photo:canonef50mmf1.2
Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM lens
introduction
a unique, wide aperture standard lens introduced in 2006 and replaced the
CanonEF50mmf1.0 and providing more sharpness and contrast
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which 50mmm lens to buy?
the 50mm f/1.2L gives shallowest
depth of field (DOF) and nice bokeh but not sharp wide open and lots vignetting
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specs
50mm f/1.2 lens
8 elements in 6 groups incl. 1x ASPH
USM AF with full time MF
8 rounded blades
front focusing
close focus 0.45m giving 0.15x magnification
72mm filter thread
86mm x 66mm
592g
ES-78 lens hood
$AU1999 but on special may get it for $AU1399
reviews
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1.5% barrel distortion
2.7EV vignetting
a little soft wide open and very soft edges
sharpest at f/4-5.6
1.6px lat. CA can be problematic, especially when worse at f/2.0
mod. long. CA
bokeh very smooth although it gets a bit more nervous in the transition zone as well as in the extreme corners
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T1.5
0.4% distortion
2.4EV vignetting
20 micron lat CA
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examples
photo/canonef50mmf1.2.txt · Last modified: 2017/05/07 11:34 by gary1