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.

[Waddizzle]

You can slghtly defocus a background using layers in most any image editing application.  What the software cannot do is create a gradient in the amount of defocussing.  Software can only blur the background equally, without any regard for distance from the camera.  Used sparingly, the effect can be quite nice.

[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.