6/1/2023 0 Comments Canon 35mm lens![]() These look pretty good, since I'm only 1 half-meter (1.5 feet) away. The focus is on a reference phase lattice at about a foot or two (0.5m) with synthetic reference vegetation at 15 meters (50 feet): If each is about 3" (7.5 cm) on your screen, the complete images would print at about 10 x 15" (25 x 38 cm) at this same magnification. In other words, each crop shows about one-fifth of the image horizontally, and about one-third vertically. Here are crops from the center of full-frame 22MP 5D Mk III images at 25%. It's nice and neutral at close distances at f/2 where you need it most, but becomes quite nasty when focused at about 3 meters (10 feet) or more with backgrounds at infinity at f/2.įor superb bokeh, use the EF 35mm f/1.4 L, which even at the same f/2 aperture, has much better bokeh, and opens to f/1.4. Manual focus is easy just grab the ring.īokeh, the quality of out-of-focus areas as opposed to the degree of defocus, is neutral to poor. I saw no autofocus error on my Canon 5D Mk III.Įspecially at f/2, every shot is dead-nuts on. The AF motor might be silent, but you will hear some internal sliding and rattling as it focuses. Only move the AF-MF switch if you want to disable the camera from auto focusing. Just grab the focus ring at any time for instant manual-focus override. For the still subjects I shoot, it's almost instantaneous. For not much more than the price of this 35/2 IS today in January 2013, you get the fully professional Canon 35mm f/1.4 L instead.Īutofocus is fast and nearly silent, as we take for granted with Canon. ![]() Its only vices are that it costs three times what the optically very similar previous EF 35mm f/2 costs, and isn't built any tougher. The Canon 35mm f/2 IS is optically superb and handles very well. Image Stabilization Lateral Color Fringes Macro Mechanics Overall Autofocus Bokeh Breathing Color Comaĭistortion Ergonomics Falloff Filters Flare & Ghosts Optional EW-72 plastic bayonet, $50 extra. It's a copy of Nikon's newest caps and much improved from Canon's previous caps. The footage scale should be marked in round numbers, like 2, 5 and 10 feet, instead!Ĭanon specifies 3.1" (77.9mm) diameter by 2.5" (62.6mm) long. Some summer intern was tasked with creating the green footage scale who ignorantly converted the 0.7 and 2 meter markings to feet, marking the scale at 2.3 feet and 6.5 feet. Yes, abbreviated, and with a big mistake in the footage scale! ![]() You have to let the AF system focus for you at infinity. Rounded to about f/4, octagonal from f/5.6~22. With EF25 II tube: 1:0.96 (1.04x, larger than life-sized).Ĭanon 35mm f/2 IS at f/2, EF diaphragm not visible. On 1.6x Canon cameras it will see angles-of-view similar to what a 55mm lens would see on a 35mm camera, which is actually a very useful zoom range.Īngle of View (on 35mm and full-frame cameras)Ġ.8 feet (0.24m), specified, from the image plane. On 1.3x Canon cameras it will see angles-of-view similar to what a 45mm lens would see on a 35mm camera. Multicoated, branded as "Optimized Super Spectra Coating." Rear focus: nothing moves externally as autofocused. This means autofocus is almost silent, and that you can grab the big focus ring for instant manual focus override at any time. Ultrasonic or USM means Ultra-Sonic Motor. All Canon lenses since 1987 have been EF. Intro Specs Performance Compared RecommendationsĬanon calls this the CANON LENS EF 35mm f/2 IS USM.ĮF means "electronic focus," meaning that there is an autofocus motor in the lens itself. This means of course it works great on today's 5D Mark III, 6D and Canon 7D, but it works just as well on my original Canon EOS 650 from 1987! This Canon EF EOS 35mm f/2 IS works perfectly with every Canon EOS camera ever made, meaning every Canon DSLR and every Canon autofocus film camera made since 1987. This 35/2 IS lens is optimized for 35mm film and full-frame digital, and of course works on 1.3x and 1.6x Canon cameras. No Canon 35mm f/2 is an L lens the only 35mm L lens is the 35mm f/1.4 L (1998-), which is the only Canon 35mm lens built pro-tough. This new 35 IS is a great lens, but I don't know if it's worth $550 when the previous model is so superb for much less money. Hopefully my review will let you determine if it's worth it - to you. Optics and IS work extremely well, but is it worth triple the price of the earlier 35mm f/2? The fully professional 35mm f/1.4 L (1998-) sells for not much more than this mostly plastic consumer IS lens. Optical quality is about the same: both are excellent. ![]() This new lens is 63% heavier than the previous lens, and costs almost three times as much. This Canon 35mm f/2 IS USM is an all-new high-speed, wide-angle lens.Ĭompared to the previous model Canon 35mm f/2 (1990-), this new IS lens adds image stabilization and instant manual-focus override: just grab the focus ring at any time.
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