f/1.2
After trying it out, May and I could not resist and decided to go for the new Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM. We ordered it from B&H and received it today. Opening at f/1.2, this is the fastest lens we got so far. Some owners reported that this lens seems to create light where there is not enough of it, and it sure feels that way when taking indoor pictures without flash. While our other lenses (Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM) would require an ISO setting of 1600 to get anything decent, 800 seems to be plenty enough with this one. It makes me wonder wether we should ditch our zoom lenses, and get primes lenses instead. If so, I would get the Canon EF 300mm f/2.8L IS USM, and the Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L USM when Canon releases an updated version with Image Stabilizer (IS). In the meantime, I am considering taking some photography classes while we still have some free time available during weekends. Keeble & Shuchat in Palo Alto is organizing some interesting ones on studio lighting and digital image processing.
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