Canon EF 35mm f/1.4 L USM

I´m thinking of sending mine off to Canon for calibration. Does anybody know how much that might cost me?
Because if its more that 150$ I wont send it.

Can anybody help or give an opinion?
Thanks.

sunking39 wrote in post #9807307
I´m thinking of sending mine off to Canon for calibration. Does anybody know how much that might cost me?
Because if its more that 150$ I wont send it.

Can anybody help or give an opinion?
Thanks.

Can I ask why? Lately I've been feeling weird about my 35L. Close distances it performs magically but when subjects are farther, it seems to miss focus. Makes me kind of sad.

sunking39 wrote in post #9807307
I´m thinking of sending mine off to Canon for calibration. Does anybody know how much that might cost me? Because if its more that 150$ I wont send it. Can anybody help or give an opinion?
Thanks.

What seems to be the problem? You can actually call them to get an estimate depending upon what the issue is. The difficult part would be if they find other problems and increase the price to have it fixed. However, they usually will contact you (email/phone) to move forward with repair. But let's get back to square one...

What's the problem you're having with the 35L?

- airbutchie

PS. Fantastic natural capture on the ladies expression, Darren... Love the B/W conversion, too... Gives it that timeless look and feel... Good stuff!!!

^^
Well, I´ve had it for over a year (so its already out of guarantee, I should have thought of this before). And it worked fine but I never thought it was great. Im not pixel peeper (at least I did not use to be) and I think that´s why I let it pass. But I always felt this nagging feeling in the back of my mind. Until last week, when I was shooting at a party with this and a Sigma 10 – 22mm 3.5-5.6. I compared the pics and the sigma looked sharper (alarm bells). I then did some tests using this one and my 24 -105. And the zoom came out on top at all apertures at 24mm.

It´s not a back or front focusing issue. The problem is it just looks soft. At 1.4 it´s bad, at 1.6, it improves a lot but still not great.

It might be possible to live with it but I want the supreme level of awesomeness I know this lens is capable of.

Now, I want to test it a bit more, trying manual focus and better natural light. The problem might have something to do with the bad lighting in the rooms where I tested it. Or maybe it needs to go on a FF sensor (I don’t own one). But it shouldn´t be that. Or maybe it´s just me.

Would you guys like to see samples and tell me what you think? That would be very helpful.
If yes, what type of settings would you like to see on the samples?

sunking39 wrote in post #9807767
Would you guys like to see samples and tell me what you think? That would be very helpful.
If yes, what type of settings would you like to see on the samples?

I would like to see some samples. I just purchased a 35L and it should be on its way to me at the end of the week. So yes I am interested.

Samples would be appreciated, sunking...

- airbutchie

Hi anybody from the UK purchased the 35mm recently?

I have had one on order with Jessops since 20 Feb and now been told that there won't be any in the country until mid April at the earliest more likely early May?!

I have checked other suppliers and they all seem to be saying the same thing, is this lens really that difficult to get hold of?

I am thinking of cancelling the order and picking up the 24-70mm f2.8 but seeing some of the samples on this thread and being spoilt by my 135mm f2 I think patients might be the key!

sunking39 wrote in post #9807767
It might be possible to live with it but I want the supreme level of awesomeness I know this lens is capable of.

Possible to live with, yes. But you shouldn't because you're paying a premium for this glass to work across the board.

Mine, as well as many others on the board, can attest to the lens being quite superb at f/1.4

bolt1977 wrote in post #9809257
Hi anybody from the UK purchased the 35mm recently?

I have had one on order with Jessops since 20 Feb and now been told that there won't be any in the country until mid April at the earliest more likely early May?!

I have checked other suppliers and they all seem to be saying the same thing, is this lens really that difficult to get hold of?

I am thinking of cancelling the order and picking up the 24-70mm f2.8 but seeing some of the samples on this thread and being spoilt by my 135mm f2 I think patients might be the key!

I've been looking for one and can't find anything either - weird! I'd get a 24L over the brick...

.mark. wrote in post #9810009
I've been looking for one and can't find anything either - weird! I'd get a 24L over the brick...

yeah I looked at the 24L but was worried it might be a bit wide, i like the idea of the 35L because it feels more "normal" and as I sold the 24-105L to help fund the potential new purchase the 35L seemed to make more sense.

Just have to play the waiting game I guess.

sunking39 wrote in post #9807307
I´m thinking of sending mine off to Canon for calibration. Does anybody know how much that might cost me?
Because if its more that 150$ I wont send it.

Can anybody help or give an opinion?
Thanks.

I just sent mine in for calibration about a month ago...and it cost me $200 with shipping both ways. Pretty pricey.

MigsVuitton wrote in post #9807492
Can I ask why? Lately I've been feeling weird about my 35L. Close distances it performs magically but when subjects are farther, it seems to miss focus. Makes me kind of sad.

Ive started to notice that same with mine, mainly after i got it back from calibration (kinda weird)...its making me sad as well

MigsVuitton wrote in post #9802083
New Moon is coming out on DVD soon... you should market this and have all the kids hire you to take their twilight pic!

Exactly what I was thinking.

Fantastic work.

mxracer535 wrote in post #9810920
I just sent mine in for calibration about a month ago...and it cost me $200 with shipping both ways. Pretty pricey.


Ive started to notice that same with mine, mainly after i got it back from calibration (kinda weird)...its making me sad as well

F++K

MigsVuitton,
So what sould I do? Thats not what premium means, I believe. Unfortunately, the fact the lens is disgunstingly expensive doesnt signify I wouldnt have to pay for calibration. I think I shouldnt, I feel mistreated by Canon (although I myself should have been smarter), but 200$ would be too much. So what sould I do?

Anyway, Ill start work on those samples.

1.4 100% crop:

That's pretty bad. Have you tried micro adjusting... I tried this out real quick today and at +10 it seemed to be back to normal however at my shoot on the weekend, I was getting ugly results at 1.4

Today seemed good, but maybe he was too close (I snapped this as I was leaving work so I didn't have much time)

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