Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM

[PalmBayFlo]

Hai gais, I can has 35L for free? I trade for cheezburger...ok?
:D:D

[echo]

Thanks Adam :) I just used a couple of tungsten lights, no flash. One 200w bulb as a main light fired through a diffuser and the other two with 100w coloured bulbs to create a bit of interest so all pretty make do.

[KuyaRich]

Wallybud, nice compositions!

[drPheta]

http://i43.tinypic.com/24e3qc3.jpg
35L left, 85 1.8 right

Are they both processed the same way? If so, the 35L makes the image POP so much more than the 85/1.8, and I wouldn't have expected the difference to be so great. And I'm assuming the focus point is on the magazine in both photos.

[x2x3x4x5x]

They were processed similarly. By no means exact and the photos were taken about 2 hours apart. A few other things changed. It's by no means a scientific test, however, the 35L beats the 85 1.8 in every category minus focus speed.

[x2x3x4x5x]

http://i40.tinypic.com/ibdn46.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2qa5tl0.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2hx6611.jpg

[WhyFi]

http://i40.tinypic.com/ibdn46.jpg


You're like Mr Roarke - granting my fantasies, with a twist...

...well, lemme retract the 'with a twist,' part - you've nailed it dead-on! Nice work!

[paten]

http://i40.tinypic.com/ibdn46.jpg

Great Work There, nice picture!! :D

[rcaq]

http://i41.tinypic.com/2hx6611.jpg

looks like fake T/S to me - bw!
anyway, great conceptional stuff with the tie-girl ;)

[x2x3x4x5x]

Thanks guys...

Sometimes I'll fake the tilt to see if I really want a ts. Better than a $1,000 investment.

[rcaq]

Thanks guys...

Sometimes I'll fake the tilt to see if I really want a ts. Better than a $1,000 investment.

you gotta try "free lensing" bw!
came across this technique on flickr...

[x2x3x4x5x]

I'll search around. Thanks man.

[buzzed]

http://i39.tinypic.com/28b9w0k.jpg
The colors I can get out of this lens is stunning.

Wow! Beautiful subject and I like the pp.

[dervish]

finally bit the bullet and got the 35L, so just playing with it.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3375/3308966050_1e205b7ce3.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3308987296_ae0b0c5019_o.jpg

[Ob Com]

^ Dervish- I trust you are happy with your lens now? those shots show that the lens is a good copy

[dervish]

^ Dervish- I trust you are happy with your lens now? those shots show that the lens is a good copy

yes i am, and am trying to get used to it. the low light capability is great, the bowl was taken in very dim light. i think am often slow when pressing the shutter button from the focus beep to the actual exposure, and with the razor thin dof it would have moved after i have focus it. :oops:

[darktiger]

I think I am going to make this one my wallpaper on my laptop.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3399/3309223262_80e199024f_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3309223262/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3376/3308394179_29b48fd83b_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3308394179/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3545/3309223098_70fe2c772d_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3309223098/)

[tupper]

Dark tiger I love your photos!
They are great!

[DL.Photography]

Dark tiger I love your photos!
They are great!

+1, beautiful colors!

[airbutchie]

^ +2... Hhehehehehe... Great stuff darktiger...

- airbutchie :)

[silvias13]

I been looking all over for this lens but they are all out of stock. :mad:

[x2x3x4x5x]

:(

Silvias, random question, any pics of the 5d2 + grip + 50? I'm thinking about nabbin' the 50 1.4 over the L.

[wallybud]

My Favorite morning spot, mid kitchen, corner seat, sun on my back and my side...coffee brewing :)


http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/Dreams2.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/MacDreams.jpg

[x2x3x4x5x]

Awesome photos man.

[p360]

Those are great, Walt. I love the first one.

[wallybud]

Thanks Pat&Prat ;) I like the first more however the harsh sunspot kills me everytime...maybe Ill try and clone it out next time?

[x2x3x4x5x]

Diggin' around through some older-ish (2 months) stuff...

http://i44.tinypic.com/2wco9b5.jpg

[wallybud]

Very nice color, Pat!

Another from this morning...

