Kit Lens Jockey
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I could have bought a high mileage used car, instead I bought a camera lens.
I found a pretty good deal on a 50mm 1.0, but I am really having my doubts here. By most measurements, the 50mm 1.2 seems to be a better lens, outside of the fact that obviously it's 2/3 of a stop slower. But frankly, after playing with it for a little, I don't think the bokeh at 1.0 is much better than at 1.2. There are a ton of sample photos from this lens floating around online, but honestly most of them seem to be super close-range shots that are specifically meant to show off the bokeh, and probably aren't much different than what the 50mm 1.2 could do.
Also, in addition, I'm afraid to even have this thing outside of the house. My understanding is that Canon no longer repairs these lenses, so if anything happens to it, I have a very beautiful paper weight on my hands. That's not something that really inspires me to take it out and use it the way it was meant to be used. I dunno, what do you guys think. Not entertaining offers to take it off of my hands... Yet.
I found a pretty good deal on a 50mm 1.0, but I am really having my doubts here. By most measurements, the 50mm 1.2 seems to be a better lens, outside of the fact that obviously it's 2/3 of a stop slower. But frankly, after playing with it for a little, I don't think the bokeh at 1.0 is much better than at 1.2. There are a ton of sample photos from this lens floating around online, but honestly most of them seem to be super close-range shots that are specifically meant to show off the bokeh, and probably aren't much different than what the 50mm 1.2 could do.
Also, in addition, I'm afraid to even have this thing outside of the house. My understanding is that Canon no longer repairs these lenses, so if anything happens to it, I have a very beautiful paper weight on my hands. That's not something that really inspires me to take it out and use it the way it was meant to be used. I dunno, what do you guys think. Not entertaining offers to take it off of my hands... Yet.