results soon

aumz · 7 Feb 2012 at 13:53

That is just flexing your guns at the wimpy kids on the beach....lol

cokecan · 7 Feb 2012 at 14:31

Would love to see some results too

I have the f1.4 version and absolutely love it (even on a crop body!). It's probably my most used lens because it's so sharp and generally always produces good results unless I'm being stupid lol

SeraphX · 7 Feb 2012 at 14:47

Nice lens indeed, don't even want to know how much it costs haha although being canon it would be cheaper than the equivilent Nikon tbh.

=XDC=FluphyBunny · 8 Feb 2012 at 17:25

Would love to see some results stopped down

The depth of field must be insane at 1.2!

pecnarf · 8 Feb 2012 at 17:38

i know it might be off topic but has anyone try the 50mm with a raynox 250 attach to it to see what it does

2Thumbs · 8 Feb 2012 at 17:58

I used to use a Raynox 250 with a nifty. It worked great. Just make sure you use high f/stops as the distance of focus is tiny in single figures.

Ksanti · 8 Feb 2012 at 19:31

2Thumbs said:
I used to use a Raynox 250 with a nifty. It worked great. Just make sure you use high f/stops as the distance of focus is tiny in single figures.

Used it on a 50 1.4 on my 5D (used to use it on a 70-300 on my dad's d5000), the sensor's way too big so it vignettes horribly but optically it's fine..

2Thumbs · 10 Feb 2012 at 15:27

Wide open:

F8

aumz · 17 Feb 2012 at 16:35

wrong thread

Skynet-T800 · 17 Feb 2012 at 22:39

Maybe we should have a "50mm Prime Photos only thread"
and have a ponder as to who shoots what with em.

Gotta say I'm loving my Nikon F1.4 but regret getting rid of the F1.8 also!!

ralv585 · 18 Feb 2012 at 01:06

Skynet-T800 said:
Maybe we should have a "50mm Prime Photos only thread"
and have a ponder as to who shoots what with em.

Gotta say I'm loving my Nikon F1.4 but regret getting rid of the F1.8 also!!

Good idea, be nice to see how my Zeiss compares to the rest.

Combat squirrel · 18 Feb 2012 at 11:45

ravl585 said:
Good idea, be nice to see how my Zeiss compares to the rest.

Wouldn't really be able to tell at low res ? Unless we linked to very high res pics...but thats just pixel peeping ?

Ksanti · 18 Feb 2012 at 13:08

Combat squirrel said:
Wouldn't really be able to tell at low res ? Unless we linked to very high res pics...but thats just pixel peeping ?

Yeah we could only really tell from the quality of the bokeh, and even then the Zeiss wouldn't come out on top (heard a lot of Zeiss 50 horror stories for IQ). Zeiss lenses are often more of a shooting experience purchase rather than IQ purchase.

The only lenses I think you could really identify from web res pics are the 50 1.8s because of the pentagonal bokeh, and the Canon 1.4 as it has quite harsh bokeh.