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/Flower.jpg

[nicksan]

Nice stuff.
Need to use this lens more often.:(

http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v3/p391699573-4.jpg

http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p453038923-5.jpg

http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p113970012-5.jpg

http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v4/p314363806-5.jpg

http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p461963989-5.jpg

[ExpensiveHobby]

^ +2... Hhehehehehe... Great stuff darktiger...

- airbutchie :)


LoL +3 :) i love it

[WhyFi]

FYI - for those looking, Adorama's site indicates that they have a shipment of refurbed 35Ls on the way.

[darktiger]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3519/3311677552_b03a360c52_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3311677552/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3326/3311677664_e2b5d4bf17.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3311677664/)

[DL.Photography]

Wow, the bokeh on that first shot is awesome.

Are all of these shots with your 5D MKII?

[darktiger]

Yes all with the 5dmk2. The first one was shot at f/2.

[darktiger]

This I think shows better bokeh...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3603/3310846863_7b9b29c554_o.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3310846863/)

[DL.Photography]

LOL, do you carry that danboard figure all over the place.

[rcaq]

tiger, your stuff rocks - I'm one of the secret lurkers on flickr who check your 35L work regularly ...^^

[cedm]

darktiger, your pictures are amazing: the color so vivid and saturated. Are you doing a lot of processing on these? Would love to see the same picture straight from the camera to compare.

[dino8031]

Amazing thread. I'm starting to understand the appeal of good primes.
I think it may be time to cut up my credit cards. I do NOT want to go down this road.
Maybe I'll just take a quick look and see how much B&H wants for a 35L. It can't hurt to just look, right? :wink:

[airbutchie]

^ Keep away from the 85L thread, dino... Hhehehehehe... You may get sucked in like I did...

- airbutchie ;)

[wallybud]

I can't see ever using an 85 like I use my 35...I have a feeling I would be restricted by the tight framing. Sometimes I feel like I want a 24L but then I take a step backward, to the left or right, recompose the shot, and it comes out even better ;)...I haven't used my 17-40 in two weeks and my 70-200 in well over 2 months...This lens is like heroin (not that I would know of course.

My sisters birthday was yesterday, my father only gets the most gorgeous roses every year...

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/SingleYellowRose.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/Top.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/BouquetFlowers.jpg

[darktiger]

darktiger, your pictures are amazing: the color so vivid and saturated. Are you doing a lot of processing on these? Would love to see the same picture straight from the camera to compare.

Actually most of these are taken in RAW and I have a present in LR2 that I run all my pictures through and that's it. Part of the recipe is Clarity +5, Vib +15, Sat -2. Besides that nothing else....

[londonandlawson]

Nice stuff.
Need to use this lens more often.:(





http://nicksan.zenfolio.com/img/v5/p113970012-5.jpg






A Logitech Harmony would do you good!

[MinhThien]

Just got my camera back from Canon!

[x2x3x4x5x]

http://i40.tinypic.com/rkpq47.jpg

[wallybud]

Awesome Eric let see some shots ;)

Pat do you just have like an abundance of harmonious fields in your area !! hahah

[x2x3x4x5x]

Haha nawh, I reuse a few of them. ;)

http://i42.tinypic.com/bi4fpz.jpg

[adam*]

Awesome Pat. You're making my wait even more awful! I can get one new for £900 but I sold my 17-40 and 50 1.4 with the whole intention of getting hold of one at £700 second hand. Talk about a pain!

[DL.Photography]

Awesome Pat. You're making my wait even more awful! I can get one new for £900 but I sold my 17-40 and 50 1.4 with the whole intention of getting hold of one at £700 second hand. Talk about a pain!

Adam, you're waiting for one too? Are you going to pick up a brand new one?

[adam*]

Yeah Dan. It's so frustrating. Looking for a second hand one, don't really want to go drop that kinda cash on a new lens when i'm saving to study photojournalism! It is tempting, just seems like £200 I don't need to spend if one does become available.

[wallybud]

Be patient adam. I got mine for $900 including shipping/PP. Still has a month of warranty left and looks/is brand new ;) Tack sharp also - not like the one I bought from Amazon before...

[MinhThien]

Seem like Canon is shortage of supplies! The 85L and 35L is sold out almost everywhere and it won't expect to be in-stock until April!

[DL.Photography]

Seem like Canon is shortage of supplies! The 85L and 35L is sold out almost everywhere and it won't expect to be in-stock until April!

