Peculiar Focus Problem with TWO Eos 3s and 85mm lens

[j-dogg]

85 1.2L is a bad-ass lens it's one of my bucket-list lenses for my Elan 7Ne.

[Poisson Du Jour]

Use the 85mm with the EOS 1N.
The EOS 3 is a flawed diamond. The ancient EOS 5 has also reportedly had a similar glitch with focus precision with this lens.

Prey tell, what are you doing in Kabul!? Are you embedded with the forces there?

[Tom Stanworth]

I wont be letting anyone near the 1n and the 85L as they work beautifully! I am just so annoyed that I lost SIX MONTHS of shooting portraits with anything longer than a 50 due to this issue. I keep some kit in Kabul and exchanged lenses (taking time to get here from the US), exchanged again, exchanged bodies (from home) and lost a lot of time. I've been shooting a long-term project in Afghanistan. See 'Russians and Royals' www.thomasstanworth.com Almost finished now. I have a fair few more portraits printed and waiting for me in the UK.

[Poisson Du Jour]

Tom, your exasperation is felt. The venerated 1N will work beautifully with anything Canon throws at it. Guaranteed.
The Kabul photographs are reminiscent of the style of MAGNUM lensman Trent Parke: contrasty, moody and atmospheric and full of impact. Just defies belief anybody could get a camera in there and roam around freely without being hunted down by the nasties...

[j-dogg]

Some good work there sir.

[brucemuir]

Some good work there sir.

Indeed, nice stuff Mr Stanworth.