Alright, alright, maybe they aren’t “really” mine… BUT… I had the chance to try these babies out this weekend. Rented them through a local camera rental shop in Singapore at 50% off. All for a total of SGD90 for the weekend. They have these special offers every weekend when some of their equipments aren’t rented out. I would highly recommend their services. Professional and great customer service. As for these babies, all I can say is…. WOW! I can feel the poison all over me now.

First up was the Canon EF 85mm 1.2 lens. A huge piece of glass and it feels really firm in your hands. A super duper fast lens which has no problems performing under low light. Just looking at its sexy curvaceous body, silky smooth bokeh and fast aperture makes me go ga-ga. This lens is definitely in my what-I-wanna-get list.

Next up is the tried and true Canon 1D Mark III. First thing I noticed was the weight. I was thoroughly surprised that it didn’t way any much heavier than my Canon 50D with the battery grip attached. I’ve always thought that 1-series were supposed to be heavy. I’m alreay lovin’ it from the moment I held it up with my hands.

Firing up to 10fps. All I can say is the shutter sound is AMAZINGGGGGGG!!! It really makes the Canon 5D Mark II’s shutter sound like a baby’s toy. Absolutely love the shutter sound. At 10fps, it sounds like a machine gun. It is really true what they say, the Canon 1-series are a class of their own. Although it has a 1.3x crop factor, I wasn’t really too bothered about it. You can’t really complain when your current line of gear is at 1.6x crop. The viewfinder is probably one of the many things that I needed to get used to. The exposure gauge was not at the usual place but it’s a welcome sight when everything is viewed at 100%.

I thoroughly enjoyed the focusing system in the 1D. With 19 selectable points, it was definitely much better than the 9-points I get on my current camera. I find that I can focus much faster with more points than I can with less. The other thing about the 1-series is that you won’t find any mode dials at the top of the camera. The camera is just filled with buttons, buttons and more buttons. And most importantly, the buttons are completely customizable. What I didn’t understand is why Canon could not include the file naming feature on their lower range of cameras like the 50D, etc. It’s such a simple feature to add but Canon still hasn’t done anything about it. I’m tired of having to check if I’m about to overwrite some files on my computer with the same filename (IMGxxxx.JPG).

Overall, it’s truly a piece of work. I’m so impressed with the performance of both the lens and the camera body. I hope that I would be a proud owner of one of these great equipment that Canon produces one day…

P/S: Dear darling, if you are reading this, I love you. *Hint* *Hint* Hehehehe…..