85mm f/1.2 does street on a 6d.

[petach]

85mm f1/2 does street on a 6d.
Not my usual combo (Ricoh gar with Zeiss 21mm biogon) but here goes

have had this cracking lens for a few months now. It spends a lot of time on my 6d full frame. Just a few of my own fave shots with this lens. The f/1.2 can be a noose around the neck.....trying to get perfection with this non IS lens and Parkinsons tremor when hand held.

Brick Lane, london, Candid street shot.

London 310814-15.jpg by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

In front of Tower Bridge

IMG_7558.jpg by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

Determined cycling commuter

Determined Commuter 010914 by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr


Old smoker

Brick Lane - Street Candid by petach123 (Peter Tachauer), on Flickr

 

[Hjalmarg1]

85mm Works for everything.

 

[rcarca]

Great photographs. Love the cycling commuter and also the one with Tower Bridge in the background.

 

[candyman]

Great series.
Do you just snap or ask permission? If so, what is there first reaction?

 

[Menace]

Lovely series. Well done.

 

[petach]

thanks for the comments all, appreciated

Usually I just snap away regardless, unless there is good resin photogenically to ask for a pose.

people just do not notice....they are too busy.

 

[jdramirez]

85mm is for everything.

I've been trying to capture my 1 year of on a swing... nope... not gonna happen at f1.2, but even the out of focus shots are really pretty.

 

[jdramirez]

Great series.
Do you just snap or ask permission? If so, what is there first reaction?

I don't do street because I don't like to ask for permission... It seems to ruin their natural state of being... suddenly they smile or look right at the camera... It isn't good...

 

[IsaacImage]

It's not easy job to hit the focus on 6d.

 

[distant.star]

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I've used the 85 for street/event. Overall, it probably has more drawbacks than most lenses in those situations, but it can produce wonderful results. You do have to get past the idea of shooting at f/1.2. This was f/4.0 at 1/500 on a 5D3...

 

[jdramirez]

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I've used the 85 for street/event. Overall, it probably has more drawbacks than most lenses in those situations, but it can produce wonderful results. You do have to get past the idea of shooting at f/1.2. This was f/4.0 at 1/500 on a 5D3...

Shooting at anything other than 1.2... might as well but the usm version and dance 1600 bucks... but I see your point.

 

[Dylan777]

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I've used the 85 for street/event. Overall, it probably has more drawbacks than most lenses in those situations, but it can produce wonderful results. You do have to get past the idea of shooting at f/1.2. This was f/4.0 at 1/500 on a 5D3...

Shooting at anything other than 1.2... might as well but the usm version and dance 1600 bucks... but I see your point.

Hope you have some 3stop ND on hand for outdoor.

 

[jdramirez]

Hope you have some 3stop ND on hand for outdoor.

Back when I thought I had a deal done for an 85L we had a discussion about shooting the 85L in daylight and how you need a 3 stop nd... and I had one in my cart... for about 6 months until I had the lens in hand. Then I ordered it.

I bought a step down ring a while back because I got it for free, so I picked up a B&W 77mm 3 stop nd... so I can use it on my other lenses if I decide to...

Today when it was sunny I was still getting 1/2500 of a second, so without the nd filter, it would have been 1/20000... which I'm pretty sure exceeds factory specs.

Tomorrow I'm taking my daughter's softball team photos... so I'm hoping for clouds, but I don't think that is going to happen until the games start...