6:46 You won't heard a lot of times "Stop down to 1.4" :)

@smaakjeks

5 жыл бұрын

lol, no you won't :D

@nickurek7549

5 жыл бұрын

HAHA I SWEAR!

@JagaimoNeko

5 жыл бұрын

„Stop down to 1.2” sounds a lot more bad-ass 😎

@nilswegner2881

5 жыл бұрын

@@JagaimoNeko "let's stop this baby down to f/1.0" That's something only mirrorless and rangefinder shooters can say

@RaymondLo84

4 жыл бұрын

I do that, as I got the f/1.2 :)

I think Canon made this lens to deliver a statement, rather than image quality.

@OutlawAladdin

5 жыл бұрын

Not many companies have the balls for that these days...

@Semeyaza

5 жыл бұрын

It was clearly a halo product. As you say a statement about who was the boss in lens design. And it worked since it's still considered a legendary lens nowdays. ;) Cheers

@caldera878

5 жыл бұрын

Canon would one up Nikon after losing the previous race with only FD mount. This is Canon saying their serious and dedicated to EF.

@bringmeknitting844

4 жыл бұрын

It needed to make a statement given this image quality!

@apislapis

3 жыл бұрын

That is a fair point. Status symbol? Rich person's nifty fifty? Because you can doesn't mean you should? It is a beautiful lens, with glorious bokeh and if we were given this beast I'm sure you wouldn't refuse (you may sell it on and buy something else instead, but that's another matter).

Congrats on 200K , you are an inspiration to me

Finally. I was waiting so long for your opinion on this lens. Great job keep it up. You are one of the best reviewers out there.

Some lenses must be remade, and this is one of them...

@MatheusPratta

4 жыл бұрын

I don't think it's so much viable, both because of price and of limitations of the EF mount itself (look at how large the back element is, it even has a cut for the contacts!) It could work out better if they had done just like Nikon with their Z mount, which allowed for the Noct S f0.95 due to being closer to the sensor and with a slighty larger mount

@CoolhandLukeSkywalkr

4 жыл бұрын

@@MatheusPratta But Canon is said to be working on an 18mm f/1.0 for the RF system now. So, they could make an RF 50mm f/1.0 if they wanted to.

@a.k.2894

4 жыл бұрын

Thorn Hawthorne I loved my 50mm 1.2. Sold it three years ago lol. Only to long for it today 🤦🏿‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

@a.k.2894

4 жыл бұрын

Thorn Hawthorne it sucks that there’s such a thing as a “bad copy” when you’re paying out a whole paycheck for a damn lens lol. I mean shit we should be getting legendary 1.0 50mm bokeh for that amount right?

@NicholasAndre1

2 жыл бұрын

Just buy it 😂

Wow! Congrats for reaching 200k!!

That rear element is INSANE! I've been lucky enough to hold one of these beasts a couple years back.

@brandonj8018

3 жыл бұрын

Try the 85mm 1.2L. 😊

This lens is awesome. Great video too Chris. Congrats for reaching 200k :)

Congrats on reaching 200k subs! This lens image quality makes the Chinese 50mm f0.95 lenses look more appealing and they never were before... at least to me. I really hope sigma continues their f1.2 lenses starting with their 35mm f1.2 for mirrorless.

Legend

Amazing. I've wanted this glass forever. It seems so hard too find in great quality. I have the 1.2 and love it. But this is pretty sweet.

Always been in my list of dream lenses to own, I remember this lens from the time I was doing my ‘A’ Levels back in the day, legendary 1.0 was and still is quite and achievement from Canon 👍🏼

Fab review - love the balanced way you do these videos- pls keep up the fab work 👍📸

Yeesss i was waiting for your review of that legendary lens!

Love your reviews of these old lenses

Chris: I just wanted to congratulate you on hitting 200k subs! (still 1 of the most underrated yt channels)

1989?! Wow! I don't shoot Canon but they deserve respect.

@Zegmaar_Bas

4 жыл бұрын

Especially amazing that it works this great including amazing eye tracking autofocus when you put it on a modern body!!!

