Pros: Speed, full-opening sharpness, construction, blurry (hard but I like it)Ĭons: Not tropicalized, you'll f-ing want to buy more fixed Art. The only price to pay for the optical and construction quality is the weight almost three times higher than the Canon 1.4 and the footprint that does not make it go unnoticed, but when you admire the results you understand that it is worth making this little effort. I would point out that the AF is perfect both used with my 5d MK III and with the 6d MK II, which does not digest much of the third-party optics, but with this it did not show any problems of compatibility AF and with both bodies I did not have the need to make micro adjustments on camera or with the dock. In short, after a first test of a specimen unfortunately not perfect, with this the lightning strike was triggered and since I bought it I can not remove it from one of the two machine bodies that I own (it is addictive) although basic I prefer the use of zoom for their greater versatility. The boken is a bit nervous, but not a bother, on the other hand both the Canon 50mm f.1.8 STM and 50mm f.1.4 USM could not do better, indeed. From the first shots taken I noticed an exceptional sharpness already at TA on the whole frame that closed to f4 increases further. 1.4 USM, which when used at f4-5.6 is just as sharp as this, but that in TA presented the side for CA at the edges and corners at the edges and corners, as well as loss of detail, I decided to give a second opportunity to this view that to my deep amazement, in the specimen purchased by me, seems not to suffer from the problems of AF that I had encountered in the specimen tried at the time. Opinion: After having the opportunity to try a specimen long ago, with probable calibration problems that led to af results not perfectly accurate and that had led me to prefer for the footprint and weight the Canon 50mm f. Pros: Sharpness already in TA, brightness, speed and silence AF, internal focus, construction and finishes Art, complete with lampshade and transport bagĬons: Weight, but you already know before you buy it.
Mounted on Eos R all autofocus problems magically disappear, so this lens is officially and in my opinion FREE OF DEFECTS. Zeiss is probably better (never tried) but at what price? Now I brutally started the monkey for 85/135. well, given the images he churns out, you love him unconditionally even though he's got a little bit more "scum." In my humble opinion it is one of the definitive optics, one of the arrival points in this focal length. If really, pulled for the jacket, I should find a defect I would say autofocus: with not perfect light does not hook very well (at least on 6D2) and must be calibrated because it suffers from f/b focus, but already with fine calibration in the machine I solved with a +15. Price in my opinion even low for what optics promises and above all maintains (paid new 690 euros near the Amazon River). Very solid construction, beautiful also to hold in your hand (I do not understand those who say otherwise. Bokeh splendid, not as wonderful as in the two 85 (1.2 Canon and 1.4 Art) also because of the focal length but still scary.
Sensational sharpness even at 1.4, even in some shots I had to reduce it in post because it was absolute, without a smudge. After trying many of them, including the 50L that however for budgetary reasons I left "on the shelf", the choice fell on the 50 Art, already tried for video on a Red camera.
I bought this lens in full "lockdown cravings" to take off a nice challenge and take a 50mm that would last me forever (more or less like a nice diamond) and was about the top. Opinion: It's the first time I'll leave a review but this is at least dutiful. Pros: Sharpness, bokeh, construction, elegance, price, ergonomics