Eric, where did you read about them manufacturing/restocking the 35L/85L's in April. Gosh, I was hoping it would come back in stock in March.

Hopefully it will be a UX date code though.

[MinhThien]

Eric, where did you read about them manufacturing/restocking the 35L/85L's in April. Gosh, I was hoping it would come back in stock in March.

Hopefully it will be a UX date code though.
I call 3 stores in Toronto and 3 stores here in Vancouver all of them said the same thing! Because I am on the hunt for the 85L! They also said Canon gonna jack their price up again! Man I should had got this(85L) lens last year!:(:cry:

[DL.Photography]

I call 3 stores in Toronto and 3 stores here in Vancouver all of them said the same thing! Because I am on the hunt for the 85L! They also said Canon gonna jack their price up again! Man I should had got this(85L) lens last year!:(:cry:

So the 35L is going to be more than $1,180? I may reconsidering getting one then....:oops:

[adam*]

They might have just told you that so you'll buy.. If it's going up then i'm getting my mate to get me one from NZ and i'll just wait till April to have it.

[WhyFi]

Picked this up today - my first L prime. Sacrificed my first L zoom (70-200 4L IS) to fund it, but the tele zoom wasn't my style and it went largely unused. Might get a 200 f/2.8 (or something) in the near future, but happy on the wider end for now! I'm just excited about having something wide enough and fast enough indoors, and I love that it has that same, almost-touch-the-front-element MFD as the 17-40.

[MinhThien]

So the 35L is going to be more than $1,180? I may reconsidering getting one then....:oops:
I am not sure in the State! Sure go for it! Join the club! :)

[wallybud]

The prices ARE going up, they have been, the 35L was 1099 around the holidays I believe then it went up to 1149, now I think it is around 1180. It was up and down with the 24L not sure who's in the lead right now;)

[Jannie]

With the way money is going, maybe we're going to have to satisfy ourselves with products made or already here (as in buying used) in the USA if importing is going to be so much, who knows if it's better to buy now or to wait it out or in some ways we might end up like Cuba with certain products, not that extreme I'd hope but you get the idea. Seriously it does not look like the world wide recession is going to cause the prices to go down, but it's kind of obvious they will continue to go up, this isn't a short term deal world wide, it looks like a completely restructure regarding how the monetary system works.

For some that will be back to those that have and those that have not, the financial margins that allowed us to charge and work it out seem to be going away.

I've been without debt for almost ten years, I do use a charge card but it gets paid off at the end of the month. Sometimes it's hard but in the long run it sure keeps down the worries when work gets slow knowing I don't owe anymore than I already have money to pay.

It does make me think it might be prudent to have some kind of second body though and the better off I am now, the better off I'll be over the next three years or so. Thank goodness I have a good set of the "L" lenses.

But is this happening in the computer market, that would affect a huge part of the world no matter where you live, raw materials, manufacturing etc.

[MinhThien]

Even the 1D3 prices went up from 3740 to 3999!

[wallybud]

Since my new iMac came today I was able to do a quick edit of the only HDvideo I have on record, shot it SO long ago at Cabella's in PA. Huge deal at the counter, my dads a crazy person hahah!

Didn't upload it in HD cause I wasn't sure what I was doing lol but here it is transitions/and title incuded ;)

35L
http://vimeo.com/3386828

[Jman13]

Glad I got mine while my local shop (Midwest Photo Exchange) still had one in stock! I think it's replaced my 85L as my favorite lens. (Not that the 85L doesn't also get quite a lot of use!)

[Mooseknuckle]

Rented the 35L for a trip to Vegas/San Diego...think I'll have to buy it when I get home!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/3313149572_e9c61faa59_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3652/3312320747_7aa307aa70_o.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3623/3313148340_cd395f2f6a_o.jpg

[ekie]

those with 5DMKII, have you done any microadjustment on the lens? i just tried it tonite with 35 and 85L. I seem to be getting -15 on both of them.

[DL.Photography]

Picked this up today - my first L prime. Sacrificed my first L zoom (70-200 4L IS) to fund it, but the tele zoom wasn't my style and it went largely unused. Might get a 200 f/2.8 (or something) in the near future, but happy on the wider end for now! I'm just excited about having something wide enough and fast enough indoors, and I love that it has that same, almost-touch-the-front-element MFD as the 17-40.