Awesome video Chris :-) Congrats on 200K

This images you created with this lens are exquisite.

Focus-by-Wire.... was the reason i opted for the otus 55 instead. Nikon version with manual aperture, 100% manual.

Just too much resolution for the old beast. Still, we needed that stepping stone in order to have the incredible optics we have today. Congrats on your success, great channel!

Whoever is going to buy this lens is not going to for its sharpness. One must be looking for that style and look of its images. This is something very special that demands a more artistic and sophisticated approach, I believe. If I had the money for such an expensive singular piece of equipment, with maybe limited applications, I would probably buy it.

I just noticed you finally hit 200k subscribers 🎊 i also see this lens sometimes on ebay & wondered about it

Congrats for 200k subs!

it does look that there is something wrong with this lens copy. 6:24 it does look that overall loss of quality across the whole image is uneven the right part of the whole image does look more blown out and has less contrast, looks like some haze effect there, particularly the upper corner. 6:46 interesting ghosting effect on those black stripes, actually does look like interference of a vignette effect. The center of the image looks like its not completely in focus. It could be due to short flange distance and adapters used, its 1,0f the depth of field is razor thin at this aperture the sharpest point is probably less than 2-3mm wide. Ken Rockwell has a review of this lens on his website and he states that this lens is the sharpest "fast" 50 lens ever made, his sample images does look pretty good, although those images were taken on ~20mpx camera. This lens renders highlights in an interesting shape. And of course the price tag of this beast is spectacular too... I wonder how well it would compare to a canons dream lens 0,95f both of them are in the same collectible/dream like league, although dream lens does not have AF system.

The onion bokeh reminds me why I never dream of owning the lens.

Thank you Mr Frost.

One of the Best Lens Reviews Channel.. Love From Pakistan

The best lens tests on KZread so congrats on your success. Da iawn! Having sold many many cameras from the 70's & 80's when I was in the trade, I always made buyers aware that super fast lenses were nearly all soft lenses. No doubt modern optics will be much improved but on this topic I'm afraid to say that this old dog won't be learning any new tricks!

@MichaelSchultzNZ

5 жыл бұрын

Alan Stanway you're right modern optics are much improved, there are lots of lenses that are extremely sharp wide open.

@alanstanway6118

5 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelSchultzNZ yes Michael I use new lenses myself and really enjoy their performance levels

@sirpetesompra755

5 жыл бұрын

Alan, do you think if other companies started production of f1 autofocus lenses. Will this lens be bad investment? Im thinking of buying this lens for special look and value increasing purposes

@alanstanway6118

5 жыл бұрын

@@sirpetesompra755 I doubt if this lens will ever increase in value if you sell it in future but I think it's good value and if you have a project in mind then it's worth considering

"Howdy" ah thank god !

The image quality reminds me of the Nikon 50mm f/1.2 AIS manual focus lens - soft wide open but great at f/2 and smaller but lots of character. Perhaps this Canon EF f/1.0 is more for collectors than photographers though.

Howdy everyone! Great review, amazing lens.

Beautiful lens!

This is a legendary review

yes, I have the 1.2 and I found it fascinating that it required some expertise to use. the 1.0 will have more distinct trade-offs. I wondered if Canon discontinued this lens to reduce the service calls as many users would think this lens is defective. This lens borders on the impractical

Thank you and congrats on 200k subs! I wanted to ask you, how long does testing the lens take you? Would you consider testing some vintage glass too? It would be amazing!

Omg that rear element :D

I have one of these. Got a little dust in the periphery inside but overall pretty clean. To my eye it looks quite sharp in the very limited focus plane. It’s often difficult to distinguish the difference between things being slightly out of focus versus the lens being “not sharp.” It requires quite an accurate focus (which the EOS R helps with) and placement is key. Although to be honest, the lens has such a cool and distinctive look to it that the extra stuff doesn’t matter. You’re never going to get an entire face in focus anyways at f/1. Not to mention I can use it to shoot on Cinestill 800t in all but full darkness 😛 For any real world shooting (like low light portraiture) the falloff is quite pleasing and the look is quite unique. People really seem to like the images it produces (even without being clued in to the backstory with a long Nick monologue 😂).

