Canon 50mm F/1 on eBay

[kvbarkley]

I can't link, but Ken Rockwell says that there is one of these currently on eBay for $3360.

They don't get much faster than that.

[RobertTheFat]

And why on earth would you need a lens that fast? The days of pushing Tri-X to ISO 150 are in the distant past.

[kvbarkley]

Ken Rockwell's review goes into it.

I would think shooting fast action in the dark.

[RobertTheFat]

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@kvbarkley wrote:

Ken Rockwell's review goes into it.

I would think shooting fast action in the dark.

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Action that doesn't require a DoF of more than a centimeter or so.

[ebiggs1]

B form B,

If you ever used one, you would understand.  Just like the 50mm f1.2L is fantastic the 50mm f1 is fantasticer.  But I suppose if you have to ask...........

[RobertTheFat]

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@ebiggs1 wrote:

B form B,

If you ever used one, you would understand.  Just like the 50mm f1.2L is fantastic the 50mm f1 is fantasticer.  But I suppose if you have to ask...........

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Right you are, Ernie. If I wanted to shell out $3360, I'd buy a 5D4.

[ebiggs1]

Robert there is f1 and there is not.  If you don't realize what that means, I can't explain it.  It's lust like the 50mil f1.2L.  There is f1.2 and there is not.

I was lucky enough to hold one, one time.  It is a 50mm version of the ef 85mm F1.2L.  I suspect they used the same lens design.

Nothing too fast and nothing too long!  That's the truth. 

[Waddizzle]

I wonder why Canon stopped producing and selling it.

[ebiggs1]

No lens has enough focal length and no lens is fast enough.  Photography fact # 57.  

[kvbarkley]

For action, DOF is not the point, faster shutter speeds are. IS does not help to stop action.