[rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it ! on canon 1:1,0

  • From: "Ruben" <ruben@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:20:51 +0200

right now there is a canon eos 3 with a canon ef L 50 mm 1:1,0 on auction 
www.lauritz.com - it is undet the "elektronik" bar - FYI
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter K." <peterk727@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 6:29 PM
Subject: [rollei_list] Re: OT / prove it !


> Austin Franklin <austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote (edited):
>
>> > Oh yes, there are 50mm F1 lenses on SLRs...
>>
>> There are?  Who makes them?  Canon doesn't list any 50/1.0 in their EF 
>> line
>> on their web site.  I have a number of 1.2s, but never seen a 1.0 for an
>> SLR.
>
> Austin, you should have been a lawyer. Canon made a 50mm F1L but it is 
> disco'd.
> I did not say still in manufacture, I specified that there are 50mm F1
> for SLRs. There is a difference.
>>
>> > ...and
>> > also 85mm F1.2. compared to your 75mm F1.4.
>>
>> Well, the 75/1.4 has a quality all unto it self that I have yet to see
>> duplicated by any SLR lense, and I have the Canon 85/1.2 L (and the
>> Contax/Zeiss 85/1.4), though both superb lenses, there is a distinct 
>> visual
>> difference in bokeh.
>>
>
> In your opinon.
>
>> > Plus you get to see what
>> > you are shooting as opposed to estimate through partial viewfinder
>> > windows.
>>
>> Well, not unless the SLR has a %100 viewfinder...and in a rangefinder, 
>> you
>> do see %100 of what you are shooting...there is no estimate...I'm not 
>> sure
>> where you got that from.  The only thing I'll say is close in, you do get 
>> a
>> slight clipping with certain lenses, which has not been a real issue.
>
> Your are twisting the words. While there are SLRs with 100%
> viewfinders, if I put a 135mm I will see through a 135mm focal length
> and can judge from a closer perspective the image as it will be on
> film. Bear in mind, that even mounted slides or typical prints will
> not show 100% of the image. Viewfinders that show say 94% are actually
> closer to the end result.
>>
>> > Thanks but no thanks, I will stick to my SLRs and of course TLRs.
>>
>> For this, simply washing your hands would probably help considerably.
>
> LOL. Very good. :-)
> 


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