Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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Manufacturer: CanonModel: 2512A002
Product features:
- EF mount; wide-angle lens
- Inner focusing; floating system; aspherical lens; full-time manual focus
- 35mm focal length
- f/1.4 maximum aperture
- Ring-type UltraSonic Motor (USM)
- Inner focusing; floating system , aspherical lens , full-time manual focus
- EF mount and wide-angle lens
- The focal length is 35mm
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Customer Review: My favorite L Prime Lens
Summary: 5 Stars
I have this lens for very long time, and it is still one of the most frequently used L Prime for my assignment.
Indeed, this lens has been very popular among commercial photographer who are doing full body portrait, in the particular market, this lens is often considered as premier portrait lens.
I will not go into the wisdom of using 35mm as a portrait lens since it is really up to the judgment of individual photographer.
In general, there are two type of people using this lens for professional purpose.
Former is people who are shooting architecture/landscape and latter is people shooting portrait.
While I do not use this lens much for commercial landscape photography purpose, I used this lens a lot for commercial portrait purpose.
For the particular type of model...very often female model, I often do the model interview with this lens alone to determine how well this model will work with my project.
This lens works really well with particular type of model. And since I worked with Far East market frequently on commercial/magazine assignment, this type of lens work out very well and indeed became workhorse of my production.
You have to be mindful, 35mm focal length is bit tricky to do portrait. So, you have to be careful with type of model you are using.
It is also very useful for low available light situation, so I see some wedding photographer used them.
Some of events photographer also love to use this for similar reason, and it seemed to work well with capturing child etc.
However, I only see limited satisfied amateur user of this lens... while I am teaching photography lesson.
It is may be because it makes very little economic sense for amateur user who are shooting landscape or family portrait.
This 35mm lens focal length are well covered by many reputable L zoom lens including 16-35, 17-40, 24-105, 24-70 and other. All of them are excellent L lens, and will do wonder for the most of landscape or portrait project. Zoom lens actually makes better economic argument in many occasion.
As far as difference from L zoom lens concern, you won't notice much until you started to enlarge to considerable size.
To be honest, not all of my 35mm focal length shoot on commercial assignment used this prime lens either... and that is even for the people who shoot staged subject in studio. So, you can guess how often prime lens is used for journalistic type of photography.
So, be sure you need this particular lens or you will be disappointed.
Faster Aperture alone normally won't justify this lens.
But if you know you need this lens, and your assignment or project demand this lens. Why wait.
You really have to look at its performance when it is stop down to f2.8~f4 where many of money shot using this lens are created.
For people who are not sure about taking plunge to the L prime lens, I strongly suggest to rent this lens for a week or more, so you will be sure you needed this lens for your particular style.
Major Advantage are:
1. F1.4 Aperture really help for low available light portrait situation, and ideal for indoor use.
2. Very nice portrait lens for particular type of production.
3. Work wonderfully on both full size sensor camera as well as 1.6x body.
4. Build quality is excellent
5. Very sharp, sharp enough to convince you that your L lens prime is worth the price. Very useful for spread or any other large assignment.
Major Disadvantage are:
1.Cost as much as L zoom lens that does not sit well for many people.
2.Prime lens is inherently limited as a workaround lens, so I wold go for L zoom lens if I have to choose lens on the travel.
3.35mm is not going to work well with particular type of people as head portrait lens, so if you are going to buy your first L prime lens for portrait purpose, it is might be safer to buy 50/f1.2 or 85/f1.2
Description of Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
L-series professional f/1.4 wide-angle lens with an Aspherical lens element to correct aberrations. The floating system enables high picture quality to be obtained over the entire focusing range. Autofocusing is quick and quiet with rear focusing and ring USM. Full-time manual focusing is also possible.The Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L wide-angle lens is a terrific standard lens for casual photographers and photojournalists who value low-light capability and high performance. The lens--which hails from Canon's L series--is equipped with an aspherical lens element that helps correct aberrations and improve contrast and sharpness. The lens's floating focusing system, meanwhile, lets you enjoy sharp images throughout the entire focus range. Other details include a ring Ultra Sonic Motor (USM) that ensures quick and quiet autofocusing, a manual focusing option, and a 1-foot close focusing distance.
Specifications
- Focal length: 35mm
- Maximum aperture: f/1.4L
- Lens construction: 11 elements in 9 groups
- Angle of view: 63 degrees
- Focus adjustment: Rear focusing system with USM
- Closest focusing distance: 1 foot
- Filter size: 72mm
- Dimensions: 3.1 inches in diameter and 3.4 inches long
- Weight: 20.5 ounces
- Warranty: 1 year
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