Life is grand

If it weren’t for the L grade price tag of $1600 the new Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM lens would be on my shopping list. We all already know of the brilliant 50mm f/1.8 ($74) and 50mm f/1.4 ($300) lenses and this new one puts a 50mm in the bag of professionals. Apart from the great max. aperture of 1.2 and the useful though hardly neccesary USM focusing the main selling point to me would be the build quality. The 50mm f/1.8 is a flimsy affair and the 50mm f/1.4 not that much better.

Well done to Canon for providing a prime in this day and age, I hope it sells with the pros.

The popular 70-200mm f/4 got an upgrade to IS (Image Stabilisation) as well in the Canon EF 70-200 mm F4L IS USM lens. Personally I am spoilt on f/2.8 lenses and so am saving for the 70-200m f/2.8L but this new f/4 is welcome all the same. At $1250 though it is not so well priced when you can get the aforementioned f/2.8 IS for $1600.

This entry was posted on Friday, August 25th, 2006 at 12:19 am and is filed under 50mm, 50mm f/1.2L USM, 70-200mm f/4L IS USM, AAA, Canon, EF, Photography, lens. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.