50mm – Minolta Rokkor/1.2 vs canon L USM/1.2 vs zeiss Planar T*/1.4

[Steve Crow]

I think the Canon 50mm will serve you well (not familiar at all with the others) however as you point out that 50mm is going to act like an 80mm. I shoot mostly with a 50mm on a T2i too and I often wish I had something more like a 35mm or 24mm prime instead since I often find myself just too close to my subjects (the easy solution is to start walking backwards but that’s not always exactly possible)

Still the Canon 50 is sweet, enjoy!

Steve Crow
Crow Digital Media
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[Warren Eig]

The Canon 50mm is a great lens. I could never justify the price and ended up getting the EF USM 1.4 non L version. It works great and the .2 stop difference wasn’t a deal breaker for me. I use it on a 5D Mark iii.

Warren Eig
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[Charles Meadows]

First up I think the 1.2 thing is over kill. When shooting video you want find the lens’ sweet spot. The canon 1.8 50mm is a great lens and you should be finding the sweet spot at around 5.6 on the aperture. Don’t get fooled into thinking that because the lens is faster it’s a superior lens. Also check out the Rokinon lenses, maybe a little plastic like but a very nice image.

“There’s no point in filming if you don’t have fun”
Charles Meadows
Creative Director
Incubate Productions South Africa
http://www.incubatevideo.co.za

[David Rehm]

I was looking at a Minolta Rokkor lens on ebay a while ago for my Nikon. Ken Rockwell highly praises them.
https://www.kenrockwell.com/minolta/5014.htm

LD