Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Oct 25, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Bill Lawlor wrote: > >>Recently, on DPreview Pentax slr forum there was also a comparison >>between >>the 77 and a Canon 80 1.2. The FA77 won hands down. > > > I saw that one too. I think he's got problems with the focus on his > Canon 85/1.2L exposures. If you look carefully, you can see the > sharpness increasing towards the back of the subject plane on at > least two of the examples. > > The Canon 85/1.2L is a superb lens ... not that I think it's better > than the FA77, but it is quite comparable at least in sharpness from > my short experience using one. It was too pricey and too large/heavy > for my tastes, but I had no issues with its performance. > > Godfrey >
One question with that lens becomes what body was used. There's no way a Rebel other than the XTi can accurately AF a 85 f1.2L when shooting wide open, the AF unit simply isn't accurate enough. Even the XTi, 5D, 30D, 20D and 10D are marginal wide open with a tele lens that fast unless using the centre point, although the bodies with the 45 point unit will have no issues if you're using one of the high-precision points. -Adam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
