> Cotty wrote: > I'm really after a prime lens. I've narrowed down to the 24 > 1.4L and the 35 1.4L, so am thinking of either one of these. > Still taking opinion though, so feel free :-)
Cotty, I recently was looking for a "50mm-equivalent" for my 10D. Naturally, I looked at the Sigma 30/1.4, and a lot of people have nothing but praise for it. Others talk about having problems at a "landscape" degree (ie. out, let's say, 10m and beyond), and some softness there - close up, though, there are "exceptional" comments. Other comments contradicted the above. Others talked about focussing issues. Others didn't. You know how this goes, and it seems to apply to research on most lenses. It's a lens that you definitely need to do the research on yourself, and weigh up the opinions, and make a choice. Me, well, I can also be a bit cheap sometimes. I don't mind the downsides of the Canon EF 35/2, and it was cheap. It gets a pretty good rap otherwise, especially considering its price. I'm not after real fast, just fast enough, and f2 satisfies me. So I bought it, and get even more pleasure from it than the 50/1.8 I used on my 50E (it doesn't feel quite as lesser build quality as the 50/1.8). It is "buzzy" though. :-) Anyway, to actually get to a point, the 35/1.4L was positively raved about at times (and I realise it's hard to not rave about a lens you spend a lot of money on) as some folks' favourite lens. I won't advocate you buying it, but I would advocate researching it. It seemed very popular for those in my shoes, looking for a "normal" length on a 1.6x digital camera, but also those "full-framers" who like the wider angle, and fast. So, I'm not really criticising any of the above - just suggesting that from my longwinded search, I got the impression that the 35/1.4L might be one of those Canon favourites, that could be worth your while googling for opinions and sample pictures. My 35/2 is unlikely to leave my camera much - it would be my "One Lens" choice for a 1.6x sensor for the way it works with my photographic mindset (I probably wouldn't shell out for the 1.4L, because I prefer something a bit more compact). Cheers, (A different) Marc Sydney, Oz * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