WHERE DID YOU GET YOURS AND HOW MUCH?...sorry for the caps but I see you live in Brooklyn, and if there's a local one I may grab one asap!

[Mooseknuckle]

One more because I was bored tonight...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/3313035705_6cec182c74_o.jpg

[WhyFi]

WHERE DID YOU GET YOURS AND HOW MUCH?...sorry for the caps but I see you live in Brooklyn, and if there's a local one I may grab one asap!
Adorama - I had announced that they were getting in a shipment of refurbs ($1049) yesterday morning. When I got there (2pm), I was told that I got the last one - I just checked the site, and it seems that they weren't BSing.

[darktiger]

I love this lens....

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3342/3314060452_b788e2d3c2_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3314060452/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3430/3313234691_72f7b09557_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3313234691/)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3498/3314060384_1054f7796e.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/darktiger/3314060384/)

[DL.Photography]

One more because I was bored tonight...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3479/3313035705_6cec182c74_o.jpg

Looks like it performs great on a 40D too =) Is that strait out of the camera?

[x2x3x4x5x]

http://i39.tinypic.com/2gv589e.jpg

[silvias13]

Adorama - I had announced that they were getting in a shipment of refurbs ($1049) yesterday morning. When I got there (2pm), I was told that I got the last one - I just checked the site, and it seems that they weren't BSing.

I'm from queens and I was thinking of grabbing that too when I saw it on the site but I figured to just wait for a non refurb one. I wonder why it's been sold out everywhere for a while now... Could canon be coming out with the mkII version or something?

[WhyFi]

I'm from queens and I was thinking of grabbing that too when I saw it on the site but I figured to just wait for a non refurb one. I wonder why it's been sold out everywhere for a while now... Could canon be coming out with the mkII version or something?
My understanding is that the same thing that happened with the 24L last year - the MkII was released, slightly improved, weather sealed and with a price increase of more than $500. The 24L and 35L are/were similar in design, so there's speculation that a 35L MkII might be on the way, based on the refreshed 24L.

Oh, BTW, this is my 4th Canon refurb'd piece through Adorama - they've all been like new

[Mooseknuckle]

Looks like it performs great on a 40D too =) Is that strait out of the camera?

Yes, minus a tad of sharpening in DPP...nothing major though!

[x2x3x4x5x]

http://i43.tinypic.com/2cwpqfn.jpg
behind the scenes :P

[x2x3x4x5x]

http://i40.tinypic.com/35lhtkz.jpg

[x2x3x4x5x]

http://i40.tinypic.com/f2964n.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/123b1pj.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/2uenpg2.jpg

[echo]

http://i40.tinypic.com/f2964n.jpg


Oi ! Off my patch!!!! :D :) :D



http://recordproduction.smugmug.com/photos/301003426_aDtLy-XL.jpg
Not my best but wide open at f/1.4

[x2x3x4x5x]

Hah!
http://i40.tinypic.com/t6cmex.jpg

[echo]

Loving your work x2x3x4x5x :)

Band photos heh?

http://recordproduction.smugmug.com/photos/473149073_BC6MD-XL-2.jpg
f/2.0

[Radiohead369]

Your my idol Pat! Hahhaa! Great work :D

[wallybud]

LOL! Im wasted right now but I think we should set something straight, at least I am going to...Almost non of the images "I" post up are even close to straight out of camera (MOST of the time)...especially images shot straight into the sun or bright morning light. (many require very delicate curves adjustments/ being masked and all that - either in RAW or later on)

There is a very decent amount of post processing going on... an I think pat/echo and others will agree...While the sharpness and IQ are there for sure - there is also a fair amount that goes into each image depending on the shot.

Obviously it depends etc. But the images I end up with now I wouldn't even have though possible a year ago? Really, you learn a LOT in here! :p

That's just my opinion tho ...Some of my shots have regular RAW edits and then in CS4 have 3-5 layers of selective curves adjustments haha...not to mention a very sophisticated web sharpening action I stumbled across on FM (that I also tweak till is right).

