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Canon EF 50mm f1.4
Marsu42:
--- Quote from: Tcapp on April 22, 2012, 08:22:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: carlc on April 21, 2012, 03:37:18 PM ---I just want a new 50mm f1.4L USM IS.
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I don't think anyone really NEEDS IS in a 50mm.
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I think it depends on the usage and photog profile: An amateur on a tourism trip shooting with a noisy aps-c sensor indoors in low light will appreciate IS when not using a tripod. On the other hand, pros won't need it because fast shutter speeds in my experience beat IS when looking at 100% crops and IS doesn't help with motion blur for event shots. The latter is the reason why the new 24-70 still has no IS.
As for video, Canon obviously cannot make up their mind. They are releasing someting for video usage, but everyone with more experience shooting video seems to use other stabilizer gear. So the market for mid-priced wide angle primes with IS might be very small.
One aspect I like about IS (I've got it on my 70-300L) is not that it enables longer shutter speeds, but that it stabilizes the frame and lets me concentrate on the scene. When using a 50mm on a crop = 80mm this effect is still visible
Tcapp:
--- Quote from: Marsu42 on April 23, 2012, 02:38:30 AM ---
--- Quote from: Tcapp on April 22, 2012, 08:22:43 PM ---
--- Quote from: carlc on April 21, 2012, 03:37:18 PM ---I just want a new 50mm f1.4L USM IS.
--- End quote ---
I don't think anyone really NEEDS IS in a 50mm.
--- End quote ---
I think it depends on the usage and photog profile: An amateur on a tourism trip shooting with a noisy aps-c sensor indoors in low light will appreciate IS when not using a tripod. On the other hand, pros won't need it because fast shutter speeds in my experience beat IS when looking at 100% crops and IS doesn't help with motion blur for event shots. The latter is the reason why the new 24-70 still has no IS.
As for video, Canon obviously cannot make up their mind. They are releasing someting for video usage, but everyone with more experience shooting video seems to use other stabilizer gear. So the market for mid-priced wide angle primes with IS might be very small.
One aspect I like about IS (I've got it on my 70-300L) is not that it enables longer shutter speeds, but that it stabilizes the frame and lets me concentrate on the scene. When using a 50mm on a crop = 80mm this effect is still visible
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If you really want a stabilized 50mm, try a sony camera. They have the stabilization in the sensor, so all lenses are IS. :P
Marsu42:
--- Quote from: Tcapp on April 23, 2012, 02:55:37 AM ---If you really want a stabilized 50mm, try a sony camera. They have the stabilization in the sensor, so all lenses are IS. :P
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In fact, back when I decided which brand I'll get I nearly bought a Sony instead of my Canon - the Sensor is about the same as on the low-noise Nikons, and the Sony models have very good live view video af because of the fixed mirror. However, I just *hate* the evf and thus got a traditional dslr with optical viewfinder. Apart from that, the electronic stabilizer on the Sony dslrs isn't as effective as the mechanical one in my 70-300L.
And you're forgetting the biggest difference: An electronic stabilizer, at least on older Sony bodies, does *not* affect the frame before shooting!
Tcapp:
--- Quote from: Marsu42 on April 23, 2012, 03:09:09 AM ---
--- Quote from: Tcapp on April 23, 2012, 02:55:37 AM ---If you really want a stabilized 50mm, try a sony camera. They have the stabilization in the sensor, so all lenses are IS. :P
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In fact, back when I decided which brand I'll get I nearly bought a Sony instead of my Canon - the Sensor is about the same as on the low-noise Nikons, and the Sony models have very good live view video af because of the fixed mirror. However, I just *hate* the evf and thus got a traditional dslr with optical viewfinder. Apart from that, the electronic stabilizer on the Sony dslrs isn't as effective as the mechanical one in my 70-300L.
And you're forgetting the biggest difference: An electronic stabilizer, at least on older Sony bodies, does *not* affect the frame before shooting!
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I know. HAHA. I was being totally sarcastic. I hate sony cameras. I actually bought one when I was first starting out and returned it cause i couldn't go above 400 iso back then on the sony. I got the Nikon d90 instead. That in body stabilization and live view af is what lured me in, but image quality, and crappy lens selection drove me away.
Long live canon!
Marsu42:
--- Quote from: Tcapp on April 23, 2012, 03:21:54 AM ---I know. HAHA. I was being totally sarcastic.
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I really didn't get that - because I don't think that (apart from the efv) Sony is that bad at all, they even got expensive pro bodies I'd exchange for my 60d this very moment. If Sony would run magic lantern. Which it doesn't. So watch out - sooner or later, Sony might have the last laugh on you :-p
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