Three Canon Lens Masters Pick Their Favourite Lenses

[dslrdummy]

I have 3 decent lenses and the rest are less rated but I have had very satisfying images from all of them. If I nail the shot I am very happy with the lense and vice versa. (Of course, usually if I don't nail it, it's my fault. For example, I try to shoot at 1.8 with the 85mm while knowing full well that it isn't sharp wide open). Since I bought the 1dxii I've started doing some video and find that the 24-105 a very versatile lense for it bearing in mind I don't do 4k. To the point where I will probably cancel my plans to offload it, at least for now.

 

[Sporgon]

I wouldn't have an overall favourite lens because it depends on what I'm shooting ! However I'm going to mention one here because it is a superb lens that seems to be overlooked by the majority of Canon users, probably due to it being "slower" and more expensive than the 1.8/85, and less exotic than the 2/135L. It's the 2/100. This lens spanks the 135L wide open (or at least it does in my case) and is remarkably useable wide open, unlike the 1.8/85. In fact it's so good at full aperture it works really well as a 160mm fov lens on crop, giving a dof similar to the 2.8/200 with equal IQ, which I think is quite unusual in equivalence between FF and crop.