The 50/1.4 is my favorite lens. The 50/1.8 was my favorite before that. The 50/1.2 will be my favorite, if I can ever afford it! I want to go FF just so I can use it as a true 50.
Those test results don't jive with my experience, nor those of many I've read online. I've looked at several of those tests at that site for many different lenses, and that 17-55 shows some of the poorest results I've ever seen there. One might even think it was a bad lens. They must have had a bad copy. My 17-55 was razor sharp at all apertures on my 40D, and yes, sharper and more consistent than my 50/1.4. Maybe I had a bad 50, but it did perform well often enough that I'm not sure that could be true. But not often enough to keep it next to my 17-55.
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An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
The 50/1.4 is my favorite lens. The 50/1.8 was my favorite before that. The 50/1.2 will be my favorite, if I can ever afford it! I want to go FF just so I can use it as a true 50.
This is why I bought the 5d originally. I was using the 50 2.5 Macro as my favorite lens when I was using film. On the 10d and 20d I really misssed the length/space I was shooting at. I have not regretted going full frame.
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Those test results don't jive with my experience, nor those of many I've read online. I've looked at several of those tests at that site for many different lenses, and that 17-55 shows some of the poorest results I've ever seen there. One might even think it was a bad lens. They must have had a bad copy. My 17-55 was razor sharp at all apertures on my 40D, and yes, sharper and more consistent than my 50/1.4. Maybe I had a bad 50, but it did perform well often enough that I'm not sure that could be true. But not often enough to keep it next to my 17-55.
An "accurate" reproduction of a scene and a good photograph are often two different things.
This is why I bought the 5d originally. I was using the 50 2.5 Macro as my favorite lens when I was using film. On the 10d and 20d I really misssed the length/space I was shooting at. I have not regretted going full frame.
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