Canon EF 35mm f/2

Hi all! i'm new to these forums, but i found a lot of useful stuff over here.. Photography is just my hobby, i'm not earning any money with it yet, so my equipment list is quite basic right now. I currently own this lens and here is what i can say about it. Having spent some substantial amount of $$$ for moving to a full frame body - yes it was my long time dream , i couldn't afford buying several lens just from start. I had to buy one lens to suit me for various types of occasions, and canon ef 35mm is just what i wanted. It's great focal length on a full frame, good for portraits and wide enough even for landscapes. The lens is sharp straight from f2. It does miss focus sometimes, but not as often as 50mm 1.8 II that i had on my previous body - canon 40d. Sure the IQ or build quality is not L grade. And maybe the contrast could have been better. I don't care on the buzzy AF being not USM too much though, however some ppl may not like it. This lens is old classic canon design and it does have it's own style. The colors and bokeh rendered by this lens look very much film-like on a full frame, so i assume it could be very useful for vintage or retro b/w photography.
I have this lens for only 2 month, and still getting used to it.. but here are some samples i can show you.

Below are some regular every-day images of my 9 month old son and my wife These are not from any kinds of photosessions..

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h0nda wrote in post #12425772

You have a very interestingly cool weird but good style of PP. I'll be honest, it's not me, and there is no way I'm able to pull it off, but it's executed well, and it always works for you! I love it, and at some point I wish I can pull it off lol.

I just wish it would stop raining here in Cali so I can finally use this lens! >.< It is on the Mark II but no chance to use it

PMCphotography wrote in post #12407405
^^ That pic is awesome

thanks! a few more:

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3 horizontal shots panorama. As you can see, 35mm on a fullframe is wide enough.

First outing with this lens.

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Just how bad is the autofocus with this lens ? Similar to kit or 50 1.4?

Tommydigi wrote in post #12454392
Just how bad is the autofocus with this lens ? Similar to kit or 50 1.4?

Autofocus is quite usable on this lens i'd say.. i previously had a 50mm 1.8 and i hated it for it's inconsistency.. eventually i had to loose more than 50% of my images due to them being out of focus. This lens is much more consistent and gives me about 70-80% keeper rate.. which is quite good for it's class and price. However, Canon should consider to update it with USM drive.. otherwise - it's a great lens.

I have both ... (imho) the 35 is louder but a bit more accurate than the 50 1.4. Both not comparable to ring usm

The focus is the killer for me, I had the 50 1.4 but I hated the auto focus but I need something small and a small 35 would be perfect. I like the 28 1.8 but I would prefer 24 or 35.