Got my Canon 50mm F1.4 - DPChallenge Forums

06/11/2004 10:54:42 AM · #1

Wooot woooooot!!!

This beauty showed up at my house this morning.

Holy cow. I never thought I could hand hold shots like that indoors. It's amazing.

No samples posted yet. I'll upload some this weekend. Gots to get back to work ... grrr (home office makes it really tough).

magnetic9999

Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 EX Aspherical DF for Canon

06/11/2004 10:56:49 AM · #2

Originally posted by Jacko:

Holy cow. I never thought I could hand hold shots like that indoors. It's amazing.

bingo. that's the beauty of it.

and when you add the fast focusing, the extreme sharpness, and the beautiful bokeh, you're talking one of my favorite lenses :) ..

Sonifo

Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

06/11/2004 10:58:49 AM · #3

Woohooo....now if you would let me borrow it we would both be happy. ;-)

JC_Homola

Canon EF 135mm f/2.0L USM

06/11/2004 11:01:04 AM · #4

Welcome to the club!! it's a stunner isn't it? I havn't had another lens on my camera since I got it.....

pitsaman

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

06/11/2004 11:26:10 AM · #5

I need that one :-(
Also 85 mm F1.8 would be nice to have,for concerts and plays,portraits too...

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/11/2004 11:28:18 AM · #6

Originally posted by Jacko:

I know the feeling! And when you look at the lens you see how wide open it is...you can shoot under any lighting condition, put the ISO at 1600 and you can shoot anything!

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

06/11/2004 11:47:00 AM · #7

u gonna reverse mount this one on your sigma macro for some more extreme macro?

jab119

06/11/2004 11:58:28 AM · #8

I know you are going to love it. I sure love my 50mm 1.4

James

06/11/2004 12:23:47 PM · #9

yep. Got a 58mm to 58mm macro coupler to go with it :)

Originally posted by hsteg:

u gonna reverse mount this one on your sigma macro for some more extreme macro?

Nusbaum

Fujifilm X-T1

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

06/11/2004 01:31:57 PM · #10

Originally posted by pitsaman:

I need that one :-(
Also 85 mm F1.8 would be nice to have,for concerts and plays,portraits too...

I agree.... the 85mm f/1.8 is similar is sharpness and I think the bokeh is even better. An amazing portrait lens on a 10D or dRebel.

PaulMdx

Canon EOS-1D

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 200-500mm f/5.6E ED VR

06/11/2004 02:25:05 PM · #11

Originally posted by Jacko:

Wooot woooooot!!!

This beauty showed up at my house this morning.

That's funny, because this showed up at mine!

Hope you like your 50/1.4 as much as I like my 70-200/2.8. Looking forward to seeing some shots, Jacko.

I've put a couple of mediocre ones here.

Edit: I have an 85/1.8, which does indeed, rock. :-)

Message edited by author 2004-06-11 14:27:16.

jmlelii

Nikon D850

06/11/2004 03:48:50 PM · #12

is there a huge difference between the 1.4 and the 1.8? besides the .4 stop, and about 200 dollars?

Gordon

RIM BlackBerry Curve

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM

06/11/2004 04:04:47 PM · #13

Originally posted by jmlelii:

is there a huge difference between the 1.4 and the 1.8? besides the .4 stop, and about 200 dollars?

Much better build, faster focusing, full time manual focusing, better bokeh.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

06/11/2004 04:08:19 PM · #14

Another advantage of the 1.4 is that it uses 58mm filters, the 1.8 uses 52mm. 58mm is a very common size for Canon glass, 52mm is not. Although not often considered, extra filters could eat up alot of the savings in this case, and take up more room in the bag to boot!

Message edited by author 2004-06-11 16:08:38.

06/11/2004 04:09:53 PM · #15

What Gordon said, plus it's much badasser. That alone is worth $150.

Here's a Photo.net comparison.

Originally posted by jmlelii:

is there a huge difference between the 1.4 and the 1.8? besides the .4 stop, and about 200 dollars?

digistoune

06/11/2004 05:05:33 PM · #16

I have a question for the King of Macro...

Regarding macro couplers - I'm assuming if you have 58mm coupler than you have to have to another lens with a 58mm filter size to "couple" it with. Right?

Thanks and sorry if my question seems a little goofy. I'm still learning about macro ;-)

06/11/2004 05:31:30 PM · #17

Macro couplers come in different sizes. For example, I have a 58mm to 49mm coupler.

Originally posted by digistoune:

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/11/2004 06:14:55 PM · #18

OK a few samples:

F2.0 1/90 sec ISO 200

F1.8 1/90sec ISO 200

F2.0 1/125 sec ISO 200

F1.4 1/250 ISO 200

F4.0 1/60 ISO 100 - Bounce flash with Canon 550EX

All pics were resized to a height of 620 pixels. No sharpening. Slight Levels adjustments.

I really like the background blur and the fact that I can handhold pictures indoors with available light. Nice addition to my lens collection.

mirdonamy

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

06/11/2004 06:39:06 PM · #19

Those photos are excellent and this lens seems amazing. I looked at the comparison shots of the 1.4 & 1.8 and didn't notice too much of a difference, but the 1.4 photos seemed nicer overall.

I have a question for you master Lensmen in here! These are the ONLY lenses I have:
Canon Zoom Wide Angle-Telephoto EF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 II Autofocus Lens and a
Canon Zoom Telephoto EF 75-300mm f/4.0-5.6 III Autofocus Lens

Can you experienced lensmen tell me, what am I missing out on? I don't even know! I can't afford another lens right now, and I am saving for a $1700 lens: 14mm superwide, but I won't get that for a year or two unless I win the Lottery!

I would really like to know your thoughts on my lenses and what I am missing out on. I see nice photos with the 50mm, but I have the ability to do 28mm. But I have a feeling that my 28mm isn't as good as the 50mm here. Can someone help explain this to me?

:) Arie

Thanks in advance! I really want to learn!!!

doctornick

Apple iPhone 13 Pro

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

06/11/2004 06:57:44 PM · #20

Arie, because of the 1.6x crop factor of the 10D you don't have a wide angle. The 28mm becomes a 45mm equivalent. The 14mm superwide you are planning on getting will add nicely to your collection. Another thing missing is a fast lens, your fastest is the 28mm at f/3.5, the 50mm f/1.4 or f/1.8 allow you to take fantastic availablle light photos. You could easily add that 50mm f/1.8 for the paltry sum of $69.

06/13/2004 10:53:51 AM · #21

A few more with the 50mm F1.4 from last night's BBQ. A few of my friends' children:

(both shots 1/90 sec, F2.0, ISO 200 )

Message edited by author 2004-06-13 11:02:57.

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

06/13/2004 10:56:07 AM · #22

you gotta bunch of stuff to update on your gear page. I like looking around at sites and see what kind of stuff people have.

06/13/2004 10:58:08 AM · #23

and one of Samuel:

(ISO 100, 1/60, F1.8)

Message edited by author 2004-06-13 11:03:59.

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

06/13/2004 10:59:21 AM · #24

all were shot wide open?