Canon 50mm f/ 1.0?

January 6th, 2009 by jane

Is there a 50mm f/ 1:1.0 lens. I cannot seem to find it on the canon's website(not that I could afford it) but I found a few reviews on line. In the Dec 2007 issue of Popular Science, there is a shot blurb about the 1D mk III, and in the picture the lens on the camera is a 50mm 1:1.0 L, so I figured that this is a current product. Is this maybe a special order item so its not displayed in canons line up on the web, or has this been replaced by the current 1.2?

Just curious,

Ryan

wow...i didn't even know they made f1.0.

Now I that I know they exist, I just need to find that elusive 10-500mm/F1.0-1.2 for less than $100.

If its for review they will send whatever lens is laying about

double post

Im actually looking at the magazine right now, It's for sure a MkIII with a 1.0.

Kind of weird for canon so send out a unit for review with an out of production lens.

the F1.0 was discontinued a few years ago

Oh, and I have actually held the Canon f/1.0 in my hand, mounted to 1D Mk II. It is a GIANT lens, both in width and in weight.

The lens is loved by a few, maligned by most. Not sure why, though I've been told it has real sharpness issues... Also, focusing at f/1.0 is very difficult... at a typical portrait distance the DOF is so shallow that you can get the front of the nose out of focus, and be in and back out of focus by the time you get to the back of the nose. The f/1.2 has more useful DOF, and doesn't spend such a long time hunting for focus... and is more useful in terms of sharpness at regular apertures.

All this is just me blathering things I've read, I've not used either. However, I own the Leica f/1.0 Noctilux and can tell you that shallow DOF becomes a huge problem.

Yeah it did strike me as quite huge especially considering how large a 1D Body.

It was not really a review anyway it was just about 1 paragraph mentioning 10fps and high ISO capability, actually the photo of the camera is twice the size of the text.

I would guess that the photog chose to stick the 50mm 1.0 on the camera for the photo, because it looked good proportionally.

No clue. But that's a pretty dang big aperture.

i think there has been 1.0, but the 1D MkIII you saw was most likely with the 1.2L. That's the current fastest 50mm Canon has now.

wow...i didn't even know they made f1.0.

Now I that I know they exist, I just need to find that elusive 10-500mm/F1.0-1.2 for less than $100.

You can get one bundled with the Nikon D3 for $399.95 from the guy on the corner in the sheepskin coat. You give him the cash and he'll send you the gear.

Serously though, you can get a 16-44 mm f/1.1 zoom - I have one. It doesn't quite cover APS-size sensors though. It covers 16 mm film. There are some f/0.7 lenses that will cover larger formats. f/0.5 is the theoretical limit, but as far as I know nobody has made a photographic lens of that aperture. Cine lenses of f/0.9 and f/0.95 are more common, and once you are up to f/1.1 or f/1.2 they are as common as muck. The fastest I have is an f/0.9 Kern Switar. Angenieux f/0.95 25 mm and 50 mm lenses were fairly popular - one of my films was shot entirely on an f/0.95 Angenieux at f/0.95 (and EI 640, 16.667 fps, for those who are interested). Stanley Kubrick famously shot Barry Lyndon with an f/0.7 lens.

The Leica 50 mm f/1 Noctilux is something of a cult lens. It is still in production. It is designed for the kind of photography that requires ultimate speed. This was taken at 1/15 second, f/1 and EI 2500:

http://newton-i.usefilm.com/images/3/5/2/8/3528/903330-large.jpg

Best,
Helen

Both canon and Leica have made f1 lenses. Neither is very good optically so there is a noticeable tradeoff between image quality and speed. My experience with the f1.2 50's has been fairly negative as well but at least image quality is acceptable if not ideal and certainly better than with the f1's.

The lens manufacturers seem to do just fine with the f1.4 lenses and that is usually the fastest 50mm lens aperture you want for excellent image quality.

But if speed is the issue then..........

A link for your reading pleasure:

Link (http://www.the-digital-picture.com/Reviews/Canon-EF-50mm-f-1.2-L-USM-Lens-Review.aspx)

Im actually looking at the magazine right now, It's for sure a MkIII with a 1.0.

Kind of weird for canon so send out a unit for review with an out of production lens.

I do not think they send out a camera for review with any lens attached, why should they?

The reviewer choses the lens.

Most people didn't like the lens.

- Expensive
- Slow AF
- Not as sharp as either the f1.4 or f1.8 at a small fraction of the price

photovillage has had one for sale for a few years now.... $5400. Its easy to pass it up for either the 50mm f1.2 or 85mm f1.2 at half the cost.

...photovillage has had one for sale for a few years now.... $5400...
That's the one I held.

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