50L or 135L

If you have a full frame body and you are only to choose between this two lenses, which one would you pick?

I know they're two very different FL but as i said if you're only to choose one of them, which one would you choose?

Thanks.

Depends on what you shoot. If you're doing portraits, 135L hands down. The 50mm FL to me is meh, its too short in a lot of situations and too long in a lot also. But if you're not shooting portraits I don't see that much a reason to get the 135L over the 50L.

i shoot 75% portraits. then i'll go with the 135?

then i'll keep my 135 and keep the pancake for the short needs.

You already have the 135L in your signature. Or are you planning on grabbing that instead of the 50L already?

i'm planning to sell all and keep just one lens. but since 135 is too long indoor, i will keep the pancake as well just in case.

I rather keep the 24-105 and 135L and sell the rest.

this is the best option actually. F4 is not an issue indoor anyway if you have lightings.

thanks mate.

vinmunoz wrote in post #15734912
this is the best option actually. F4 is not an issue indoor anyway if you have lightings.

thanks mate.

:thumbup:

My 50L gets more use than the 135L, so I would keep the former. The focal length works more for what I shoot with a prime lens. Pick the focal length you need for the type of shooting you do.

Scott M wrote in post #15735269
My 50L gets more use than the 135L, so I would keep the former. The focal length works more for what I shoot with a prime lens. Pick the focal length you need for the type of shooting you do.

This is the same reason I no longer have a 135L. Its an amazing lens, but I use the 50mm focal length more.

OP, keep which focal length you use more.

Looked at your website. Looks like primarily indoor portraits with strobes. Are you using 5d mK3, 1ds III, 1d III?
in any case, two primes is too limiting for professional work and studio portraits. whats the point of that?
far and away the lens of choice for studio portrait shooters, at least the most economical, would be the 70-200 f4L lens. it covers from head shot to full body shots. If you want to have the shallow dof look (which is not there in the flash presentation on the website) you can augemnt it with a fast prime. I would pick the 50 b/c of its vesatility.
However, if you want to shoot all the things you say you shoot, the 24-105 and a fast primes is your best choice. Its perfectly fine for shooting studio portraits, and is a good range for lanscape and real satate also. and you can have you fast midrange prime, like the 50 for shallow dof/ low light.

one lens ?
i will choose the 35L 1.4
not the 135L or the 50L

Scott and Jacosta Thanks.

Kevindar... I no longer want to pursue the business side of photography that's why I'm planning to get rid of all other lens but 1.

Moltengold.... I'm thinking I may get some friends request of a portrait and for that I thought at least the 50 FL has less distortion than the 50L, am i wrong?

I'm happy to have 50L and no 135L.
But I have 100L as well

24-105