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Could a 35mm f/1.2 L be in testing? (pic)
Viggo:
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--- Quote from: Axilrod on June 20, 2012, 10:25:52 AM ---Typo, typo, typo.
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I think so, too - at ~50mm it's easiest to design fast lenses, but if the focal length gets smaller it'll be quite a hassle to release a f1.2 35mm that's sharp wide open as a L lens should be. Much more likely they'll just add weather sealing to a 35/1.4L, reduce the vignetting and double the price.
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I always heare that, yet no 50 lens comes even kind of close to the 35 or 85 IQ.....
The current 35 L compared to the current 50 L, I can see way better colors and contrast from the 50, but sharpness is way better on the 35 at all distances, the AF is faster on the 35 and in some cases more accurate.
But given a updated 35 or even if it was made the same year, the 35 would most certainly be better at pretty much everything. And the 50 L is okay sharp wide open, at the perfect distance, but the 35 kills it when both at 1,4.
And the 85 with it's old design is waay better than the 50 in every aspect except size weight and AF, although the 85 is extremely accurate.
Marsu42:
--- Quote from: Viggo on June 21, 2012, 09:07:04 AM ---And the 85 with it's old design is waay better than the 50 in every aspect except size weight and AF
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*Except* size, weight and AF :-) ? You could add price to the list, leaving "only" iq in favor of the 85L - but all others are all important factors, too for various applications. If you ignore size, weight, price and af you could also buy the Hubble Space Telescope (well, after it was fixed)!
birdman:
--- Quote from: RLPhoto on June 20, 2012, 12:18:57 PM ---
--- Quote from: Marsu42 on June 20, 2012, 12:12:38 PM ---
--- Quote from: Axilrod on June 20, 2012, 10:25:52 AM ---Typo, typo, typo.
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I think so, too - at ~50mm it's easiest to design fast lenses, but if the focal length gets smaller it'll be quite a hassle to release a f1.2 35mm that's sharp wide open as a L lens should be. Much more likely they'll just add weather sealing to a 35/1.4L, reduce the vignetting and double the price.
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If they'd made a 35mm L II at F1.2 that isnt garbage but usable. Expect A Wicked price tag, and a Very Hefty lens.
I'd buy that for a dollar. ;D
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My thoughts exactly. All of their newer fast glass is going upwards in price dramatically. They caught wind of Nikon's pricing and decided to match Nikon on price with bodies AND glass. Nikon was always more expensive for their glass. Or was it their bodies? I don't know, but they are beating Canon like Drago was beating Rocky in the early rounds. "C'mon Rock (Canon), get up you son-of-a-b!tch because Mickey loves you"
Marsu42:
--- Quote from: birdman on June 21, 2012, 11:13:05 AM ---All of their newer fast glass is going upwards in price dramatically.
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But on the other hand, the sharpness of these new lenses will be usable with newer high-mp Canon sensors, so it's an investment in future usability. But of course Canon wouldn't say that right now, or a part of their sales of their 22mp sensor bodies would stall.
Viggo:
Your point was about wide open sharpness of a 35 f1,2... that's why i mentioned sharpness .. and that the 50 was easy made good, which isn't true.
And while the 85 is å heavy lens, it's still a lens and it is only 130 grams over a 24-70....
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