Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM, Continued

Haven't gotten to shoot with this badboy much - here's one of my brothers cat

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Definitely look like a young De Niro

I love my 35mm f/1.4L, amazing walk around lens.

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I just got this great lens yesterday! Would love to shoot with it but my 5DII is at Canon for repair. I'm sad.

I have been going back and forth (and back and forth and back and forth) on whether or not I needed 24-70 or I could make do with the 35L. It finally clicked and I am going with the 35L. Zoom is useful, but honestly comparing hundreds and hundreds of sample shots from the lens sample threads between the 2 lenses was all it took. So many photos from this thread make me say 'ooh nice' and so few from the 24-70 thread did NOT. That isn't to say the 24-70 isn't a great lens and can't make some amazing captures, because it can -- I just think I want to define my style by shooting with the 35L primarily to complement my 135L.

In closing, I just wanted to thank all of you who contributed to this thread to help me make up my mind -- as I am usually a very indecisive person (I'm working on that!). I will be ordering this lens tonight and hopefully should have it next week along with my 135L that I already ordered.

fotojennik wrote in post #14265763
I have been going back and forth (and back and forth and back and forth) on whether or not I needed 24-70 or I could make do with the 35L. It finally clicked and I am going with the 35L. Zoom is useful, but honestly comparing hundreds and hundreds of sample shots from the lens sample threads between the 2 lenses was all it took. So many photos from this thread make me say 'ooh nice' and so few from the 24-70 thread did NOT. That isn't to say the 24-70 isn't a great lens and can't make some amazing captures, because it can -- I just think I want to define my style by shooting with the 35L primarily to complement my 135L.

In closing, I just wanted to thank all of you who contributed to this thread to help me make up my mind -- as I am usually a very indecisive person (I'm working on that!). I will be ordering this lens tonight and hopefully should have it next week along with my 135L that I already ordered.

I come from the 24-70L & 70-200L combination to a 35L 85 1.8 135L combination ( and my little 17-40 ) And the best thing I ever did was getting rid of the 24-70 by replacing him with a 35L. You won't regret it. Zoom versatility is great, but the 35L is even greater

couple of family snaps - lizzy and baby in Great Yarmouth beach, and Thomas not sleeping, but looking sinister

I was eyeing the Zeiss 35/1.4 but the Canon is about $200 cheaper now (local stores) and not sure if I should even look at the Zeiss 35/2. I feel in lower light f/2 would force me to use higher ISO than I would like.

Anyways lots of amazing shots in this thread!

Clignoteur wrote in post #14265814
I come from the 24-70L & 70-200L combination to a 35L 85 1.8 135L combination ( and my little 17-40 ) And the best thing I ever did was getting rid of the 24-70 by replacing him with a 35L. You won't regret it. Zoom versatility is great, but the 35L is even greater

Awesome. This makes me feel even better about my decision. In the future I do have plans to maybe add the 17-40 for really wide group shots and other UWA shots.

I have a 50/1.8 that I'm thinking of getting rid of soon, just not sure if I want to replace it with the 85/1.8 or 50/1.4 although I feel the 50 is too close to 35 and that the 85 would fill the gap perfectly.

The only zoom I've ever owned was the kit 18-55 lens, and I haven't gone back since buying my 35L, it's my only lens with AF and it's amazing. Dropped it last week though, off to repairs