...but it's not what you think!
Holiday travel has us visiting a lot of family, including some little ones we don't see enough. I thought it might be worth grabbing a rental to fool around with (gasp) a 50mm other than the one I want. I get by with my 50mm f/1.4 USM in general, but running children seemed like too great an ask for that jumpy / erratic AF. So the 50 f/1.2L is coming out for the trip.
A few decidedly more inane questions (than I normally ask) have come to mind:
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Holiday travel has us visiting a lot of family, including some little ones we don't see enough. I thought it might be worth grabbing a rental to fool around with (gasp) a 50mm other than the one I want. I get by with my 50mm f/1.4 USM in general, but running children seemed like too great an ask for that jumpy / erratic AF. So the 50 f/1.2L is coming out for the trip.
A few decidedly more inane questions (than I normally ask) have come to mind:
- In a bright daylight scene with the kids in snow, any chance opening up to f/1.2 would require faster than a 1/8000 shutter? It seems insane, but might I need a 72mm ND? (Sure, I could stop down, I know, but who leaves a Ferrari in 2nd gear?)
- I'll only have one evening to dial in the AFMA before I go, and it's possible I don't even get to that until after we fly. What's your best makeshift target for AFMA when you don't have a proper target nearby? Ruler? Rows of newspaper or book text? Print a paper target out in advance and bring it with me?
- I will be entirely off-tripod and relying on the AF. I know not to focus and recompose when shooting wider apertures, but can any 5D3 owners vouch for how the off-center (cross type) points work with this lens?
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