Sorry but there has just been a clusterfu%k of AMAZING work being posted in the 35L thread - that I feel if I was in here a year ago...(id run out and get this lens purely on what I have been seeing)

Now take this as you will (im not trying to be stuck up in ANY way lol my sh&t is far surpassed by others in here, really. Im drunk so roll with me lol geez) but I just want others to know that there is a decent deal that goes into these images ;)



To tell you the truth I feel like this forum is contributing to the shortage of 35L's out there hahah! Really! Because they weren't that hard to get a couple months before xmas :D


any way have a nice night everyone
Best Regards
Walt (ps dont hate me ;))

[wallybud]

PS Echo/Pat those band images blow me away hahah! (superbad reference) You guys be gettin' those images FO SHO! haha

[nicksan]

I guess I see your point.
Pretty obvious to me a lot of the images posted in here lately have had a good amount of PP happening.

So you gotta hit these threads with a huge grain of salt.

PP is just part of the package. It's the end results that counts so...

That said, I am a big fan of your work wallybud. Great, great stuff!

LOL! Im wasted right now but I think we should set something straight, at least I am going to...Almost non of the images "I" post up are even close to straight out of camera (MOST of the time)...especially images shot straight into the sun or bright morning light. (many require very delicate curves adjustments/ being masked and all that - either in RAW or later on)

There is a very decent amount of post processing going on... an I think pat/echo and others will agree...While the sharpness and IQ are there for sure - there is also a fair amount that goes into each image depending on the shot.

Obviously it depends etc. But the images I end up with now I wouldn't even have though possible a year ago? Really, you learn a LOT in here! :p

That's just my opinion tho ...Some of my shots have regular RAW edits and then in CS4 have 3-5 layers of selective curves adjustments haha...not to mention a very sophisticated web sharpening action I stumbled across on FM (that I also tweak till is right).

Sorry but there has just been a clusterfu%k of AMAZING work being posted in the 35L thread - that I feel if I was in here a year ago...(id run out and get this lens purely on what I have been seeing)

Now take this as you will (im not trying to be stuck up in ANY way lol my sh&t is far surpassed by others in here, really. Im drunk so roll with me lol geez) but I just want others to know that there is a decent deal that goes into these images ;)



To tell you the truth I feel like this forum is contributing to the shortage of 35L's out there hahah! Really! Because they weren't that hard to get a couple months before xmas :D


any way have a nice night everyone
Best Regards
Walt (ps dont hate me ;))

[wallybud]

Haha Thanks Nick, ditto right back at ya;)

Yeah I wasn't aware though way while back that it was this involved to tell you the truth...I mean I did PP'ing on my other lens' but it wasn't until the 35 that my eyes kind of opened and everything clicked. Its a little weird. I see all of these amazing shot in her and think, man...I hope these images are going up somewhere important or making someone REALLY happy because they should be! They are AMAZING! Everyones!

I also feel like us 35 users are more dedicated to showing what the lens can do than in other threads...If there was a competition it would be between the the 85 thread and the 35 thread ;)... we just keep posting and posting haha (I don't even bother to create my own threads anymore in landscape or anywhere else?) I just want to know what other 35 users think of my images :):):):)!

[Nordly]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3362/3315965550_86312a4e13_o.jpg

[echo]

I find the 35L inspiring to use - like the 85L is - and although it would be limiting could manage to live with just those two. So many really great pictures being posted on these two threads I find it helps me to want to do better. I've only been in to photography for about 4 years and have loads to learn but nothing beats seeing what people are doing here to make you push further :) Looking at Pat's galleries for example is enough to get me thinking how poor my work is and then think about how to do better!

BTW, I use the odd bit of PP but generally Photoshop (I only use Elements) is for running Neat Image to de-noise and unsharp. 95% of any changes I apply are done in LR, mostly to do a bit of cropping and curves.

:)

Mike

[x2x3x4x5x]

I agree with everything you guys said.

It's often misleading for people to stumble on the archived lens threads. Granted the 35L, 50L, and 85L threads have great work in them, they also have less than ideal work. In the end, a lens is only a tool, and no lens will make you a drastically better photographer.

A lot goes into a good image. It's an equation that's always changing, it's not simply 5D2 + 35L = great image. It helps, sure, but it's only a small part of the equation...

