Where'd ya get the 1.2?

http://www.pbase.com/bret/image/64333661
the way you have caught this little plant-sucking bug is timeless! He
actually looks cute, with his big eye looking at your lens probably
thinking "I thought I had big eyes". lol

"Annika1980" <annika1980@aol.com> wrote in news:1154303097.238703.239660
@s13g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:

       A few years back, working weddings with an established
"professional" in Florida, he insisted I use his 85mm 1.8 soft-focus lens
for a couple of weddings in low light.

       I actually have a shot in a low-lit church, bride and groom coming
back up the aisle after the ceremony and grabbing a quick kiss - they're
side by side, the bride's shoulder just behind the groom's. And he's in
focus while she isn't. So much for fast lenses.

       Lost several shots in a small church when I couldn't position
myself where the fixed focal length would be useful. Did a few other
shots using the soft-focus option, only to have the other photographer
toss them because they were, you guessed it, "soft". I handed the lens
back to him with a curt "Thanks but no thanks", and he suggested I keep
it to try the soft-focus option ;-).

       You know how much I enjoyed telling him he could fish them out of
the trash if he really wanted, but I would otherwise stick with lenses
that could do the job. Wasn't much for listening to fixed-focal-length
folklore *before* that, and much worse now...

    - Al.