[laxx]

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Originally Posted by lan /img/forum/go_quote.gif The 85 should be sweet. I've replace my 50 with the 35 1.4. Love that lens.

I'd love to have a 35 f1.4 as well, but it's not on my top priority of lenses. With Summer around the corner, I'm looking to get a 70-200 f2.8 (IS is a maybe) for better subject isolation of my friends playing sports and what not. =T

 

[laxx]

Well, the 85 1.8 landed on Friday and it's been fun playing with it. I brought it out to Beer Garden in Astoria on Saturday and then in the backyard yesterday with the dogs.

 

[raptor84]

Gotta love the 85/1.8

 

[laxx]

Indeed.

 

[coolshot]

just got my sigma 18-50 macro. Here it is mounted on my XT body.

 

[laxx]

Is that a 488RC2 ballhead? I'm thinking of getting one, how do you like it?

 

[coolshot]

nope its a 725B head/tripod combo. I plan on getting a BH-1 and Gitzo combo later down the line.

 

[laxx]

I don't think I'll ever use a tripod enough to warrant a Gitzo.

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

After playing around with aglie_one's rig at Can Jam, I've got some lust for that Canon 35 F1.4. As much as I love my Nikkor 35 F2, the 1.4 is just in another galaxy. Too bad there is no Nikkor equivalent, and the Sigma 30 1.4 really isn't the same, with its' vignetting, corner softness, and rather lame minimum focusing distance.

 

[roastpuff]

I'm waiting to get my hands on my 450D kit. My dad's friend bought it for me in Asia through his company's Canon dealer, so I got a discount.

Squeee! My first DSLR! I'll be searching this thread for lens information soon.

 

[lan]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer /img/forum/go_quote.gif After playing around with aglie_one's rig at Can Jam, I've got some lust for that Canon 35 F1.4. As much as I love my Nikkor 35 F2, the 1.4 is just in another galaxy. Too bad there is no Nikkor equivalent, and the Sigma 30 1.4 really isn't the same, with its' vignetting, corner softness, and rather lame minimum focusing distance.

What makes you say the 35 1.4 is in another galaxy? You mean it's size? Sure it's quite a bit larger. I think your lens and use of it was pretty good.

You're going to have to win the lottery and strike gold to find the Nikon 28 1.4.

 

[Towert7]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer /img/forum/go_quote.gif As much as I love my Nikkor 35 F2, the 1.4 is just in another galaxy.

Why's that?
My 35mm F/2 is one of the sharpest lenses I have with amazing color reproduction and little to no CA. What did the canon offer you, aside from a tighter DOF and faster speed?

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Hmm, the focus speed was out of this world, and the images I shot with it, just playing around, had a certain nice quality. Much like my 180, it just had a niceness about people pictures, that I've not gotten from any others I've used for that purpose. Perhaps it was the nature of the bokeh, or perhaps I was being seduced by full-frame as much as I was the lens itself.

Hah, there is no way in h3ll I'd pay the going rate ($4k) for a 28 1.4. I'd just get the Canon lens and the appropriate body with the leftovers. I think if I did a lot of low-light photography, particularly with action, like at clubs or concerts, I'd do just that, as a stop can be huge in such situations. The 28 was an older design, with no USM/AFS. Sure, I've seen great pics from it, but there are so many more productive ways to use $4k, IMO.

 

[coolshot]

looks like peter has 'L' fever. Also i think its unfair to compare a $400 sigma lens to $1200 'L' canon lens

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

Hahaha, I don't know about that. I'd take a lot for me to put up with Canon body ergonomics. And the 50 1.2 and 70-200IS that wmcmanus unpacked at the meet didn't give me quite the same level of excitement.