Comments on: Canon 24mm f/1.4L II review, on a 50D http://www.underbjerg.com/2010/03/01/canon-24mm-f1-4-ii-review-on-a-50d/ ...mostly photography, dance and a bit of computery stuff Tue, 30 Mar 2010 14:51:16 +0000 hourly 1 By: erik http://www.underbjerg.com/2010/03/01/canon-24mm-f1-4-ii-review-on-a-50d/comment-page-1/#comment-918 erik Thu, 25 Mar 2010 13:09:44 +0000 http://www.underbjerg.com/?p=572#comment-918 I'm glad you found it useful Dave, and congratulations with your new lens! :-) I think many of the challenges in dance and child photography are the same - they just don't stand still. At f/2 you should get some benefits from a 1-stop shutter speed advantage over f/2.8, and you probably won't have as much trouble hitting focus as with f/1.4. Still, especially when you're up close, focusing is going to be tricky with moving subjects, and I suggest you use the 50D's ability to crank up ISO and hi-speed continuous shooting to improve your chances. IS is not really an advantage here, because it doesn't help with subject movement. I use my 24mm mostly between 1.4 and 2.8, and I love it. The images somehow looks a lot better than with my 17-55, and I definitely don't think the perspective is too extreme. I think you're going to love this little prime on your 50D. I keep mine on the camera most of the time, and only switch to the 17-55 if I need the ability to zoom. Have fun! I’m glad you found it useful Dave, and congratulations with your new lens! :-)

I think many of the challenges in dance and child photography are the same – they just don’t stand still. At f/2 you should get some benefits from a 1-stop shutter speed advantage over f/2.8, and you probably won’t have as much trouble hitting focus as with f/1.4. Still, especially when you’re up close, focusing is going to be tricky with moving subjects, and I suggest you use the 50D’s ability to crank up ISO and hi-speed continuous shooting to improve your chances. IS is not really an advantage here, because it doesn’t help with subject movement.

I use my 24mm mostly between 1.4 and 2.8, and I love it. The images somehow looks a lot better than with my 17-55, and I definitely don’t think the perspective is too extreme.

I think you’re going to love this little prime on your 50D. I keep mine on the camera most of the time, and only switch to the 17-55 if I need the ability to zoom.

Have fun!

]]> By: Dave http://www.underbjerg.com/2010/03/01/canon-24mm-f1-4-ii-review-on-a-50d/comment-page-1/#comment-917 Dave Thu, 25 Mar 2010 10:26:16 +0000 http://www.underbjerg.com/?p=572#comment-917 Finally, a review from someone who was evaluating this lens specifically for a crop body! I, too, have a 50D and a 17-55 as my walkaround (and, so far, best) lens. I have two small kids (ages 5 & 3) that are the subjects in most of my photography. I have been frustrated in trying to get the elusive pop and "wow" of tack-sharp portraits with shallow DOF on the 17-55. An accomplished artistic portrait photographer told me the only way to get there is with a fast L prime. I was torn between the 35L and the 24LII, mainly because I was afraid the 24L might render a perspective a little too extreme and start giving ALL my images the same look and feel. On the other hand, my Nifty Fifty is too long to use in the house all the time, and I didn't want to find out after spending big money on the 35L that it was still too long for indoor use on a crop body. I won't exactly be shooting "dancers," but I suspect I'll have the same challenges in shooting kids at f/1.4 as you have with dancers. I'm hoping that the focus challenge will be relieved at f/2, and the images I get at f/2 on the 24L will still be head-and-shoulders above the images I can get with the 17-55 at f/2.8, since the 24L will be stopped down and the 17-55 will be wide open. Obviously the IS comes into play here in favor of the 17-55, but I'm hoping the 24L will still be noticeably better. Given that you've had both for a while, what do you think? My 24L arrives today; the UPS tracking information shows it has arrived locally and will be out for delivery soon ;) Finally, a review from someone who was evaluating this lens specifically for a crop body! I, too, have a 50D and a 17-55 as my walkaround (and, so far, best) lens. I have two small kids (ages 5 & 3) that are the subjects in most of my photography. I have been frustrated in trying to get the elusive pop and “wow” of tack-sharp portraits with shallow DOF on the 17-55. An accomplished artistic portrait photographer told me the only way to get there is with a fast L prime. I was torn between the 35L and the 24LII, mainly because I was afraid the 24L might render a perspective a little too extreme and start giving ALL my images the same look and feel. On the other hand, my Nifty Fifty is too long to use in the house all the time, and I didn’t want to find out after spending big money on the 35L that it was still too long for indoor use on a crop body.

I won’t exactly be shooting “dancers,” but I suspect I’ll have the same challenges in shooting kids at f/1.4 as you have with dancers. I’m hoping that the focus challenge will be relieved at f/2, and the images I get at f/2 on the 24L will still be head-and-shoulders above the images I can get with the 17-55 at f/2.8, since the 24L will be stopped down and the 17-55 will be wide open. Obviously the IS comes into play here in favor of the 17-55, but I’m hoping the 24L will still be noticeably better. Given that you’ve had both for a while, what do you think?

My 24L arrives today; the UPS tracking information shows it has arrived locally and will be out for delivery soon ;)

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