Nice shots everyone. Does it seem this lens shoots with a little bit of a cool quality? Maybe I am used to my Sigma 35 which shoots a little warm.
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ScottyP said:Nice shots everyone. Does it seem this lens shoots with a little bit of a cool quality? Maybe I am used to my Sigma 35 which shoots a little warm.
Click said:So cute Beautiful portraits, Viggo. I especially like the last one. Well done.
Sporgon said:I can see that Viggo's daughter will be getting an agent soon and charging her Dad fir all this modelling ! ;D
YuengLinger said:Excellent portraits, Viggo. Great use of lighting.
Here's one that shows how a close, busy background is handled by the lens. She's about one meter in front of the shrub, and I'm about two meters from her. Heavy-overcast midday light, f/1.4, ISO 200, 1/1600th
While I see the 1.4L IS working very well with skin tones and colors in general, I'm kind of missing the "vintage" look of out-of-focus areas that the 1.2L produced. But giving up the slow AF was the right move. The IS, so far, doesn't seem as good as on the 100-400 II, or on the 70-200 2.8 II. What do you think?
Viggo said:YuengLinger said:Excellent portraits, Viggo. Great use of lighting.
Here's one that shows how a close, busy background is handled by the lens. She's about one meter in front of the shrub, and I'm about two meters from her. Heavy-overcast midday light, f/1.4, ISO 200, 1/1600th
While I see the 1.4L IS working very well with skin tones and colors in general, I'm kind of missing the "vintage" look of out-of-focus areas that the 1.2L produced. But giving up the slow AF was the right move. The IS, so far, doesn't seem as good as on the 100-400 II, or on the 70-200 2.8 II. What do you think?
Thanks!
I really like the bokeh of the 85 IS, both in your shot and others. The colors are great too.
I’ve tested the IS and it’s almost 100% hit with 4 stops and about 60-70% with 5 stops so I find it to be as spec’d. What I do notice with this and other IS lenses is that if you’re not already steady when activating IS it will perhaps use the “auto-panning” mode and not activate both directions. I then find it faster to let go the button until IS stops and then activate it again.
Tyroop said:Some great shots in this thread. This is a lens that I'd really love to own, especially for the addition of IS, but my EF 85mm f/1.8 still produces pretty good images for an old lens. The image attached was taken with my old 40D, which has now bitten the dust. Lenses have been so good for so long that the law of diminishing returns applies. When I upgraded from the non-IS to IS version of the 70-200mm f/4L I loved the IS, but the improvement in IQ was barely noticeable. This is why I can't imagine there will be a massive improvement with a 70-200mm f/4L IS Mark 2 because the original is so good. Nice to be able to upgrade to the latest technology if you can afford it, but I think there's still a lot of mileage to be had from old lenses.
Viggo said:A little update here, I’ve been going back and forth with afma between -3 and -4, it’s hard to tell the difference between those two, but I decided to take my own advice ; when the afma isn’t perfect the stability goes out the window. So while I can’t mostly tell if -4 or -4 is most accurate I can tell a huge difference in the stability. Going away from -3 and using -4 exclusively I’ve practically eliminilated all those “wth-misses” and while the 85 IS AF isn’t a match for the 35 L II, it’s now much more predictable and stable.
CanonGrunt said:Shot at 1.4. Took it rather quickly so not my best, but the bokeh is quite beautiful on this lens. Colors are great.
stevelee said:CanonGrunt said:Shot at 1.4. Took it rather quickly so not my best, but the bokeh is quite beautiful on this lens. Colors are great.
At 1.4 it makes your point about the lens much better than it shows the nice-looking dog. It would need to be stopped down to make the nose and the left ear both in focus at least for my tastes. I started to included the neckerchief in that, but it likely would be OK if the whole head were sharp.
Is the dog as nice as he/she looks to be?
CanonGrunt said:... you would have to stop down to f/2 just to get her whole head in focus. A decent bokeh test though. Was also shot out 3 1/2 feet away from her.
CanonGrunt said:Shot at 1.4. Took it rather quickly so not my best, but the bokeh is quite beautiful on this lens. Colors are great.
privatebydesign said:CanonGrunt said:... you would have to stop down to f/2 just to get her whole head in focus. A decent bokeh test though. Was also shot out 3 1/2 feet away from her.
With respect, assuming the dog's head is around 6" from nose to ears and you were 3.5' away, you'd have to stop down to f16 to get the nose eyes and ears in "acceptable focus".
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