Yeah, I was and still am saving up money for the Canon 85mm f/1.2 lens – that is the gold standard lens that I have been lusting after for quite some time now, however, it is about $1900 online and it is going to take a while to save up the dinero for that bad boy.

In the meantime I figured I would take a baby step in that direction by investing in the Canon 85mm f/1.8. Is there a difference in the two lenses besides that magic f-stop? No, that is ridiculous what kind of stupid question is that?! I kid. The 85mm f/1.2 comes with a lens hood. Oh, and the 1.2 is an L series lens.

Right now I have one Canon lens – which is ok – but what happens if I am out photographing and that lens breaks? Then I have a camera body with no lens. I have my Nikons to pick up the slack – but it’ll be nice to have a few Canon lenses.

Also – photographing with a full frame camera – such as the Canon 5D Mark II I have realized that 50mm almost feels like a wide angle lens. So the 85mm will give me a little bit of a feel of a telephoto.

My luck? I will probably get the 85mm in the mail before my Canon 5DII gets back from repairs.

And I am also thinking of buying a Canon 28mm f/1.8 – that would be a baby step till I can afford the Canon 24mm f/1.4. It is weird – Canon has a HUGE selection of lenses – much more than the Nikon world.

Excellent question and of course there is a small debate whether you should cover your LCD screen with a plastic protector. My Nikon cameras came with plastic covers and I use them ALL the time. If I want I can pop the cover off and put it back again afterwards. Over the years there are scratches, nicks, and even some dust.

I have had my Canon 5D Mark II for a week now and it did NOT come with a plastic cover and there is now a crack in the LCD screen. I am writing this post out of shear “ticked off-ness” cause it has only been a week and I am brought to great sadness. I’ll get it repaired – it hopefully will only be $15 to fix – but it is possible it’ll cost a lot more money. I am living with the regret that if I had found a 3rd party plastic cover my LCD screen would not be broken.

Do plastic covers get in the way? I don’t think so – I am use to them. And to be honest the best way to enjoy my photographs isn’t on an LCD screen – but on a wall print!

So here is what a broken LCD screen looks like – photographs are going to be so beautifully displayed with that scar running through the high definition display. Remember people, using a plastic cover on an LCD screen is like insurance (or using condoms) no one likes to use them but the are necessary to avoid accidents or in the case of insurance pay for those accidents.

Canon 5D Mark II broken LCD screen

Another view of my broken Canon 5D Mark II.

Canon 5D Mark II broken LCD screen

And here is my Nikon D90 – with the plastic cover. I have never had a problem with the plastic cover – I can see through it and I know my camera is relatively safe. This is how to protect your camera.

Nikon D90 with the plastic LCD cover

And this is my Nikon D90 without the plastic cover. It takes less than a second to pop off and a second to pop back on. Yes the images look great with the plastic protection, they look better without the plastic protection, and they look their best on a computer monitor or as a wall portrait!

Nikon D90 without plastic LCD cover