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Canon 85mm 1.2 II or 70-200mm IS II?

I have both and the footage is what you would expect from Canon lenses. The choice is more about the kind of usage you need the lenses for. The 85mm is only really good as a portrait lens. The zoom gives you more latitude in the roles it can play.
 
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The 85 is an incredible lens ... However Canon did really step up their game with the 70-200 II... Mind you I was already a huge fan of the previous 70-200 I... It was very sharp and created some of the best images I have seen apart from dedicated cine primes. The 2.8 thing might bother some people, but really not me... It's your choice -- you will certainly have many more choices with the 70-200 II.

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Go for the 70-200 2.8!

The 85 1,2L produces great images but the way it's built makes it cumbersome to use in a cine situation (the length of the lens changes during focus plus the focus gear isn't couple to the focus ring – the focus ring spins freely when it is not attached to the camera body or if attached when the camera is not on*). Like the 35mm 1,4L or the 24mm 1,4L it loses the focus marks when FF – at least from my experience. Not sure about the 50mm 1,2L.

The 70-200 2,8L works like a variable prime. It doesn't hold focus when zooming. However, it holds the FF focus marks at any given focal length.

I consider the 70-200 2,8L ideal for any kind of film work. When it comes to look and built it's definitely my favorite next to the super sharp Canon tele primes such as 200/2L 300/2,8L and 400/2,8.

*The Canon 85mm 1,2L has a knob that locks the focus ring when the lens is not in use. Nothing though that makes it any easier to use in a film situation.
 
Carl Dieker said:
Go for the 70-200 2.8!

The 85 1,2L produces great images but the way it's built makes it cumbersome to use in a cine situation (the length of the lens changes during focus plus the focus gear isn't couple to the focus ring – the focus ring spins freely when it is not attached to the camera body or if attached when the camera is not on*). Like the 35mm 1,4L or the 24mm 1,4L it loses the focus marks when FF – at least from my experience. Not sure about the 50mm 1,2L.

The 70-200 2,8L works like a variable prime. It doesn't hold focus when zooming. However, it holds the FF focus marks at any given focal length.

I consider the 70-200 2,8L ideal for any kind of film work. When it comes to look and built it's definitely my favorite next to the super sharp Canon tele primes such as 200/2L 300/2,8L and 400/2,8.

*The Canon 85mm 1,2L has a knob that locks the focus ring when the lens is not in use. Nothing though that makes it any easier to use in a film situation.
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Best reply I've read around here for ages! Nice :)
 
70-200...pretty easy unless you need the 1.2 which will give you a certain look....so for 99% of the time, the 70-200 might actually give you a better image because IMO it is a better lens...the 85 is nice, the 1.2 will give you something a zoom never will but it is really only interesting for that effect...the worst thing about it is the slow AF which is even more cruel for a lens made for such shallow depth of field....but i guess that does not matter on red....
the IS makes the zoom a better solution for running around...
 
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