Wanted: Canon 50mm f1.2L lens

[Andrew McDonald]

personally this lens is far more than a fast lens.

the contrast, and feel of the images it creates is lovely.

I work at f2 for ceremonies and the dof is just perfect.

P.s you dont need training to work at 1.2 just use the lens ;-)

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[TURTLEC]

[quote ]you dont need training to work at 1.2 just use the lens ;-)[/quote]

I did not mean actul 'training' just that it will take a fair bit of practice
to 'train' yourself how to use the lens/

[William]

There's one snag with ultra-wide aperture lenses.  What appears to be nicely out of focus through the viewfinder, often turns out to be far more prominent in the pic.

Unless you really need to use f1.2 on a regular basis - and it's only half a stop more than f1.4 - might it be better to use a top-class f1.4 that gives good performance when wide open, like the Zeiss. 

In a lot of cases, the f1.2 is a viewing rather than taking aperture!  Nikon used to make the Noct Nikkor that really was intended to be used at f1.2.  It cost 2k when new and a couple of decades later it fetches 3k secondhand.