flowers said:I have two things in mind when it comes to flare: how flare resistant is it, and if it flares, how pretty is the flare?CarlTN said:flowers said:Sure, I will look it up online. Thanks.wsheldon said:flowers said:Of course, I understand Thank you very much, that shows exactly what I wanted to see. If it's not too much to ask, could you produce flare with the lens and post a sample of that? Just when you have the time, or if you have a sample ready.
Sorry - I've just had this lens a couple of months and my one outdoor session didn't include any open sky. I'm sure some online reviews cover that aspect.
I've had my 135 for almost 5 years, and I don't recall ever seeing flare. I'm sure it has some, but I've not noticed it. I'll try to get a shot of some over the next week or so, if you like.
The 70-300L is supposed to be very flare resistant, but I'm pretty sure I made it produce flare.
I looked up some examples on flickr, you don't have to bother. Thank you for offering it flares but not in a bad way, I find the flare pretty pleasing.
Ok. Do you not find that telephoto lenses generally do not flare as bad as wide angle lenses? Seems to me it has to do with the angle of light and field of view, relative to the focal length. Even my Sigma 120-400 does not seem to have much flare.
Everything about the 135 f/2's image quality is "pretty", most especially the bokeh. I've tried 2 lenses with as good or better color palette, and one that I currently own (the Cosina Voigtlander 58mm) has better color. However, the contrast, longitudinal CA, and bokeh quality are quite a bit better on the 135 f/2 (and these count for a lot). Of course the focal lengths are different by a factor of two, so it's not really an even comparison. I suppose the color of the 135 is also more neutral than that of the 85 f/1.2L that I rented...it was too purple, and wide open the warm colors were also a tad too saturated. Both amazing lenses though. If Canon decide to stop making f/1.2 lenses, I will do my best to buy the 85 in the future, before it goes out of production.
If you are just trying to decide between a 100mm macro f/2.8, and the 135 f/2...they're really intended for different uses.
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