A hand holdable lens, even in low light. With a relatively wide focal length and an extremely fast f/1.4 aperture, the EF 35mm f/1.4L USM is the lens you’ll reach for when taking handheld shots in low light. From an L-series lens, you expect superb build quality and impressive image quality. This lens delivers both. It is solidly built, yet relatively small and light, making it comfortable to handle and carry. And image quality? With this compact camera lens, you can create images with stunning contrast and sharpness, and well controlled distortion and vignetting. Image sharpness is assisted by Canon’s excellent ring-type USM, which offers fast autofocus that is near silent. For more control, simply switch on Full Time Manual focusing to the get the shot you want. With its exceptional low-light performance, this lens is the perfect choice for indoor events such as parties, family gatherings and weddings, however it also makes an ideal general purpose lens, landscape lens and full body portrait lens.
A hand holdable lens, even in low light. With a relatively wide focal length and an extremely fast f/1.4 aperture, the EF 35mm f/1.4L USM is the lens you’ll reach for when taking handheld shots in low light. From an L-series lens, you expect superb build quality and impressive image quality. This lens delivers both. It is solidly built, yet relatively small and light, making it comfortable to handle and carry. And image quality? With this compact camera lens, you can create images with stunning contrast and sharpness, and well controlled distortion and vignetting. Image sharpness is assisted by Canon’s excellent ring-type USM, which offers fast autofocus that is near silent. For more control, simply switch on Full Time Manual focusing to the get the shot you want. With its exceptional low-light performance, this lens is the perfect choice for indoor events such as parties, family gatherings and weddings, however it also makes an ideal general purpose lens, landscape lens and full body portrait lens.
A hand holdable lens, even in low light. With a relatively wide focal length and an extremely fast f/1.4 aperture, the EF 35mm f/1.4L USM is the lens you’ll reach for when taking handheld shots in low light. From an L-series lens, you expect superb build quality and impressive image quality. This lens delivers both. It is solidly built, yet relatively small and light, making it comfortable to handle and carry. And image quality? With this compact camera lens, you can create images with stunning contrast and sharpness, and well controlled distortion and vignetting. Image sharpness is assisted by Canon’s excellent ring-type USM, which offers fast autofocus that is near silent. For more control, simply switch on Full Time Manual focusing to the get the shot you want. With its exceptional low-light performance, this lens is the perfect choice for indoor events such as parties, family gatherings and weddings, however it also makes an ideal general purpose lens, landscape lens and full body portrait lens.
A hand holdable lens, even in low light. With a relatively wide focal length and an extremely fast f/1.4 aperture, the EF 35mm f/1.4L USM is the lens you’ll reach for when taking handheld shots in low light. From an L-series lens, you expect superb build quality and impressive image quality. This lens delivers both. It is solidly built, yet relatively small and light, making it comfortable to handle and carry. And image quality? With this compact camera lens, you can create images with stunning contrast and sharpness, and well controlled distortion and vignetting. Image sharpness is assisted by Canon’s excellent ring-type USM, which offers fast autofocus that is near silent. For more control, simply switch on Full Time Manual focusing to the get the shot you want. With its exceptional low-light performance, this lens is the perfect choice for indoor events such as parties, family gatherings and weddings, however it also makes an ideal general purpose lens, landscape lens and full body portrait lens.
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Canon Ef 35mm F/1.4 L Usm Lens (35mm 1.4) S/n 77716
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I wanted to follow up from a review I posted a few years ago. Once again, this is a remarkable lens. As many have stated, this lens is sharp wide open with great AF performance. “It’s built like a tank where it counts; on the inside.” ...Roger Cicala. And the Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics element is not a marketing hype. The Canon 35mm II has an incredible image quality that sets itself apart from many other L lenses that I’ve used on my 5DS R. Not only do I love using the lens wide open, but I’m constantly using the lens stopped down for nature landscapes and blue hour cityscapes. With GREAT micro contrast and sharpness, this lens delivers minute details that just pop out across the entire frame. From the available 1.4 aperture to stopped down, the incredible ... MoreI wanted to follow up from a review I posted a few years ago. Once again, this is a remarkable lens. As many have stated, this lens is sharp wide open with great AF performance. “It’s built like a tank where it counts; on the inside.” ...Roger Cicala. And the Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics element is not a marketing hype. The Canon 35mm II has an incredible image quality that sets itself apart from many other L lenses that I’ve used on my 5DS R. Not only do I love using the lens wide open, but I’m constantly using the lens stopped down for nature landscapes and blue hour cityscapes. With GREAT micro contrast and sharpness, this lens delivers minute details that just pop out across the entire frame. From the available 1.4 aperture to stopped down, the incredible image quality, and the versatile focal length, the Canon 35mm II has proven to be a remarkable piece of glass and a staple in my photography... well worth the investment.
