lenses 100-400 4.5 usm is or 135.l 2.8

Eddy

Hi all
I have onc chance to ge one these lenses...my current lemses are the 16-35 v2 and the 24-70..All Canon..i have saved enuff to pick a zoom or a portrait lens ..i like the zoom buts its real heavy tried it today... for me...the 135 is awesome but stuck with the 135. I am not a birder but like to do quite abit of street and acrhitecture..is the 135 good for that..
Any help would be very appreciative..or an alternative "L" series lens

ziggy53

The Canon EF 135mm, f2.0L USM and EF 135mm, f2.8 Soft Focus are two completely different types of lens. Which one are you interested in?

Also, which camera(s) will you be using the lens with?

What sort of architectural photography would you like to explore?

Eddy

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Hi Ziggy:
I would prefer the 135L 2.0 its going on a canon body iDS MKIII. The architecture i would like to explore is old buildings and the most recent buildings the innovations.. But Ziggy ..is there anything better then this lens for type of work.
Thanks for the reply Ziggy muchly appreciated

ziggy53

The EF 135mm, f2L USM is a wonderful full-frame (FF) lens, but it probably is not going to be the best recommendation for architectural work. The problem is that while it has very good sharpness, one of the best, it is a telephoto meaning that you would need to get some distance from your subject.

Traditional architectural lenses for FF would include:

EF 16-35mm, f2.8L USM
EF 17-40mm, f4L USM

Both of these are really nice wide angle lenses that allow you to be relatively close to the subject and still provide pretty good rectilinear correction. Perspective distortion may need to be corrected in software.

The EF TS-E 24mm, f/3.5L II

A very nice lens which allows tilt and shift movements to correct for (some) perspective distortion. See the Canon sample image:

http://www.usa.canon.com/app/images/Lenses_2009/TSE24/profile/ts_e24_sample.jpg

Since you already have the EF 16-35mm, f2.8L USM, have you tried that for architectural photography?

ChatKat

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The 135L is really a great portrait lens - one of Canon's best. The 100-400 is more of a wildlife or sports lens. For buildings. the two wide angle lenses are really the best unless you go with Ziggy's rec of the Tilt Shift - the T/S line is made for Architectural shooting.

If I were in your shoes and you want a lens that is good across several shooting subjects, I'd also consider the 70-200 2.8 is

JohnBiggs

ChatKat wrote:

The 135L is really a great portrait lens - one of Canon's best. The 100-400 is more of a wildlife or sports lens. For buildings. the two wide angle lenses are really the best unless you go with Ziggy's rec of the Tilt Shift - the T/S line is made for Architectural shooting.

If I were in your shoes and you want a lens that is good across several shooting subjects, I'd also consider the 70-200 2.8 is

I second the 70-200 2.8 IS. I stopped carrying my 100-400. Now I just keep the 70-200 and a 1.4x

Eddy

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Thanks Ziggy, Chat and JOhn..i never thougth of the 16-35 thought it owuld be a tad to wide..i will give it a go.. and post some pics..Thanks for all the help..will drop both those lenses.. does not makesense spending when i have the 16-35 sitting right next to me . i will try the 24 tilt lens