04-03-2011, 04:31 PM
[quote name='allanmb' timestamp='1301560228' post='7243']
I would really like to get the L equivalents but for my use I cant justify the cost because I don't use them that often; I am primarily a bird photographer.
Anyway, I haven't had the lens for long so don't really have any fantastic shots to show but below is my eldest son taken wide open with the 85/1.8. Looking closely at the few pics I do have so far has made me realise that the lens has some mild front focussing issues. Perhaps yours did too? Not an issue nowadays as most bodies have MA.[/quote]
No. The first one had bad decentering, which wouldn't go away, not even at F/8. I would either have the bottom right corner sharp, or the rest of the image, never both. The next had habd very bad vi=gneeting, which also wouldnt go away'. A bit like your photograph below, but then 10X worse.
The third one was kinda ok, but it was only usable from F/2.2, and had a lot of PF, really a lot, and general focusing issues - missed too often.
I got an 85L II instead - never looked back.
Nice photograph.
I do hope you added the vignetting yourself, in PP.
Kind regards, Wim
I would really like to get the L equivalents but for my use I cant justify the cost because I don't use them that often; I am primarily a bird photographer.
Anyway, I haven't had the lens for long so don't really have any fantastic shots to show but below is my eldest son taken wide open with the 85/1.8. Looking closely at the few pics I do have so far has made me realise that the lens has some mild front focussing issues. Perhaps yours did too? Not an issue nowadays as most bodies have MA.[/quote]
No. The first one had bad decentering, which wouldn't go away, not even at F/8. I would either have the bottom right corner sharp, or the rest of the image, never both. The next had habd very bad vi=gneeting, which also wouldnt go away'. A bit like your photograph below, but then 10X worse.
The third one was kinda ok, but it was only usable from F/2.2, and had a lot of PF, really a lot, and general focusing issues - missed too often.
I got an 85L II instead - never looked back.
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![[Image: 5538233100_b194c03ea6_b.jpg]](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5220/5538233100_b194c03ea6_b.jpg)
Nice photograph.
I do hope you added the vignetting yourself, in PP.
Kind regards, Wim
Gear: Canon EOS R with 3 primes and 2 zooms, 4 EF-R adapters, Canon EOS 5 (analog), 9 Canon EF primes, a lone Canon EF zoom, 2 extenders, 2 converters, tubes; Olympus OM-D 1 Mk II & Pen F with 12 primes, 6 zooms, and 3 Metabones EF-MFT adapters ....