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Re: [OM] Ken's 50s ("Re: Big Chomp No Chew")

Subject: Re: [OM] Ken's 50s ("Re: Big Chomp No Chew")
From: Joel Wilcox <jfwilcox@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:59:39 -0500
On Wed, Mar 28, 2012, at 09:46 AM, Ken Norton wrote:
> > I'll have to try some tests with the 50s I own on the antiquated and
> > irrelevant 5D.
> 
> Sorry. Don't take it personally. :)

Never.  I just sometimes can't resist going through an open door. :)

> I would agree with your assessment about the 50/1.8. I think that for
> landscape work, where we are stopped down, it is a very nice lens and
> probably a bit better than the 50/1.4. But wider than F5.6 the 50/1.4
> seems to be better. At F2.8, the 50/1.4 is producing a more pleasing
> image. A 50mm, to me, is mostly a long-wide lens. As such, for
> people/event photography, it is used mostly in the 2-4 meter range.
> Based on what I'm seeing, the 50/1.4 is a bit better.

I really suspected as much, but I probably won't go back to find out if
the 50/1.2 is within reach.

Joel W.

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