[tupper]

Pat, you have some amazing images with this lens!

[wallybud]

Stealing music off my new iMac - My sexy goddess ;)


http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/SexyBitch.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/SexyBitch-2.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/KickinIt.jpg

[dtngo]

I hate this thread! Actually, I hate that I can't afford one! It is definitely next on the list though.

[x2x3x4x5x]

http://i41.tinypic.com/24v1zkp.jpg

[gospastic]

this lens is really fun!

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3664/3320305080_945d94929c_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3403/3318796512_58595268c2_b.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3554/3320848528_54baa36b8d_b.jpg

[x2x3x4x5x]

That last shot is awesome!

[jwcdds]

^ indeed. I had to swing by his flickr gallery and made my comment there. :D

[WhyFi]

Have I mentioned that I'm diggin' this lens? Still haven't had enough time to play with it, but here's a shot of one of my co-workers @ f/1.6, 1/200th, iso 400 -

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3611/3321516452_1b8a4df5b7.jpg

and a 100% crop (I actually softened some of the lines, he's a little sensitive 'bout that!) -

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3617/3320689653_9be2f08ed4_o.jpg

[gospastic]

thanks guys :)

[wallybud]

gospastic love the dog shot, imo shots like that are what the 35 is about! lol Id say it would be a great BW (and it would, especially a lot darker etc) but Im not sure if Id be ok with that awesome sun being pulled from the frame ;)

[royv]

I should never have set foot in here, damnit.


Awesome pictures guys, especially your last photo, Gospastic. Stunning!

[tupper]

Been browsing through and does anyone use this on a 1.6X? to Give a normal sort of focal length?

[wallybud]

I've used it on a 1.3X and it gives a nice 45/50ish feel...Pat used it on a 1.6 before he was FF so he's mostly likely the man to ask.

[franklinn]

Been browsing through and does anyone use this on a 1.6X? to Give a normal sort of focal length?

I got my 35L when I only had my 40D. Absolutely loved the focal length. It was my one and only lens for while actually. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to to adjust to using it on a FF now... but I certainly am embracing the change ;)

[x2x3x4x5x]

Ditto to what Franklinn said.

It's not difficult to use, but the initial transition from 1.6x to FF was.

[Blue S2]

My LensALign arrived last night. My 35L was the first lens I tested. I always felt the focus was slightly off.

I needed a +8 Backwards Microfocus correction to fix how much it was front focusing! All better now!

Now my copy gives me results as intended!

[tupper]

I got my 35L when I only had my 40D. Absolutely loved the focal length. It was my one and only lens for while actually. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to to adjust to using it on a FF now... but I certainly am embracing the change ;)

Ditto to what Franklinn said.

It's not difficult to use, but the initial transition from 1.6x to FF was.

Thanks guys, number one on my list now!

[cedm]

I got my 35L when I only had my 40D. Absolutely loved the focal length. It was my one and only lens for while actually. In fact, I'm finding it difficult to to adjust to using it on a FF now... but I certainly am embracing the change ;)

Ditto to what Franklinn said.

It's not difficult to use, but the initial transition from 1.6x to FF was.

Do you guys have some sample pictures taken with this lens on your crop body? Preferably at f1.4. I wanna see how the depth of field and out of focus area is like.

All the shots here are awesome but all taken with full frame. Is this lens as amazing on non-full frame bodies?

Thx!

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1.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2zf8n44.jpg
2.
http://i43.tinypic.com/2h6hzt0.jpg
3.
http://i44.tinypic.com/4hcoqs.jpg
4.
http://i41.tinypic.com/nn8bx0.jpg
5.
http://i41.tinypic.com/28m4r4.jpg
6.
http://i44.tinypic.com/10cltg6.jpg

[wallybud]

Nice Pat, those are all with a 40D right?

Went out to try and shoot today...It was like 0 degrees this morning! I ended up shooting video all day haha. But came away with a fair amount of stills. A couple from the 35L

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/CornStalkSunBurst-2_POTN.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/CornStalkSunBurst-3_POTN.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/CornStalkSunBurst_POTN.jpg

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Those are nice, but no, 5d2. I did crop a little.

