I have the 100 L and just picked up a used 135 L 2 nights ago. It's winter here so I won't use it very much till spring but just shooting around the house I can see the bokeh is stunning and can't wait to try some candids outdoors.
id10t Senior Member 269 posts Likes: 45 Joined Mar 2012 Location: Boston area More info | Dec 30, 2012 19:35 | #16 I have the 100 L and just picked up a used 135 L 2 nights ago. It's winter here so I won't use it very much till spring but just shooting around the house I can see the bokeh is stunning and can't wait to try some candids outdoors. 6D/ 24-105 f4 IS/ 85 f1.8/ 70-300L IS
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jimewall Goldmember 1,871 posts Likes: 11 Joined May 2008 Location: Cleveland, Ohio More info | I use my 100L more, but I'm not getting rid of my 135L yet. It does things the 100L can't. But the same can be said of the 100L, it does things the 135L can't do. If I were to have only one of these it would be the 100L, because I like macro. Thanks for Reading & Good Luck - Jim
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sgtbueno Senior Member  807 posts Likes: 5 Joined May 2012 Location: Richmond, VA More info | Dec 30, 2012 20:32 | #18 I am about to buy the 100L, it is a great lens and love the macro, but keeping my 135L Wedding Photography by Felix Bueno Photography
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Have both, would hate to part with either. Despite being close in aperture and FL, they are quite different lenses IMO. Edward Jenner
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Jan 02, 2013 14:51 | #20 ejenner wrote in post #15429777  Have both, would hate to part with either. Despite being close in aperture and FL, they are quite different lenses IMO. Are they really that different? Website
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jimewall Goldmember 1,871 posts Likes: 11 Joined May 2008 Location: Cleveland, Ohio More info | They are to me. They amy or may not be to you. One way to know is to try out. If you know someone with one, or rent it for the day. You could also purchase the 135L and compare. If they are too close for you, sell the one you would use the least. Thanks for Reading & Good Luck - Jim
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nightcat Goldmember 4,522 posts Likes: 24 Joined Aug 2008 More info | Jan 02, 2013 20:26 | #22 I own the 100mm 2.8 L, the 135mm f2 and the 200mm 2.8. I love them all and they're all used for different applications.
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nccb Senior Member 425 posts Joined Aug 2011 More info | Jan 02, 2013 20:40 | #23 DreDaze wrote in post #15423971 200f2.8L's are pretty cheap nowadays... Agreed. Please buy mine here on POTN sell thread... 5D3 | 24-105mm L | 85mm 1.8
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AlanU Cream of the Crop More info | Jan 03, 2013 09:58 | #24 For portrait application the 100L and 70-200f/2.8IS mk2 (set to 100mm) is hard to tell between the two. The colour saturation is beautiful between the two lenses. This is one reason I bite my tongue and grab the white lens. 5Dmkiv |5Dmkiii | 24LmkII | 85 mkII L | | 16-35L mkII | 24-70 f/2.8L mkii| 70-200 f/2.8 ISL mkII| 600EX-RT x2 | 580 EX II x2 | Einstein's
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Jan 04, 2013 21:05 | #25 Tommydigi wrote in post #15435838 Are they really that different? More different than a 70-200 f4 IS and f2.8. Funny how everyone thinks that f4 and f2.8 are sooo different with the 2.8 so much faster, but 2.8 to 2.0 is 'not that much different', even when combined with a 35% increase in FL. Edward Jenner
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amfoto1 Cream of the Crop 10,251 posts Likes: 84 Joined Aug 2007 Location: San Jose, California More info | Jan 04, 2013 21:42 | #26 Love the 135/2.... I usually don't use it on a crop camera, but it worked out well this morning:  I love the 100/2.8 USM macro (non-IS/L) too, but for different purposes...  To me, the 135mm's images are somehow more "artistic" feeling. The 100mm's feel more "clinical/scientific". Maybe it's because the 135mm renders such nice background blur at the appropriate distances that I like to use the 135mm for portraits, especially on full frame. The 100mm doesn't "wow" me the same way for portrait shots, but is superb for little critters and such. At high magnifications, the macro lens' background blur is lovely. Most of the time I use the 135mm at larger apertures, sometimes wide open... I tend to use the 100mm stopped down a lot more. I've used 135/2 with Canon EF 1.4X II a few times and it's fine. Mostly just some test shots (since I use 70-200 instead, when I need 180-200mm), I don't have any sample images online to show, unfortunately. I would expect the 200/2.8 to be a bit sharper and more contrasty, but the 135+TC images seemed quite usable to me. Alan Myers
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Earwax69 Goldmember  1,044 posts Likes: 4 Joined Jul 2012 More info | Jan 04, 2013 21:45 | #27 Would a 135L on crop be sharper than using a TC? I think so... but you get worst ISO noise. Canon 6D | S35mm f1.4 | 135mm f2 The rest: T3i, 20D, 15mm f2.8, 15-85mm, 24mm f2.8, 50mm f1.8, 85mm f1.8, 90mm f2.8 macro, 55-250mm.
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jimewall Goldmember 1,871 posts Likes: 11 Joined May 2008 Location: Cleveland, Ohio More info | Jan 04, 2013 21:59 | #28 ejenner wrote in post #15446204 More different than a 70-200 f4 IS and f2.8. Funny how everyone thinks that f4 and f2.8 are sooo different with the 2.8 so much faster, but 2.8 to 2.0 is 'not that much different', even when combined with a 35% increase in FL. Honestly I often have both these lenses in my bag at the same time. But of course it depends on your application and what you shoot. As always YMMV. The macro is a decent enough portrait lens for sure. I guess I also went the other way - got the 135L first, then wanted something for macro. I think I'm agreeing with you in that I don't feel that way! Thanks for Reading & Good Luck - Jim
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gacon1 Senior Member  634 posts Likes: 4 Joined Mar 2006 More info | Jan 05, 2013 02:01 | #29 Yes!
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Jan 05, 2013 02:20 | #30 To me; the 135L seems like a bother but every time seeing the images it brings to mind that old saying that 9 women can't make a baby in a month. Likewise; 2000 good images don't make one great one. Somehow; the 135L makes the great ones way more often than any other L I've had the pleasure of using.
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