Author Topic: Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM (Read 174581 times)

Kernuak · « **Reply #45 on:** August 01, 2011, 03:59:28 PM »

I got my 135 f/2 purely for photographing pine martens in low light, but I've also used it for near macro work coupled to extension tubes, where you can get some very narrow depth of field effects (which I want to experiment some more with). I've also found myself wanting to do more portrait work since getting it too, simply because of the "look" it gives you. With this lens, it's not just the sharpness, but the whole package it brings you, so it isn't an easy lens to compare to others. For general work though, it probably wouldn't give you anything over the 70-200, it simply isn't quite as versatile.

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Mt Spokane Photography · « **Reply #46 on:** August 01, 2011, 04:28:21 PM »

Looking at images I've retained in lightroom from 2010 and so far in 2011, I see that my favorite lenses are the 135mm L and the 35mmL which I just bought last August. The favorites change depending on what and when I shoot. we have had poor weather so far this year, cold and rainy, but my 24-105 will get lots more use now that things are nicer outdoors. I also have some new lenses not yet reflected in the totals, a 15-85mm and a 35-350mmL. I have a 17mm wide angle, but wide angles just don't get much use from me.

These are only a fraction of the images taken, I toss most of them or I'd be buried.

Lens 2010 2011
24-105mmL 867 244
35mmL 248 1014
50mm 1.4 704 125
85mm 1.8 446 354
100mmL 176 55
135mmL 1005 865
70-200mm f/4 90 230
100-400mm L 146 58