Bar Raised Again - or not?

[Joe P]

Ian,

Sorry, my mistake. Haven't I warned you about the dangers of going into a camera store when hepped up on goofballs?

(I have no idea what that means but Chief Wiggum said it once.)

Joe

 

[Anex]

Oh dear, I seem to have bought a secondhand mk 1 Canon 5D today, with a 50/1.4 attached.

Bloody hell that was quick! Which fiddy 1.4 have you got? The same one I have (EF black thing, but not one of the fancy L lenses)?
When you get bored of it, can I have a go please?

 

[sideshowbob]

Curse those goofballs.

It's not an L. It's got Ultrasonic written on it, which made me laugh, for some reason. It's one of these:

http://www.the-digital-picture.com/reviews/Canon-EF-50mm-f-1.4-USM-Lens-Review.aspx

 

[sideshowbob]

In the spirit of Ken Rockwell's meaningless tests.

ISO 1600 1/40 @ 1.4

100% crop:

That's bloody impressive if you ask me. No noise reduction applied, btw, just raw saved as jpeg in PS.

 

[Anex]

Yeah that's the lens I have. Notice how they make it look all shiny and metal in the review pic

 

[sideshowbob]

heh heh. I'll give it a go, but I think my Zuiko 50/1.8 will end up on it most of the time. The Canon is probably decent, but I much prefer an aperture ring on the lens.

 

[Joe P]

I must be hepped up on goofballs and hallucinating, as it looks as though Ian took a shot of one of those brass Chinese cats. ;-)

Don't let me near a camera store...

Joe

 

[sideshowbob]

Japanese. Maneki Neko. It's battery operated, the arm swings backwards and forwards

 

[Anex]

I've wanted one of those since I saw it on Lead Balloon the other week

 

[Joe P]

Ian,

Japanese. Maneki Neko. It's battery operated, the arm swings backwards and forwards

Japanese? Weird. All the Chinese restaurants here have one, and always facing toward the door.

For good luck, apparently.

Joe

 

[Anex]

You sure it's not just to wave goodbye?

 

[sideshowbob]

Yep, it's a good luck symbol all over Asia. You see it absolutely everywhere in Japan. I have one on my key ring too

 

[Joe P]

Ian,

Have you ever lost your keys?

Joe

 

[cliffpatte]

but would you bring it to a pfm market porter night? ;-)

 

[sideshowbob]

What, my Maneki Neko? No way. I'll bring the camera though.

 

[guybat]

Very nice cameras. I've seen some really good results from a Canon 5D that I thought was MF film.

 

[sideshowbob]

Me too. Quite often in b&w too. The out of the camera b&w jpgs are pretty bloody good when it's set to monochrome RAW+JPG. Interesting.

 

[cliffpatte]

There is a sample full sized D3X shot up on flickr now here

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