Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM

drPheta wrote in post #7661662
Pat, cool vid. Two questions:

1. Did you purposefully cut off the forehead in a lot of the shots?

2. Where did you do most of the shooting? I recognized possibly Seaside Heights in there somewhere?

... plus I want some White Castle now! Is that the one near RU? (ok that was 3 questions)

1. Yep!
2. Yep!
3. RU?

And Wally that looks fantastic. Pretty girl, too.

Pat, Awesome footage.

RU = Rutgers Univ... I miss dirty Jers.

Thanks man.

Ah yeah, I figured. I'm actually in Toms River, so we ended up filmed in/around my area.

^Man o man, I need this lens. I feel like she's about to jump out of my monitor.

i_am_hydrogen wrote in post #7663477
^Man o man, I need this lens. I feel like she's about to jump out of my monitor.

Its not the lens! Its the Photographer!

I used my 35L last night for the first time, but it seemed to not be the lens I needed for what I was doing, and so I will have to try again tonight. Just about everything I did with the 35L could've been done as good or better with a standard zoom - which I finally brought out halfway into the shoot solely because I could zoom in and out, and the environment didn't call for narrow DoF or f/1.4 anyway. A somewhat disappointing first try in the field, but the 85L saw almost no use either so it may not have been the lens' fault. Just the wrong environment for a prime and the right one for a zoom.

I think I'm so used to getting that range with a zoom that I'm really not used to working with a wide prime. I've never had a wide prime before in my life, so it feels really awkward to use. That's probably why it seemed like the zoom was better for the occasion. Gotta force myself more.

Awesome work there, Walt.

form wrote in post #7665521
I used my 35L last night for the first time, but it seemed to not be the lens I needed for what I was doing, and so I will have to try again tonight. Just about everything I did with the 35L could've been done as good or better with a standard zoom - which I finally brought out halfway into the shoot solely because I could zoom in and out, and the environment didn't call for narrow DoF or f/1.4 anyway. A somewhat disappointing first try in the field, but the 85L saw almost no use either so it may not have been the lens' fault. Just the wrong environment for a prime and the right one for a zoom.

I think I'm so used to getting that range with a zoom that I'm really not used to working with a wide prime. I've never had a wide prime before in my life, so it feels really awkward to use. That's probably why it seemed like the zoom was better for the occasion. Gotta force myself more.

i was in the same boat.. when i got the 35L i wasn't loving it.. for the same reasons you mention above..

i got the 35L and in my mind the 85L combo for wedding applications, but i haven't bought the 85L yet.. instead i got the 5DMKII, so now.. my combo is 24-70 with the 5DMKII and the 35L on the 5D classic..

those two combos right now works best for me.. but when i do the wedding. 80% of my work comes from the 24-70..

when there is time to use the 35L then i use it.. so. it is the matter of me learning what is usable with the 35L and using it more.. i am still not fully comfortable using it.. i worry about the distorted noses for portrait use.. but now i just take the shots anyway..

i have a engagment session today.. so i will force myself to use the 35L today..

post them up later.

phamster

From this morning

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form wrote in post #7665521
I used my 35L last night for the first time, but it seemed to not be the lens I needed for what I was doing, and so I will have to try again tonight. Just about everything I did with the 35L could've been done as good or better with a standard zoom - which I finally brought out halfway into the shoot solely because I could zoom in and out, and the environment didn't call for narrow DoF or f/1.4 anyway. A somewhat disappointing first try in the field, but the 85L saw almost no use either so it may not have been the lens' fault. Just the wrong environment for a prime and the right one for a zoom.

I think I'm so used to getting that range with a zoom that I'm really not used to working with a wide prime. I've never had a wide prime before in my life, so it feels really awkward to use. That's probably why it seemed like the zoom was better for the occasion. Gotta force myself more.

After shooting the 35L, I found myself weaseling into places, comfort zones, and physical locations I haven't usually shot from.

Part of using only primes comes from the ability to "see" the fl like it's second nature to you. That comes with time. I'm starting to see the world in my 35L's perspective and I've been instantly running to where I need to be in order to get the shot in my head.

x2x3x4x5x wrote in post #7666087
After shooting the 35L, I found myself weaseling into places, comfort zones, and physical locations I haven't usually shot from.

Part of using only primes comes from the ability to "see" the fl like it's second nature to you. That comes with time. I'm starting to see the world in my 35L's perspective and I've been instantly running to where I need to be in order to get the shot in my head.

Perfectly said....

x2x3x4x5x wrote in post #7659859
Music video I shot and directed, mostly with the 35L (some 85 1.8, too).

http://vimeo.com/39877​87

pretty awesome! i keep thinking about buying the 5DII for the video alone...

wallybud wrote in post #7661815
Had my first official meet and greet of the band and solo artist Ill be shooting next week. brought my crap with me anyway to test out a few things. In a dark basement. This is the solo artist, the first shot I finished processing. My first go at skin/closeups/and all that junk. Im sure there are a million things wrong with this but live and learn

Honest feedback would be awesome..

An absolutely cracking shot and PP.

TheGreatDivorce wrote in post #7667633
pretty awesome! i keep thinking about buying the 5DII for the video alone...

thanks man, and yeah, the video is great. i only wish it was 24p instead of 30p.