[wallybud]

Have I mistaken the 5DII for the 40D...what can I say? Both amazing machines ;)

Pat, when this field popped up from the treeline I was immediately inspired by you (and glad to have found your secret spot;) jk lol)

I came away with one that I liked

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/PatsField.jpg

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The 40D was great at anything below iso 1600, 1600 and up I wasn't too happy. Otherwise amazing camera.

Fields are the best. NJ's little secret. ;)

[Jman13]

I just have to say how much I love my 35L. It is really just such and amazing lens, and I absolutely LOVE the focal length on my 1DII.

I'm not kidding when I say that if I had to choose between my 35L and my 85L, the 85 would be gone before you finished the question...that's how much I love the 35L. (And I really, really, really like my 85L).

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I'm not a big 85mm fan either. I have the 1.8, not the L, but it just seems too long and impersonal.

[TaDa]

I'd go 35L over 85L as well, but that's purely based on focal length preference. I find 85 to be a niche length. That being said, the 85L is one of the most amazing pieces of glass that I've ever shot with. Ridiculously sharp and amazing colors and contrast

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http://i40.tinypic.com/mrwrcx.jpg
lol...

[wallybud]

Haha Pat! I have a plethora of images like that taking up space on my external :lol::lol:

A couple more from today

Starting with my fav of the day

1.
http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/SpiralLeaf.jpg

2.
http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/DeadWeed-POTN.jpg

3.
http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/CornStalk-Lineup_POTN.jpg

Sorry, I am obsessed with this pp right now =/

[Jman13]

I'm not a big 85mm fan either. I have the 1.8, not the L, but it just seems too long and impersonal.

Oh...don't get me wrong...I absolutely love my 85L. I use it nearly as much as my 35L. It's just that with the 85 f/1.8 and 100 f/2 being so exceptional as well, it's not much of a loss to go to one of those from the 85L. However, the dropoff from the 35L to the 35 f/2 or 28 f/1.8 is huge.

[TeeTee]

Haha Pat! I have a plethora of images like that taking up space on my external :lol::lol:

A couple more from today

Starting with my fav of the day


xxx


Sorry, I am obsessed with this pp right now =/



For good reason. Care to share the secret on your PP? I'm still hooked on Pat's suggestion of Stellar presets and then playing around with the saturation and adding some grain.

This thread is no good with the recent lens price hikes :(

[TaDa]

In case anyone is looking for one, B&H has one rated as a 9 in their used department for $999.

[adam*]

In case anyone is looking for one, B&H has one rated as a 9 in their used department for $999.

Shame it's on that side of the pond, still can't find one here!

[tupper]

Sorry, I am obsessed with this pp right now =/



Wow, I love the PP you are doing! bw!

[wallybud]

Sure TeeTee, team player here ;)

I for some reason can't get a screen shot of everything on my screen (kind of defeats the purpose but w.e)

Here, there is a regular curves adjustment but this is the setting for one of the shots from above

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/_MG_9606.jpg

Thanks Tupper !! :)

[KAS]

Shame it's on that side of the pond, still can't find one here!


Or this side of the river....

[echo]

http://recordproduction.smugmug.com/photos/485679016_TXiuE-XL.jpg
f/2.5

[wallybud]

Echo, LOVE the red cons with the red wall. Awesome image all around ;)

How could it not be with a handlebar like that?!

[airfrogusmc]

I love the big JBLs (blue) in the backgroung...

[wallybud]

...and matching his blue hoodie ;)

[echo]

Thanks guys :)

That was a funny shoot. I was getting loads of what I thought were really good shots, willing (unusual) subject and good all round vibe. I've sweated all day processing the pictures to get what I 'saw' and know are there but think it's simply down to the fabric of the studio being too close to skin tone.

Anyway, that studio is Rockfield Studios in Wales. It's been running 45 years and zillions of hits have been recorded there, eg, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.... JBL's are pretty rare to find in a studio these days :)

[echo]

If you're really bored or a studio geek, here's the gallery: http://RecordProduction.smugmug.com/gallery/7520163_XJfdX

:)

[airfrogusmc]

Thanks guys :)

That was a funny shoot. I was getting loads of what I thought were really good shots, willing (unusual) subject and good all round vibe. I've sweated all day processing the pictures to get what I 'saw' and know are there but think it's simply down to the fabric of the studio being too close to skin tone.

