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Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced
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(08-18-2019, 07:28 AM)Rover Wrote: Over 3000 euros! This is nuts.

Anyway, I remember the EF 85/1.2 L II being called a decent performer (though obviously weaker at the edges at large apertures, but nowhere near the softbag the EF 50/1.2 L was). Has it somehow lost its sheen now?
Well, effectively it is 45% more expensive than the EF version. All considering, that is not too bad, plus, my 85L II needed replacing anyway considering its failing rubber coating. For me it si worth it, as I use it a lot.

The 85L II has not lost its sheen, unless you compare it to a bunch of lenses of 3rd party manufacturers (Sigma, Zeiss), and Canon's own 85 F/1.4 IS, which isn't all that cheap either, it is not the best anymore.

And personally, I really needed an 85 that was very sharp at F/1.2 a weekend ago, shooting in the dark at 12800 iso Smile. The 85L II only gets properly into its rhytm at F/2, and I couldn't get an unbklurred shot at that aperture, apart from the fact that it is quite slow focusing, even on an EOS R. The RF 85L is considerably faster, and excellent at F/1.2 already.

Besides, I'd really want to move over to EOS R now, and will only keep lenses with EF bayonet where it doesn't matter much if anything at all for the type of shooting I do (specifically the TS-Es, MP-E 65, macro in general), and lenses that have not been replaced yet, or will not be replaced in the next 6 months or so.

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 ....
  


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Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by mst - 05-08-2019, 10:16 AM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by davidmanze - 05-08-2019, 11:31 AM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by mst - 05-08-2019, 12:55 PM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by davidmanze - 05-08-2019, 02:20 PM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by mst - 05-08-2019, 02:32 PM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by mst - 05-09-2019, 03:11 PM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by mst - 05-10-2019, 05:27 PM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by miro - 05-10-2019, 12:02 PM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by davidmanze - 05-15-2019, 11:42 AM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by wim - 08-15-2019, 10:02 PM
RE: Canon RF 85mm f/1.2 L USM announced - by wim - 08-18-2019, 10:23 AM

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