POLL: The new 50mm will be...

[YuengLinger]

No matter what it is, there will always be whiners, it matters little to me, since I don't like 50mm.

Somebody needs lunch and a nap. :

 

[Finn M]

Finn M: " And why make a big and expensive f1,2 lens if you have to step down to f2,8 to get sharp pictures?"

Because people buy it at a ridiculous price and they just will not let go of it once they managed to get hold of it.
Canon makes lenses to sell them. And this particular lemon seems to have a lot of takers. Go figure!
Probably you can now model the optical characteristics of this lens in PP just like you can model amps and guitars with electronic gadgets at a fraction of the price of the Real Thing.

Or can you? Anybody know of a digital lens simulation software?

It is no lemon. As I wrote: many photographers like this lens, but because of two things the 50/1,2L needs an update:

- the new 50 Mpixels 5Ds camera
- the excellent Zeiss Otus 55/1,4 (and Sigma 50/1,4 Art) have made the competition tougher

 

[Tinky]

I don't see why one would want to have both 35 f2 and 50 f2 in their kit. These two focal lengths are too close. The new 50 ought to have different aperture with or without IS.

I don't imagine anybody would either.

But I would imagine that a 50mm standard is quite desirable for the 135 format shooters, and that the 35mm is quite desirable for the APS-C format shooters, as a near standard lens.

That said, I do carry a 35mm 1.4, a 50mm f1.4 and an 85mm f1.4 in my kit bag, but that is for multiple camera video interviews.

Just goes to show what a broad church it is, and how different folk with different cameras and different interests use the same gear, well, differently.