Anyway, that studio is Rockfield Studios in Wales. It's been running 45 years and zillions of hits have been recorded there, eg, Queen's Bohemian Rhapsody.... JBL's are pretty rare to find in a studio these days :)

To bad because those are/were incredible loud speakers. I had a pair of JBL L220s and a pair of L65s years ago. The 220s weighed 110 lbs a piece. The dynamic range and clarity were just amazing.

[echo]

To bad because those are/were incredible loud speakers. I had a pair of JBL L220s and a pair of L65s years ago. The 220s weighed 110 lbs a piece. The dynamic range and clarity were just amazing.

I can't remember the last time that I saw any, that's in LA, NY or London studios. They'll probably come back on a 'vintage' bandwagon some day ;)

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This guy reminded me a little bit of Jack Johnson, he sounds like him, too.
http://i43.tinypic.com/34pnxhz.jpg
http://i41.tinypic.com/2i6fjuo.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/eilb3o.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2wn5i6b.jpg
http://i44.tinypic.com/33xk4t5.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/2cxakoy.jpg
http://i42.tinypic.com/68dj89.jpg

Edited like 200 of these and got them to him in under a day. *pats on back*

Time to sleep, finally. :)

[franklinn]

For good reason. Care to share the secret on your PP?

+1. Help us out wally :)

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http://i43.tinypic.com/314e0s8.jpg
http://i39.tinypic.com/2wf2qt3.jpg

...ok I'm done.

[echo]

This guy reminded me a little bit of Jack Johnson, he sounds like him, too.


<tries to stop himself posting pics of Jack Johnston's recording studio....>

Very good work :D

[wallybud]

Amazing shots pat, one day huh!? Give yourself a pat for me, eh pat..lol

IS that jack johnson??!:lol:

Franklinn here ya go...usually it ends up being one layer of curves mixed in the the normal other layers of curves:rolleyes: lol. Sometimes a layer of solid color in there but none this time

Heres my palette
http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/_MG_9606.jpg

and three more from yesterday
http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/SpiralLeaf.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/CornStalk-Lineup_POTN.jpg

http://i550.photobucket.com/albums/ii411/Lodzinskiw/Stripes_POTN.jpg

[dervish]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3620/3340985756_c4e5a01d4c_o.jpg

[71sbeetle]

yay ! finally got a 35mm f/1.4L on the way !!!

[DL.Photography]

yay ! finally got a 35mm f/1.4L on the way !!!

From where!? I've been trying to find one!

[71sbeetle]

Calumet :)

[p360]

Calumet :)


That's where I got mine last Fall after looking everywhere else.

[MinhThien]

From where!? I've been trying to find one!
Dan at BH got them Refurbish!

[71sbeetle]

Adorama also has refurb ones right now

[phamster]

here is one i like from recent post..

http://i39.tinypic.com/6yds1j.jpg


from a senior shoot, @ 3200 iso

http://i42.tinypic.com/xdj4p.jpg

phamster

[DL.Photography]

Calumet :)

I want a brand new one =O And Calumet charges 1199!!! damnit, so expensive. Is yours a UX date code?

Dan at BH got them Refurbish!

Damn Eric, you finally picked up the 85L, and went w/ the 5D2 instead of your 1DMKIII huh? What made you change your mind? Now you got the holy trinity...I hate you (jk):lol:

[71sbeetle]

I want a brand new one =O

hmm, as far as I know it IS brand new, at least it better be at that price !!!

[adam*]

Guys.. it looks like i've finally got hold of one. Watch this space!

[form]

I'm in the market for a 35L right now. I haven't been able to find any; the used forums don't show any, the online resellers are out of stock, and when one comes online used it's going for about 95% of its new price, which to me is completely unacceptable.

[71sbeetle]

well, I bought mine from www.calumetphoto.com (http://www.calumetphoto.com) and AFAIK it's brand new (please let me know if I am wrong), also Adorama has Canon refurbished ones (refurbished by Canon technicians) for a little less, Amazon has a seller that has a brand new one for over $3000 lol ....

[71sbeetle]

http://www.calumetphoto.com/item/CA40435
Use the "TENDISC" coupon at checkout and get $10 off shipping price.