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Why does my $150 40mm 2.8 conveniently retract the part of the lens that extends during focusing back into the body of the lens when I turn off my camera, and yet my $1900 85mm 1.2 just hangs out where ever it happened to be when it last focused? :
Yes, I know there are many relevant answers... The 40mm is a much newer design, the 40mm is designed to be compact whereas the 85mm is a big grapefruit on the front of your camera whether it's retracted or not...
But come on Canon, at least give me the option of having such an expensive lens retract at power-off to lessen the chance of it getting whacked on something and damaged. The 40mm does it so nicely! The software to do this cannot be that complicated. If lens = 85mm 1.2, set lens to infinity focus when power turns off!
Yes, I know there are many relevant answers... The 40mm is a much newer design, the 40mm is designed to be compact whereas the 85mm is a big grapefruit on the front of your camera whether it's retracted or not...
But come on Canon, at least give me the option of having such an expensive lens retract at power-off to lessen the chance of it getting whacked on something and damaged. The 40mm does it so nicely! The software to do this cannot be that complicated. If lens = 85mm 1.2, set lens to infinity focus when power turns off!