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03/31/2006 02:15:16 PM · #1 |
I was at B & H's website looking up the price for the EF 85 f/1.2L lense. I then noticed that there is also an EF 85 f/1.2L II there! Is that brand new?
The 'old' 1.2 is still about $1500 and the new one is at a whopping $2100...
Maybe the regular $1500 85/1.2 wasn't good enough so they had to make a better version... ;)
I haven't been able to find out what they changed but if anyone know I would like to hear about it. |
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03/31/2006 02:16:47 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by Are_62:
I was at B & H's website looking up the price for the EF 85 f/1.2L lense. I then noticed that there is also an EF 85 f/1.2L II there! Is that brand new?
The 'old' 1.2 is still about $1500 and the new one is at a whopping $2100...
Maybe the regular $1500 85/1.2 wasn't good enough so they had to make a better version... ;)
I haven't been able to find out what they changed but if anyone know I would like to hear about it. |
The new one has is around 1.8x faster on the autofocus & it works with e-ttl now.
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03/31/2006 02:55:47 PM · #3 |
Thanks Brent. It sure looks like a great lense. A bit pricey but my next "L" glass will defintily be a prime. This might have to be it.
So how does it work with e-ttl in a lense? Our cameras currently communicates focal length to the flash with E-TTL II (at least the EX speedlite flashes). The new lense as far as I understand trasmitts distance information to the flash. But would this be ncesseary since the camera does it already?
And, is this the only Canon lense currently that transmits distance info with e-ttl to the flash?
Message edited by author 2006-03-31 15:00:29. |
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03/31/2006 03:20:13 PM · #4 |
here is a list of EF lenses that are fully ETTL II compatible. of course you need a 580ex not a 550ex for it to work as well...
//www.bobatkins.com/photography/eosfaq/ettl2.html
Message edited by author 2006-03-31 15:21:31.
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03/31/2006 03:27:02 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by Are_62:
Thanks Brent. It sure looks like a great lense. A bit pricey but my next "L" glass will defintily be a prime. This might have to be it.
So how does it work with e-ttl in a lense? Our cameras currently communicates focal length to the flash with E-TTL II (at least the EX speedlite flashes). The new lense as far as I understand trasmitts distance information to the flash. But would this be ncesseary since the camera does it already?
And, is this the only Canon lense currently that transmits distance info with e-ttl to the flash? |
I think all of the current lens transmits distance info from the lens to the camera.
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