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<p>35mm f1.4<br>

135mm f2</p>

<p>One tip I can give you is don't get the sling-shot type bags, single shoulder types, as after a while you'll get a crock neck, even trapped nerves and I got a bad knee and hip. I am a big strapping and fit Welshman and it happened to me. I have now got a smaller, conventional 2 shoulder back pack and found I can carry more, for longer and with no body problems.</p>

<p>I have gone for the 35mm f2 and it is SUPERB. What a bargain.<br>

Many thanks for all your help,</p>

<p>Kev </p>

<p>Dear William,<br>

I just went out and bought the 35mm f2 for my 5D MK II and it is superb. Many thanks for that little nugget,</p>

<p>best wishes</p>

<p>Kev </p>

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<p>It's a great focal length for dramatic landscapes and indoor architecture?<br>

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3268/3152369210_03e1687e26_b.jpg<br>

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2414549106_0fd570a5b7_b.jpg<br>

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2802/4106649130_f7a3db94be_b.jpg</p>

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<p>I contacted MPB and he said he'd give me £500 for my pristine and lovingly cared for 24-105L IS so I said bugger off!</p>

<p>Yes.</p>

<p>Just a quick one. Does anyone know of any websites that do good trade-in or swaps for Canon lenses in the UK (London area)? I have a 24-105 mm L IS and I just don't like it. <br>

Thanks,<br>

Kev </p>

<p>I just don't like my 24-105 L, it's mega sharp alright, but I'd swap it for a 24-70mm f2.8, 35mm f1.4 or 24mm f1.4 in a drop of a hat. Anyone in the UK up for that then drop me a mail.</p>

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<p>I get minimal distortion at 24mm on my 25-105mm. It's sharpest at f8.</p>

<p>85mm 1.8 </p>

<p>I've had both, 85mm everytime.</p>

<p>I thought the Sigma 24mm f1.8 doesn't fit full frame cameras?</p>

<p>I love the 135mm f2 on my 5d Mark II, sharpest lens out of all my L's by a mile, and less intrusive than the 85mm focal length I find. With an 85mm I find it hard to get candid pictures because you have to go so close to the subject. Perhaps I should take lessons in stalking but the 135m focal length suits me better and I've tried both.</p>

<p>Or Professional Hair Dresser! </p>

<p>I don't mind size or manual focus, it's weight really and sharpness with preferably nice bokeh but that's not a necessity. </p>

I've been looking at pixel-peeper to see which lens I'd like. The 35mm f2 looks sharpest with nice bokeh but the 24 mm

looks just perfect width wise. I am also being swayed by the Tokina 17mm though ahhhhhh! My friend has a 35 f1.4 and

that is so sharp it's untrue but that would be divorce time.

 

Bob what's you view on sharpness and bokeh of the mentioned lenses? If you could be so kind to remove my silly prefix I

would be eternally grateful Sir.

 

Many thanks,

 

Kev

<p>I love this site, so many knowledgeable people and I hadn't thought of any of those lens. Many thanks. I am wondering which of the lens mentioned above are sharper wide open and/or have the better bokeh?</p>

<p>Eric, you crack me up, unfortunately I am a lecturer at UCL so poorly paid and poorly treated! I asked photo.net to take the Dr bit off but they can't unfortunately.</p>

<p>Just a quickie, I'd like a sharp and small / light wide-angle lens for my 5D MK I that I can fit in my work bag and can carry with me always. I have a 24-105mm IS L, a 14mm Sigma Prime and a 17-40mm L but they are all too heavy. I am not particularly bothered what make to be honest as I have a 5D MK II to use with my L series lenses, I just want a small / sharp wide angle I can carry with me everywhere and between the focal ranges 14-35mm). And preferably cheaper so my wife doesn't divorce me.</p>

<p>Many thanks,</p>

<p>Kev</p>

 

<p>I didn't William, I should have I know, but thanks. I want a small wide-angle prime to sit on my 5D that's all.</p>

<p>Does the Sigma 30mm f1.4 fit FF cameras?</p>

<p>You can get a thin Hoya Pro polarizer for £30 on Evil Bay. My brother in law had a Sigma 10-22mm and I had the Canon 10-22mm, couldn't tell the difference in image quality, well not to justify the price difference anyway. I agree every mm counts in wide angle.</p>

<p>The auto iso system would be great on the 5D Mk II if it worked! It continually sets it to shutter speeds just under my focal length so 50% of my pictures are blurred! Have I got a 'duff' one or is there a way of setting a minimum shutter speed on auto iso?</p>

<p>I find the auto iso setting gets it wrong more often than not on my 5d MK II? I put my 135mm f2 on it and it keeps setting the iso too low (shutter speed is 125th in av mode). Perhaps I am being a moron, not the first time. I don't quite trust it on the big occasion unfortunately.</p>

http://www.pbase.com/lightrules/image/72964970

The picture comparison shows the Sigma lens to be better to me?

 

And generic aspirin is the same 'Brand' Aspirin and equally potent because aspirin is aspirin is aspirin is aspirin? I maybe an amateur photographer but I am a professional aspirinologist so unfortunately you are talking utter nonsense. I can assure you generic drug equivalents are exactly the same the more expensive 'branded' drugs. You are paying for a fancy box and marketing.