Sometimes it's better not to meet your heroes.... they might wind up performing worse than a $100 50 1.8 :)

@FinalLugiaGuardian

5 жыл бұрын

Well if you stop them both down to somewhere between F 4 and F 5.6, then both lenses will be about the same. But yeah $130 versus $3,000. You pick what you like.

@dorfschmidt4833

5 жыл бұрын

@@FinalLugiaGuardian I'd choose a razor sharp f2 lens over this mediocre performing behemoth.

@future62

5 жыл бұрын

I can't see too many people buying an F/1 lens to stop down like a 10x superzoom

@serioussam909

4 жыл бұрын

@@FinalLugiaGuardian For $2300 you can get Canon RF 50mm f/1.2L instead - which will be better than this in every way. This lens is way overpriced.

@tridinh1011

3 жыл бұрын

@@serioussam909 you think anyone is gonna/bought it for value? Or for anything but to make a statement? This lens is what happens when canon tells their engineer to go overdrive, like just to make the most BS and most impressive lens, no need for any superb IQ or price

oooh, Chris got some street cred and now able to review some rare stuff. Awesome

Bring back this lens!!

Would love to see a "Round up" comparison of all the 50mm full frame Canon fit lenses you'd done so far. Advising which is sharpest at lowest f number, Which is sharpest at lowest f number for the price etc. You wouldnt even need to re-film with all the data you've collected over the years. I think that would be really interesting

Craziest lens ever made. Literally

Top man, great video. regards Si.

Finally something exotic and expensive. Thanks.

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

I review all kinds of unusual and sometimes rare lenses...

What a great lens!

Just got my pizza from the oven and look-i-look what pops up in my feed! Absolutely beautiful piece of glass.

@smaakjeks

5 жыл бұрын

It has great potential for dream like pictures with a nostalgic softness.

I would like to see you test out Canon FD L lenses before Canon went to EF mount. The 85 f1.2 L, 50 f1.2 L, 24 f1.4 L...etc are still commanding steep prices and I like to see how they stack up in your testing methods.

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

I'd love to but there are too many new lenses coming out that I need to cover first

Please Canon, make an RF version of this beast of a lens.

@serioussam909

4 жыл бұрын

They already made a f/1.2 version. What's the point of that extra half stop?

@AugmentedGravity

4 жыл бұрын

@@serioussam909 You don't know the difference between 1.2 and 1.0 do you...

@serioussam909

4 жыл бұрын

@@AugmentedGravity I know the difference - it's a half stop. But RF 50mm is much sharper than this one at f/1.2. What's the point of getting this one if you have to stop down to like f/4 or more in order to get acceptable quality? You might as well buy the nifty fifty for $100.

@AugmentedGravity

Жыл бұрын

@@serioussam909 …

Imagine this lens with a speedbooster

Canon R plus the f1.0 50mm...nutz!

Neat lens. Adapting I think would be a nightmare. Since that AF chip is attached to the rear element. IMO you could buy the Kamlan F/1.1 MII and a few Sigma lenses like the 56mm F/1.4 for example. Both of which blow that lens out of the water.😉

Definitely a portrait lens. It's softer than the 1.2, which is already a soft lens. I really didn't like the new 1.2 for anything but portraits, especially after using the f/1.4 35mm, which is insanely sharp and distortion free.

its pretty soft at f/1.0 and f/1.4. I would rather get "regular" f/1.4 lenses

@serioussam909

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Canon 50mm f/1.4 is like 10x cheaper.

WHAT AN ABSOLUTE UNIT. And that price tho.

That's my grail lens. Once I fill few more gaps left in my collection, I'll go for it. Only photographers with lack of imagination can find this 30 year old lens designed for SLR cameras boring.

