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Re: Canon EF135mm f/2L USM
I just got mine last month and I already love this lens! Here's my very first try with this lens...
More pics here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.442645789117052.95936.374727482575550&type=3
I just got mine last month and I already love this lens! Here's my very first try with this lens...
More pics here: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.442645789117052.95936.374727482575550&type=3
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I would like to share a bad shot. The reason is that it illustrates two points about the lens. The first here is the obvious lack of flexibility in sports, as with any prime lens. However, this is quickly forgiven when considering the sharpness of the girl's face as she goes up for the layup. This is 1DX, 135L, 1/500, f/2.2, ISO 5000.
I would like to share a bad shot. The reason is that it illustrates two points about the lens. The first here is the obvious lack of flexibility in sports, as with any prime lens. However, this is quickly forgiven when considering the sharpness of the girl's face as she goes up for the layup. This is 1DX, 135L, 1/500, f/2.2, ISO 5000.
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Some exceptional images, there. I love the 135L and love to see images that do it's capabilities justice.
Standard said:It's my favorite lens, next to the 50L, easily suitable for fashion and portrait work. It also shines as a lighter, more discreet lens for street photographers. Creating beautiful crisp images with wonderful bokeh in lowlight, better than the current zooms in my opinion. Here's an image paired with the 5DM3, square cropped (You can see the full image at my Website under Journal > Amara).
Bailey by Standard Deluxe, on Flickr
Additional examples from the 135L:
Hard to Leave When You Belong by Standard Deluxe, on Flickr
Sans Abri by Standard Deluxe, on Flickr
Some exceptional images, there. I love the 135L and love to see images that do it's capabilities justice.
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THE mid range portrait lens. Period.
Float Like A Butterfly von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
THE mid range portrait lens. Period.
Float Like A Butterfly von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
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Thanks, well it sure is a great lens.
Fritzi VI von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
candyman said:
Thanks, well it sure is a great lens.
Fritzi VI von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
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Fancy, fancy lens that is.
Fritzi VII von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
Fritzi VIII von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
Fancy, fancy lens that is.
Fritzi VII von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
Fritzi VIII von Florian Bieler auf Flickr
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I've had my 135 for about three months now and just recently had a chance to do some shooting outdoors. Here is a shot taken in Portland yesterday near Union Station. The delightfully blurry stuff in the background is an Amtrak train seen through a fence.
I've had my 135 for about three months now and just recently had a chance to do some shooting outdoors. Here is a shot taken in Portland yesterday near Union Station. The delightfully blurry stuff in the background is an Amtrak train seen through a fence.
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Yes it is true to say the 135L is not just for portraits at f2. Here are two pictures that we have taken using this lens. The first one was shot at 1/40 from a studio tripod, using mirror lock up and a remote release. There's been some discussion on another thread about the inability to shoot a medium telephoto at slow shutter speeds from a tripod, but I've also attached a 100% view of one of the original frames converted directly to jpeg - no modification - which shows just how sharp it can be, as long as the air is clear, and there is zero vibration on the tripod.
Yes it is true to say the 135L is not just for portraits at f2. Here are two pictures that we have taken using this lens. The first one was shot at 1/40 from a studio tripod, using mirror lock up and a remote release. There's been some discussion on another thread about the inability to shoot a medium telephoto at slow shutter speeds from a tripod, but I've also attached a 100% view of one of the original frames converted directly to jpeg - no modification - which shows just how sharp it can be, as long as the air is clear, and there is zero vibration on the tripod.
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I agree. I actually enjoy longer focal length landscape photography.
Kernuak said:
I agree. I actually enjoy longer focal length landscape photography.
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@bdundar79 - yours are the only shots that I see of fast action taken on the 135L at f2 which are in sharp focus ! Being honest what % are these of your total frames ?
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@bdundar79 - yours are the only shots that I see of fast action taken on the 135L at f2 which are in sharp focus ! Being honest what % are these of your total frames ?
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Sporgon, being completely honest, about 60%. This is where the camera body matters. If I fire off let's say 6 bursts on the 1DX, maybe none of them are in focus even if I achieve focus first (focal plane moves). However, on another layup a few plays later, I can burst and get 4 out of 6 hits sharp in focus. The 1DX will give you many more hits than another camera I feel. However, in these situations, I had no choice. Many high schools around the country are going with "economy lighting" and in most of my situations, I was shooting f/2.2, 1/500, and still at ISO 5000. So what I did was get very aggressive, and try very hard to get the face in focus by moving my active AF point up the vertical center row, and panning with the player the best I could. I got better at it, but lower light hurts AF accuracy and the focal plane moves. I had a high success rate if I panned across while standing in the stands, at a 90 degree angle from the player, then the plane didn't move much and/or it moved little enough that the 1DX could track it and move. Frustrating, but fun.
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Sporgon, being completely honest, about 60%. This is where the camera body matters. If I fire off let's say 6 bursts on the 1DX, maybe none of them are in focus even if I achieve focus first (focal plane moves). However, on another layup a few plays later, I can burst and get 4 out of 6 hits sharp in focus. The 1DX will give you many more hits than another camera I feel. However, in these situations, I had no choice. Many high schools around the country are going with "economy lighting" and in most of my situations, I was shooting f/2.2, 1/500, and still at ISO 5000. So what I did was get very aggressive, and try very hard to get the face in focus by moving my active AF point up the vertical center row, and panning with the player the best I could. I got better at it, but lower light hurts AF accuracy and the focal plane moves. I had a high success rate if I panned across while standing in the stands, at a 90 degree angle from the player, then the plane didn't move much and/or it moved little enough that the 1DX could track it and move. Frustrating, but fun.
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Oops! Wrong file! Here is the correct file with the 135L at f/2.2, files in and out of focus as she goes toward the hoop. Note the lack of flexibility with this lens for sports, however, f/2.8 would not be really good here as ISO would have been 8000 vs 5000.
Oops! Wrong file! Here is the correct file with the 135L at f/2.2, files in and out of focus as she goes toward the hoop. Note the lack of flexibility with this lens for sports, however, f/2.8 would not be really good here as ISO would have been 8000 vs 5000.
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I was going to do this last night, but here are some more landscapes with the 135.
Bonscale Pike by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
Mist over Loch Leven by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
River Glass and Beauly Firth by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
Loch in Glen Strathfarrar by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
I was going to do this last night, but here are some more landscapes with the 135.
Bonscale Pike by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
Mist over Loch Leven by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
River Glass and Beauly Firth by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
Loch in Glen Strathfarrar by Kernuak (avalonlightphotoart.co.uk), on Flickr
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