Review on Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM lens, black by Aneta Olszewska ᠌

In my opinion, this is the most complex and capricious glass in the entire line of elek. It is unlikely that it will be possible to just wind it on the carcass immediately after the purchase and start threshing cool cards in series. It takes a long time to get used to 50L - despite the fact that I have had 35L, 85LII, 135L, 200 2.8LII for a long time, and the fact that I shot a lot with zooms 24-70 2.8L and 70-200 2.8L of the first versions, this fifty dollars for a long time did not give the expected result from it. Firstly, with it it is almost impossible to shoot at the central point with reframing, the flu plane shifts. Second, the autofocus seems to have a life of its own. Thirdly, the lens specifically draws on open ones, and because of all of the above and the softness of the picture, combined with aberrations, at first you don’t understand at all whether it was in focus or not, and what the result should ideally be. It took me some time to get used to it - I just took only this fifty kopeck with me on trips, leaving everyone else in Hong Kong, shot with manual focus, shot in live view, shot in AF, shot with it on 6D and 5D3, in the studio and in the city, night and day, with hands and a tripod, until at some point I caught myself thinking that this is my favorite lens. Basically, on 5D3, this fifty kopeck piece is now used as a staff member. I would definitely not advise a beginner to buy it - Sigma Art will give results faster. I would not advise anyone who does not see anything in the photo except sharpness. Those who want a linear increase in quality in proportion to the price compared to 50 1.8 STM should not take it either, you will be disappointed. If you need a cinematic, color, special, recognizable picture, if you see frames shot at 50L in the stream, if 50mm is your focal length, if you need a creative lens that is charming in its irregularity (there will no longer be, apparently) for filming mostly people , mainly on open ones, up to 2.8, where this lens opens up as much as possible, then take it, you will not regret it. And yet - they are very different from 85LII and do not replace each other.