Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM (Thread 3)

Magnus3D wrote in post #18243376
Here's a few dog photos from a dog show i shot recently. Some of these puppies were real posers, such as that white fluffy furball.

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Wow, I thought they were stuffed animals.

Snow Day!

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Pondering if swapping my 70-200 f4 for this magnificent lens

cubatahavana wrote in post #18247502
Pondering if swapping my 70-200 f4 for this magnificent lens

very different lenses for very different purposes...if it fits with your style and the work you do...best tool for the job is the right tool.

cubatahavana wrote in post #18247502
Pondering if swapping my 70-200 f4 for this magnificent lens

I own both. I don't see any overlap at all in them.

Bassat wrote in post #18247518
I own both. I don't see any overlap at all in them.

But then, you are possibly the worst photographer on Earth...

Bassat wrote in post #18247518
I own both. I don't see any overlap at all in them.

I've owned both, and sold both, and I 100% agree - zero overlap how I actually used them.

- The 135L was shot at F2 or F2.8 for portraits and also used as an indoor sports lens - always shot at F2.
- The 70-200F4 was used at F4 to F8 on my 5DSR for tack sharp portraits with OCF

As I also owned the 70-200F2.8 II, I didn't get enough use from the F4 version, so I basically traded it in for the Sigma 24-105 F4 that I use for the 5DSR with Flash for Portraits. I also didn't use the 135L enough, just not quite my FL, and I just could not get it to work with the 5DSR unless I used a 1/640-1/1000 SS so I swapped it for the Tamron 85 1.8 VC because of the VC.

If the the rumored 135L II IS, indeed comes with IS, then I think you could almost argue there is some overlap - but in that case, I think the overlap will be with the 70-200 F2.8 I IS - not the F4 version.

cubatahavana wrote in post #18247549
But then, you are possibly the worst photographer on Earth...

It only says 'the planet'. You make the assumption that the reference is to Earth. Are you sure about that?

Canon could conceivably make a 135 IS II. Don't they have to make the 135 IS first? (I hope they don't.)

wallstreetoneil wrote in post #18247569
I've owned both, and sold both, and I 100% agree - zero overlap how I actually used them.

- The 135L was shot at F2 or F2.8 for portraits and also used as an indoor sports lens - always shot at F2.
- The 70-200F4 was used at F4 to F8 on my 5DSR for tack sharp portraits with OCF

As I also owned the 70-200F2.8 II, I didn't get enough use from the F4 version, so I basically traded it in for the Sigma 24-105 F4 that I use for the 5DSR with Flash for Portraits. I also didn't use the 135L enough, just not quite my FL, and I just could not get it to work with the 5DSR unless I used a 1/640-1/1000 SS so I swapped it for the Tamron 85 1.8 VC because of the VC.

If the the rumored 135L II IS, indeed comes with IS, then I think you could almost argue there is some overlap - but in that case, I think the overlap will be with the 70-200 F2.8 I IS - not the F4 version.

You couldn't just use your 135L at f4 to f8 to take tack sharp portraits with OCF?

What do I know; I do difficult lit church photography and portrait type work; I have a 135, the 70-200f4 and an 85 1.8, and think I should toss all 3 and go Tamron 70-200 2.8 VC and Sigma's new 85 ART. Love my 135 but I think I'd love the 85 ART more, could do indoor shooting more effectively, and with a 70-200 2.8 believe I could get by very well without my 135 for everything else.

shutterpat wrote in post #17618471
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.

1DMKII + EF 135 f2L + 1.4xII 1/5000 f5.6 ISO200 189mm

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That looks like a drone over the waves. Love the shot, you can feel the power in that wave and the loud crash.