Your dream 50mm f/1.4

[bdunbar79]

Its pretty heavy, and made a couple years back. It has a fabulous Red ring on it, and can be made to F/1.4 if you'd like.

Any idea what it is?

Yes I own all 3 50mm lenses and the 50 f/1.2L isn't worth $1699 what it was when new.  Stopped down and I can assure you it performs no better.  Now, apertures wider than 2.0, yes I agree it is superb.  IQ isn't WORSE than the 1.4 or 1.8 stopped down, but it isn't better.  It's the ONLY L lens that has this characteristic.  And with today's RAW processing, I have duplicated IQ at f/1.4 between both lenses on the same subject.  Would I sell my 1.2L?  No, I love the bokeh it produces below f/2.  But I'm not going to pretend that it was worth the premium over the 1.4 for a second.  You can't deny that the L version needs updated and secondly, that there is room for an update.

[RLPhoto]

Its pretty heavy, and made a couple years back. It has a fabulous Red ring on it, and can be made to F/1.4 if you'd like.

Any idea what it is?

Yes I own all 3 50mm lenses and the 50 f/1.2L isn't worth $1699 what it was when new.  Stopped down and I can assure you it performs no better.  Now, apertures wider than 2.0, yes I agree it is superb.  IQ isn't WORSE than the 1.4 or 1.8 stopped down, but it isn't better.  It's the ONLY L lens that has this characteristic.  And with today's RAW processing, I have duplicated IQ at f/1.4 between both lenses on the same subject.  Would I sell my 1.2L?  No, I love the bokeh it produces below f/2.  But I'm not going to pretend that it was worth the premium over the 1.4 for a second.  You can't deny that the L version needs updated and secondly, that there is room for an update.

I can, and I will say that the 50mm 1.2L is the best, fastest, and sharpest 50mm SLR lens avaliable in the market today when shot from F1.2-2.8. Its the flamberge sword in the canon line-up, its difficult to use and specialist but once mastered, can be even more effective that traditional non-aspherical 50mm's.

And i've shot many, many different 50mm's and equivalents in Medium format 80mm's in hasselblads and yashicas. I grew up on 50mm's and I have to say the canon 1.2L is my favorite so far.

[bdunbar79]

Exactly my point.  I love the lens too.  But it's only better from 1.2-2.8.  Above that it is not.  Clearly there is room for improvement, much like the 85L over the 85 non-L.  There's no comparison there at any aperture.  That's all I am saying.  I would just like a 50mm lens from Canon that can do it all.  I'll tone down my statement to sound less harmful, my apologies.

[RLPhoto]

Exactly my point.  I love the lens too.  But it's only better from 1.2-2.8.  Above that it is not.  Clearly there is room for improvement, much like the 85L over the 85 non-L.  There's no comparison there at any aperture.  That's all I am saying.  I would just like a 50mm lens from Canon that can do it all.  I'll tone down my statement to sound less harmful, my apologies.

The 50mm 1.4 is already a good lens, I cant see how they could improve it much more w/o ruining the price point. Nikons 50mm's have horrendous Bokeh to my eye IMO, dunno maybe i'm just a 50mm Nut.

[bdunbar79]

Exactly my point.  I love the lens too.  But it's only better from 1.2-2.8.  Above that it is not.  Clearly there is room for improvement, much like the 85L over the 85 non-L.  There's no comparison there at any aperture.  That's all I am saying.  I would just like a 50mm lens from Canon that can do it all.  I'll tone down my statement to sound less harmful, my apologies.

The 50mm 1.4 is already a good lens, I cant see how they could improve it much more w/o ruining the price point. Nikons 50mm's have horrendous Bokeh to my eye IMO, dunno maybe i'm just a 50mm Nut.

Hey, being a 50mm nut isn't a bad thing.  That just means your as nuts as the rest of us on this forum

[RLPhoto]

Exactly my point.  I love the lens too.  But it's only better from 1.2-2.8.  Above that it is not.  Clearly there is room for improvement, much like the 85L over the 85 non-L.  There's no comparison there at any aperture.  That's all I am saying.  I would just like a 50mm lens from Canon that can do it all.  I'll tone down my statement to sound less harmful, my apologies.

The 50mm 1.4 is already a good lens, I cant see how they could improve it much more w/o ruining the price point. Nikons 50mm's have horrendous Bokeh to my eye IMO, dunno maybe i'm just a 50mm Nut.

Hey, being a 50mm nut isn't a bad thing.  That just means your as nuts as the rest of us on this forum

Nuts enough to spend a two weeks worth of photo jobs on a 50mm 1.2L and forsake all other 50mms. (and to lug that heavy chunk of glass everywhere.) 

[cpsico]

I too have been shooting a bit lately with my 50 1.4 and my new Mark III and have noticed it tends to focus hunt when lighting is not optimal.  So ideally I would like sharper center at 1.4 and faster and improved (low-light) AF.

lol mine hunts like a blind dog in the same circumstanses , using just the center point helps a great deal.