Canon 50 1.4 vs 1.2L

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I absolutely love my Canon 50 1.4 but while recently browsing some reviews I was really surprised to see it rated more highly than the 50 1.2L. I can’t quite figure this out. Does it simply come down to value for money or is the 1.4 actually better? Anyone used both?

50 1.4
http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=29&sort=7&cat=2&page=3

50 1.2L
http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=305&sort=7&cat=2&page=3

I have no intention of giving up my 1.4 as it suits me perfectly. Just interested why the L-series may be rated less highly.

Andy.
 
only got the 1.4

but i vaguely remember hearing the 1.2 is a bit soft and fragile. obviously with the added cost.

it was a while ago though and might not be true:thumbs:
 
couplea members on here have 50Ls and the pics ive seen have been luverly

and tbh the 50 1.4 is pretty darn delicate and a bit of a pain with its damageable focusing mechanism - nb I love mine to death
 
I had both of them at the same time but disposed of the f/1.4.....there was almost 1 stop of vignetting shooting wide open on a FF body. The 50L still vignettes but much less obvious. The f/1.4 focusses much more quickly but looses out in the contrast and bokeh stakes (subjective, I know).
My 50L also suffers from the infamous focus shift problem but it's something you learn to work around.

Bob
 
Canon Bob said:
I had both of them at the same time but disposed of the f/1.4.....there was almost 1 stop of vignetting shooting wide open on a FF body. The 50L still vignettes but much less obvious. The f/1.4 focusses much more quickly but looses out in the contrast and bokeh stakes (subjective, I know).
My 50L also suffers from the infamous focus shift problem but it's something you learn to work around.

Bob
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Interesting. It sounds fairly balanced in that case. Do you find yourself shooting wide open with the 1.2 that often?

Andy.
 
Andyman said:
Interesting. It sounds fairly balanced in that case. Do you find yourself shooting wide open with the 1.2 that often?

Andy.
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To avoid the focus shift then I generally use it wide open or f/2 upwards if portraits are the thing. If the subject is more than a couple of metres away then any aperture is fine. Generally I prefer the 85L on a full frame body but they all have to be used sometimes.

Bob
 
Canon Bob said:
To avoid the focus shift then I generally use it wide open or f/2 upwards if portraits are the thing. If the subject is more than a couple of metres away then any aperture is fine. Generally I prefer the 85L on a full frame body but they all have to be used sometimes.

Bob
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is there enough hours in the month to use everything you got??:lol:
 
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