Canon EF 50mm f1.2 L USM Review Unboxing

Short review and unboxing of the amazing Canon's EF 50mm f1.2 L USM lens, Canon's fastest 50. For the full review please visit my site www.ignphotography.com

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Canon
• EF
• 50mm
• f1.2
• USM
• Review
• Unboxing
• Lens
• photography
• aperture
• low light
• aspherical

[MrKnnknn]

I am not a pro photographer by any means, but doesn't adding a lens hood reduces the incoming light, in which case it defeats the purpose? In daylight, I could only imagine a single use for fast lenses, the blurring effect, or am I mistaken?

[ignphotography]

@MrKnnknn Lens hood reduces stray light (this is a good thing) which causes flaring and low contrast. In daylight you can still benefit from very fast shutter speeds which increases the chances for razor sharp in focus areas.

[gorann1953]

Great short review. I've had a look at the review on your site too and am seriously considering getting this lens.

Thanks!

[ignphotography]

@gorann1953 Thanks. Do weigh carefully whether you want to get this lens of the f1.4 version. I prefer the L personally but you might not need all that it offers.

[keldererik]

very expensive, I wonder why it cost so much more than bigger L glass lenses like the 70-200L. What material is in there that makes it so much more expensive?

[ignphotography]

@keldererik It gets pricey as soon as you venture below f2.8. The lens has an aspherical element which further complicates the production and raises the cost. There are lots of examples of photos taken with it on my site (link in the review)

[VIDARMATHISEN]

i will much rather get the 35 mm f1,4 samyang fully manual lense and use the rest of the money for beer

[eeeeallan]

@balios1 oh ic thx :)

[balios1]

@eeeallan

Much better build quality, weather sealing (w/ filter), 8 bladed aperture (better blur elements, ie. "bokeh"), ultrasonic focus (quieter).

The 1.2 is basically a very expensive tool for shooting in the F1.2-2.0 range, where it's the sharpest Canon 50mm and where the quality of the out-of-focus parts of the photo (bokeh) is critical. At F2.8, the 1.8 lenses is a bit sharper, but the 1.2 still has *much* better bokeh.The bokeh of the 1.8 at F2.8+ is very poor (looks like pentagons).

[JohnHFilms]

@eeeallan Build quality. WAY BETTER. 100000000000x better. My 50/1.8 had its front element popped out.

[eeeallan]

how is this "tons" better than the f1.8 other than the bigger aperture?

[simon1234simon]

So do you think i should go for this lens? I need a very sharp and fast lens for everyday photography but i also need it to shoot video so i need the best manual focus i can get. is this worth it or should i go for some other lens?

[JohnHFilms]

@MsDreamingLife Nope, you don't need IS on these very fast lenses..

[cubeproduktion]

I think the pouch is useful if you want to keep your lens in some bag if you don't have anymore space in your camera bag or you want to keep it usage at some time