There was acually 7 EF lenses first release by canon. EF15mm f/2.8 Fish-eye EF24mm f/2.8 EF28mm f/2.8 EF35mm f/2 EF50mm f/1.0L USM EF50mm f/1.8 EF85mm f/1.2L USM I love them all and already I have 28mm f/2.8. It's not sharper than new camera lenses, but I love it. It's razor sharp in the middle and I love the character of this lens. If you can review them all, I would be appreciated.

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

This f/1.0 was not released at the beginning of the EF system - it came a couple of years later

Thx 4 the Informations

My canon 50mm EF 1.2-L is good for video recording and for portrait photography and I like it so much and I paid £490.00 for it second hand and is boxed

The size and weight difference from 1.0 to 1.2 and 1.4 makes me feel quite ok with not having 1.0. My bad back is thankful for that choice.

This lens shows that aperture or sharpness if often a compromise. A lot of lenses today might seem slow, but with digital sensors fast lenses isn't as important as it was with film and sharpness is often much more important.

One can only dream...

Nice review, I hadn't heard of this particular lens before. I have a request on future zoom lens reviews, if you're testing if a lens is parfocal please tell us. I'd been struggling a bit with lenses for DSLR video and finally learned what parfocal versus varifocal mean. It would be convenient to know if a particular lens maintains or nearly maintains its focus as one zooms, versus losing focus on the subject and having to wait for autofocus to catch up. In the case of my own lenses, I can see why the Tokina lenses, even with their chromatic abberation problems, are popular with filmmakers. My 12-24mm f/4 appears to be parfocal, I don't seem to lose focus even on manual focus when zooming. In contrast, the Canon 18-135mm Nano-USM is varifocal, but using the zoom controller on its slow speed, the camera seems generally able to maintain autofocus on a subject even as the zoom changes. Likewise my worn Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 isn't parfocal but is nearly so, it does not struggle with maintaining focus during zooms so long as one isn't going from extreme to extreme.

2:39 your calculations are right but the light measurement is different to every lens. This is why some lenses like Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L USM has the same amount of light coming to the sensor as Carl Zeiss Distagon T* Otus 1.4/55 ZE Canon. :)

its an amazing lens actually

@christianpetersen1782

4 жыл бұрын

Sharpness is much over-rated for artistic work.

Just out of curiosity, what will the image look like if you attach it on a speed booster?

Could someone please explain to me what that chart means @ 6:04? Thanks!

Legendary lens reviewer reviews the legendary lens.

I finally have a copy of this and am wondering if I should return it:) I knew it would have less contrast than my 1.2 but it's so soft it actually looks like a lens with haze would look. But I don't see haze. Fungus a bit but no haze. With some image processing I can make it almost match the 1.2 but I wonder, was the copy you tested like this? Do you have raws of the images you took with it posted anywhere? Thanks for all your hard work!

I’m amazed this lens is even still worth anything with how sharp it is! Does anyone actually shoot it, or is it just a status thing to buy and have in the collection? No doubt it’s a crazy cool lens though

@christopherfrost

4 жыл бұрын

Ken Rockwell seems to love his own copy

I want this af 50mm f1 fe rumour to come true

I'm using the Canon ef f1.4 with viltrox speed booster and the bokeh f1 looks so good. Cheap alternative.

@S3l3ct1ve

5 жыл бұрын

not on full frame ;)

Well, no real surprises here - it's was an amazing lens back in 1989, if Canon were to bring out a modern R series it would be far far better. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

@Twobarpsi

Жыл бұрын

Could you imagine a 50mm 1.0 R lens?! Wow!!

This lens works much better on Canon sensor than on Sony. I have tried it and the Sony with its fat glass in front of the sensor make it even softer and with more halo effect. On Canon 5DIII it worked much better than on my A7rII.

@gagavacha8060

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree with you. I have this lens, and works perfectly with my Canon 5D MarkIII.

Adapt it to m43 with the metabones .64x speed booster. A 30mm f0.64 would be great for m43 video shooters at night. With ibis up to 7 stops too.

