# What lenses to get next

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 16, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-lenses-to-get-next/262331 "2012-01-16T19:37:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![KillerBlackbird](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/killerblackbird/32/6525_2.png) [@KillerBlackbird](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/KillerBlackbird)\
**Post date:** [January 18, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-lenses-to-get-next/262331/31 "2012-01-18T08:32:08Z")

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> [@IM CALLING YOU OUT FIREHAWK853!!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/im-calling-you-out-firehawk853/42858/500):
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> because i hate him for owning such a fine piece of glass and neglecting it … ill answer for him … he says “it has too many Chromatic Aberrations (CAs)”  
> but … graphs show almost invisible  
> ![http://www.photozone.de/images/8Reviews/lenses/canon_85_12_5d/ca.png](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/1/2102eed94c9650bf93d571786e3be69357f5b6ee.png) plus he doesnt like how narrow the plane of focus is at F1.2  
> in other words … he is a picky bastard 🙂 but much love for JIM

> [@Play any sports?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/play-any-sports/47950/5):
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> The 85 1.2 is also VERY slow to autofocus.
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> yep, I still want one 🙂

Charts are fine but my real world experience show that at f/2 to f/1.2 CA is an issue. Nick is right, it is very slow to AF too. Its a great lens but its kind of the bastard child of focal lengths for me. I’d rather use my 135 f/2L which can focus closer and faster and is much lighter to carry around. Maybe one of these days Ill give the 85 another shot. I mostly shoot with primes now anyway, very seldom do I use my 24-70 and rig shots are done with the 17-40.

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