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pRICE cUBE wrote:
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The 50mm 1.8 plastic mount EF lens for my Canon feels every bit the full quality I paid for it at $89. So I treat it like it's gonna break at any time and so far so good. I'd be pissed with physical quality problems with a $hundreds lens.
Yep, you expect a plastic $89 lens to not be so sturdy. But I hear Canon also has durability problems with their more expensive 50/1.4.
Yeah, I have been wary of both Nikon and Canon's 1.4 build quality, they are straight up weak sauce. I think I am going to sell this as is and get the 1.8 and not look into a 1.4 unless a I need it for a client specific job.
The bokeh is a little nicer in the 1:4 but not so much. I've misplaced my 1.8 somewhere. Been using a Tamron 17-50 that's nice. But its a bit noisy and can be tough to focus. The NIKON kit 18-135 is stellar with lights. A cheapie winner.
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I have about 5 Nikon MF 50mm lenses at work. I can tell which are older just by looking at the build quality, the feel of the focusing ring, the crispness of the clicks of the aperature ring, that sort of stuff.
My Canon EOS USM lenses feel pretty flimsy, but they function fine. But they feel like children's toys compared to my older Canon FD MF lenses.
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Z wrote:
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what happened to the "real" quality from the 60's & 70's??? you could use those bodies and lenses as hammers to tack up back drops for photo shoots... and then you could still get the Kodachrome shots you took after doing so, developed w/o much of a hassle...
times, they are a changin'...
Sad to say, even looking at equipment and things made in the 70s, but they don't make 'em like they used to. My small bevy of manual focus Leica R lenses each are solid-plus. Now if only their camera internals were as reliable...
Stop rubbing it in "Mr. I got Leica for a steal" :jest:
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I get my mom's Leicas when she passes away. R8 kit and an M6.
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that's not what she told me ....
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I'll root for her to live long enough but not too long?
Is she still using them, or are they riding on a shelf or in a drawer 99% of the time?
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Still uses them. She may outlive me. She is 75, and still a full time practicing RN. She is an avid birder, and she also has a pair of both Leica and Zeiss binocs. Now those are built like tanks as well. Not that lame Bradley, but a real Abrahms.
