Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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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: Fantastic Lens
Summary: 5 Stars
Really is a great lens and well worth the investment for professional work. It has fast, accurate AF, decent build, and amazing IQ.Customer Review: 35L color is excellent !!
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens is great to shoot some indoor picture without flash.
and the color and contrast on this lens is excellent!!
Customer Review: Good but not superior to zoom
Summary: 4 Stars
I recently tried the 35mm f1.4 as a step up from by mainstay 28-70mm f2.8 zoom. I found some other primes superior to a zoom, especially the 135mm f2.0 compared to the 70-200mm f4.0, but I found no improvement with the 35mm. Both the 35mm and the 28-70mm zoom are excellent lenses at f2.8 and above. Detail and contrast in the 35mm were noticeably lower at f1.4, especially at the edges (I use a full frame 1Ds and this not be as noticeable on a less than full frame digital body). Those problems disappeared at f2.8 and higher but the image was only comparable to the zoom, not better, even at 100% magnification. The 35mm may be a more useful lens for anyone who needs to shoot in low light without flash. It is also lighter than the zoom and would be easier to haul around. Since the prices are about the same for the 35mm f1.4 and 24-70 f2.8 zoom (which replaced the 28-70), a buyer should consider what features would be most useful when choosing.Customer Review: too soft wide open; inconsistent autofocus
Summary: 2 Stars
While this lens will allow you to shoot in very low light, the resulting images will be very soft. It sharpens up nicely by f/4, but there are several zoom lenses (e.g. 24-105mm f/4L) that can match it at that aperture. While quick, the auto focus is not very accurate. I spent a lot of time dialing in the AF micro-adjustment on my camera (7D), and while I was able to improve the average case, the variance was just too large to yield an acceptable "keeper" rate.