I got the Canon EF 50Mm F1.2L and I am happy with it And I paid £490.00 for it second hand and is BOXED

Canon just added more elements on a double-gauss design. They pushed the limit of this type of optical construction, but only the center will get improved. Toward the edge, coma, astigmatism and image curvature will increase vastly and make it less useful.

Second. A legendary lens for sure.

@Badonicus

5 жыл бұрын

Those who are second, should not declare it. First or no where.

@diegorivera2711

5 жыл бұрын

@@Badonicus Yond's hath said on the fusty testament of the hath found'r knights of youtube.

Huh, I was not expecting the image quality to be that bad. It's basically unusable for anything without serious improvement on 1.4 or 1.8 where you have two lenses for fraction of the price but with way better image quality. I guess they just made it to show that they can. Obviously 1.2 50mm L is better if someone still wants that 1.2, but in most cases that's an overkill anyway.

@dans.8198

3 жыл бұрын

Good copies are much better than the one reviewed here, but hard to find.

All the more why its a collector lens than a useful one. Optical designs today are much better, so better to get something like the RF 50mm f1.2 than this - a half stop less light, but vastly better sharpness.

it's not all about image quality, this lens has character. I can see why people collect it.

Gonna buy this just to shoot it in f8 and nothing else... If you use eye focusing will the lashes be out of focus?

Whoa after rewatching this one, Fuji's 50 1.0.is actually pretty good but too bad the FF equivalent, 85 1.4, doesn't exhibit bad contrast wide open

Did anyone noticed that the one exhibited in the canon lens museum significantly differs from your copy? Look at the lens body, focus scale window and the switch. Does it suppose to be an unannounced mk.2 or it’s just a poorly photoshoped 85mm 1:1.2, any ideas?

Curious if the vignetting is visible stopped down on the DSLR as well

Wow, I have kinda always wanted one of these, but not anymore. That softness and vignetting really has reached a new level for a lens selling for 4000 with this lens. This makes me wonder how the leica noctilux and canon's 0.95 are

I got the same canon book as you got and I got the canon EF 50mm F1.2L

Such an incredible lens! Will you review the incredible Samyang 10mm xp f/3.5?

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

Sometime, yes

2:16 the bokeh ball shows the shape of electronical contact 3:20 & 3:39

@S3l3ct1ve

5 жыл бұрын

indeed :)

“Breathing...zoom in JUST A LITTLE”? Hahaha

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen far worse than that (the new Canon RF 50mm f/1.2 is worse - check out my upcoming review)

Hi, I own a 80D camera, which one of thes lensen better in bokeh and sharpness, sigma 50 art, tamron 45, sigma 18-35, for my crop sensor , Please answer me..

@c6fields

5 жыл бұрын

mais majd kabha 18-35

Now you need to review a 200mm F1.8

I wonder if there is a comparison between this and Leica Noctilux 50 0.95

I've seen some images where the electric contacts show in the bokeh....

Chris, I hope you've got that new Sony 35mm f/1.8 lens review in the works! :-)

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

Sounds good :-)

Chris, can you get your hands on the new Tamron 17-28mm F/2.8 Di III RXD?

@christopherfrost

5 жыл бұрын

One day, yes

@ToneFuentes

5 жыл бұрын

@@christopherfrost thanks, mate. Looking forward to it.

Wasn't there a rumor Yongnou was making a 50mm f/1.0? Of course with their track record, I wouldn't be holding out hope for anything decent. With the plethora of Chinese f/0.95 lenses out there maybe there's a hope someone will get wild a develop an AF version.

I have seen much sharper pictures taken with the 50/1. The problem is finding a good copy. Actually, the real problem is that the price is insane for even trying to find a good one.

Have a friend who got this lens. It was hopeless. Remember this was the film days. A ruined shot was expensive and you effectively lost the shot. He decided to use his 50mm f/1.4 instead. The 50mm f/1.0 became a very expensive paper weight. Don't know if he still has it. If so he should sell it and at least get the satisfaction of his money back..

Would the hood for the 85mm 1.2 work on this?