jolyonralph said:I'm pretty certain currently produced 50mm f/1.2L lenses are generally better than older production
- if only due to vastly improved production and quality control procedures allowing for far less inter-copy variation.
Certainly my relatively recently produced (2015) 1.2 is excellent (even on my 5DSR), and the older one I tried many years ago was a big disappointment, even on lower-quality sensors at the time.
Perhaps they should just update the electronics and the coatings and release a 50mm f/1.2L II alongside the 50mm f/1.4L IS which is pretty much inevitable now after the good reaction to the 85
I believe you are right. My 50L is less than a year old, and I just don't experience notable AF issues on neither my 1DXII or 5Ds, even when using the outer AF points. I should note that I don't use it much in the f1.2 - f1.8 range, so my experience at those apertures is limited.
I really do like the images I get from the 50L when shot at f2.
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