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A much needed upgrade is comingA good source piped up today and said a new EF 50mm f/1.4 USM exists and is being tested. Release date is unknown.
Upgrades:
- Optical upgrade, but it's not “L”
- Build upgrade. The current 50 f/1.4 from Canon is one of the most unreliable in the lineup.
- New USM
Along with the above, expect a nice price increase as well. Most likely above its Sigma counterpart.
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179 Comments
I’m pleased to learn the Canon 50mm f1.4 is being
re-designed. I love the glass in it but in the 30 years
I’ve been a photographer, I’ve never owned such
a poorly built lens.
Thank you Canon! I hope you will repair or upgrade
my current Canon 50mm f1.4 for free. I never knew
a lens could be damaged so easily. Had I, I would not
have bought it. I assumed (my mistake) that Canon’s
reputation was so respected that I didn’t need to
concern myself with questioning the quality of their
products.
For those of you who don’t know here are URLs:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/canon_50mm/discuss/72157603775874649/
http://www.fotomozaic.ro/artikel.php?idstory=225&s=1
http://www.flickr.com/groups/canon_50mm/discuss/72157623037580068/
Thanks
– ennis
You can find the size information of Sigma 85mm F/1.4 on this page: http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/100222_85_14_ex_dg_hsm.htm
A better (more detailed) review of this lenses can be found here: http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/392-sigma_50_14_canon
I can’t see any bad things on the wide open end (F1.4 -2) from the sample photos.
So with the release of the EF 50 f/1.4 II, will there be any chance of the old version being marked down? I am new to DSLRs, but I have been thinking of buying the 50 f/1.4 for a while now. If the release of a new version would drop the price of the old any I think I will wait.
you haven’t heard much then!
The lens build sucks! The AF is crazy imprecise, not that fast, is sometimes broken straight out of the box and not uncommonly breaks after a only a couple years of modest usage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So many similar comments all over the net and just in general in person discussions with other Canon users.