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Portraits using 24-70 II at 35mm f2.8 please.

 
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Jan 30, 2013 17:52 |  #1

So I would like to see some portraits or any interesting images really from a 24-70 mark2 at 35mm f2.8...why?

Well I might sell my 50L and buy a 35l but I could also buy a 24-70 II if I also sold my 24-105.

Lots of amazing images on here with the 35L but seeing a comparison with Canons latest standard zoom might help me make up my mind, I know the bokey will be sweeter with the prime but the zoom has more usability and could replace 2 lenses.
Thanks for any input:D


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Jan 30, 2013 17:59 |  #2

I don't do portraits, but I do have plenty of 35L experience.

The 24-70 II is sharper, for sure. I think the IQ is superior on the zoom. Not sure that helps you out though!


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Jan 30, 2013 18:17 |  #3

murkeywaters wrote in post #15553734 (external link)
So I would like to see some portraits or any interesting images really from a 24-70 mark2 at 35mm f2.8...why?

Well I might sell my 50L and buy a 35l but I could also buy a 24-70 II if I also sold my 24-105.

Lots of amazing images on here with the 35L but seeing a comparison with Canons latest standard zoom might help me make up my mind, I know the bokey will be sweeter with the prime but the zoom has more usability and could replace 2 lenses.
Thanks for any input:D

Being a zoom...I don't have anything right at 35mm (have lots at 24 and 70 though!)

Don't use this lens nearly as much as I should, but I did use it almost exclusively on a recent disney trip. It's a damn good lens, and I really should make a point to utilize it more. It's sharper than my 85L and 50L by a pretty wide margin

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50mm f2.8

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41mm f2.8

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39mm f2.8

The 24-70MK II has a very pleasing bokeh and is fast enough to blur the background nicely, but you don't get as much subject isolation as the primes wide open. There's a place for both the primes and the 24-70 2.8II (and 70-200 2.8II) for portraits, IMO. They each have distinct looks to them.

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Jan 31, 2013 05:07 |  #4

Go on sell the 24-105 and get that "bag of primes" (24-70L II). I don't think you will regret it. Hold on to the 50L for the time being. Personally it has different rendition to the stellar 35L. If you are in doubt then rent the 35 first.

My 24L II is gone and I don't miss it at all.


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