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Canon 1.4 50mm usm

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alpinecowboy84
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i'm thinking i'm going to buy this lens. does anyone have it? thoughts?
Oct 13 2005 5:56AM
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GotamaBCshredder
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is that a 1.4 f stop? thats cukin fast
Oct 13 2005 9:47PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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I meant to say fuckin
Oct 13 2005 9:47PM
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Andrius
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It's nice to have a straight 50 in the kit, but if you're shooting ski for real you'll need a 70-200 2.8 and a superwide. You won't wind up using the 50 for much other than standard protraiture.
What body are you running?
Oct 13 2005 10:00PM
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freezed
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i have a 1.8 50mm, but its only an EF lens, has no USM. I like it, its just a little too long to shoot stuff close up though.
Oct 13 2005 10:45PM
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alpinecowboy84
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i have an canon elan 7 (thats film) and a 28 135 IS lens.

i want the 50 for its lowlight and clarity options. i've read up on it and its pretty much rated at canon's l series, which is pretty incredible considering the fact that it costs 300 and L lenses can run in the thousands (depending on the model).

i have no intention of using it for skiing. its mainly for travel, art and portraiture.
Oct 13 2005 10:45PM
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johnwiechecki
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I have the Canon 50mm f/1.8 II lens and I love it, so I'm sure the 50mm f/1.4 is a great lens (considering it has a distance scale and isn't made of plastic like the 1.8). It is the only lens I use due to financial constraints and it works great for skiing, you don't "need" any certain lenses you just have to be creative with how you shoot them.
If you are ever able to check out photos in people's profiles again, any images that are taken by me on this site are using the 50mm. I'd definately suggest buying it, you won't regret it, especially because it's relatively cheap and super fast.
What other lenses do you shoot with?
Oct 14 2005 8:29PM
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johnwiechecki
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Sorry about asking you what other lenses you shoot, I didn't realize you said that already.
Oct 14 2005 8:31PM
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blind_five
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I hate that lens. The only good thing about it is it's fast. The focus is shaking and the lens aberration (on a digital body at least) is terrible.

It's cheap, so it may be worth it if you need the speed, but don't expect miracles from it.

That's just the opionion of a lonely photographer with a stuborn rule of not shooting with anything but L glass. Sorry, I'm grumpy... ha!
Oct 15 2005 11:08AM
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mnjib
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get it man. its totaly worth the money i am looking at getting that after i get a new camera(or 2)
Oct 15 2005 12:28PM
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alpinecowboy84
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^^yeah i wish i could afford a series of l's, but i can't. however, i hear from everybody that has it that it basically should be called an L lense, that the quality is essentially the same.

and yeah i bought it, ordered it online with a new filter and hood for a total of 348
Oct 15 2005 4:11PM
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eastcoastskier
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there was a 50mm L lens at one point. it was F1.0......true story.
Oct 15 2005 10:23PM
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Spitzer
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^ I played around with that lens for a bit... too expensive though :p

Not really necessary to have such a fast lens for taking pics on snow as you're gonna have to close up a couple stops due to the light coming off of the snow.

I'd go with a 35mm lens, much more useful than the 50mm lens. Stick with fixed focal length lenses if you can, the optics are much better than the zoom lenses.
Oct 16 2005 4:33AM
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Bangor
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I've seen pictures of that lens. That's outrageously fast.

I've got the 50 1.8 II. $70ish, and it's got some of the best image quality around. The lens is a champ.
Oct 16 2005 8:11PM
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johnwiechecki
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I don't know man, mine's got flaws in it already and I bought it brand new.
Oct 16 2005 8:56PM
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GotamaBCshredder
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I just got a 17mm- 35mm witha 2.8f and I thought that was perty quik
Oct 16 2005 10:39PM
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