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I also owned the EF 24mm f/1.4 II and EF 85mm f/1.8 lenses before purchasing this lens. The 24mm is perhaps a direct comparison. I have taken both lenses out and took pictures of highly contrasted scenes, such as leaves and metal frames of buildings under the noon's sun. Both wide open at f/1.4, the 35mm is having chromatic aberration at control, which really demonstrate the effectiveness of the BR design. After this lens, I wonder when Canon will put the BR design to all of its large aperture fixed focal length lenses, including 24mm, 50mm, 85mm. Especially for the 50mm and 85mm, I have looked at them several times, but never felt comfortable to own them. CA at highly contrasted and out of focus regions was the most prominent flaw. I also don't like focusing with ... MoreI also owned the EF 24mm f/1.4 II and EF 85mm f/1.8 lenses before purchasing this lens. The 24mm is perhaps a direct comparison. I have taken both lenses out and took pictures of highly contrasted scenes, such as leaves and metal frames of buildings under the noon's sun. Both wide open at f/1.4, the 35mm is having chromatic aberration at control, which really demonstrate the effectiveness of the BR design. After this lens, I wonder when Canon will put the BR design to all of its large aperture fixed focal length lenses, including 24mm, 50mm, 85mm. Especially for the 50mm and 85mm, I have looked at them several times, but never felt comfortable to own them. CA at highly contrasted and out of focus regions was the most prominent flaw. I also don't like focusing with the front element. I really hope to see updated 50mm and 85mm with BR elements and internal/rear focusing, and my collection of fixed focal wide to medium lenses would be complete.
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After using the original 35mm f/1.4L as my primary workhorse for a few years I left my old job behind and unfortunately that lens stayed behind too. Once Canon announced the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty confident that this lens was sure to follow soon after....Well, it took them several years but its finally here and this was the first thing I've preordered since the Canon 5D MK II back in '08. So why didn't I purchase the previous gen for myself? After getting the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty content for quite some time and I primarily used the 24L for the getting ready and reception parts of weddings. One thing that concerned me about the old 35L was the lack of weather sealing and the AF just felt a bit slow/inconsistent at times. I tend to shoot in the rain and ... MoreAfter using the original 35mm f/1.4L as my primary workhorse for a few years I left my old job behind and unfortunately that lens stayed behind too. Once Canon announced the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty confident that this lens was sure to follow soon after....Well, it took them several years but its finally here and this was the first thing I've preordered since the Canon 5D MK II back in '08. So why didn't I purchase the previous gen for myself? After getting the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty content for quite some time and I primarily used the 24L for the getting ready and reception parts of weddings. One thing that concerned me about the old 35L was the lack of weather sealing and the AF just felt a bit slow/inconsistent at times. I tend to shoot in the rain and for those dark reception halls I need something I can rely on. After testing for a few hours today I'm sure this lens is going to be my new primary workhorse for weddings and environmental portraits. It's extremely sharp wide open, the color, AF, and build quality are all way ahead of the previous one. 24mm can be a bit too wide and sometimes you don't get enough of the environment with 50mm so this will be coming along to all of my portrait shoots from now on. With the previous model going for about $ less right now what are the primary reasons to spend more on this model? Weather sealing, shoot wide open, better AF accuracy/consistency, build quality, oh and there's less CA which isn't exciting to talk about but I haven't noticed anything yet.
| General | |
| Length | 8.6 cm |
| Diameter | 7.9 cm |
| Weight | 580 g |
| Color | Black |
Canon Ef 35mm F/1.4 L Usm Lens (35mm 1.4) S/n 77716
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Canon 35mm f1.4 L 174548
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I wanted to follow up from a review I posted a few years ago. Once again, this is a remarkable lens. As many have stated, this lens is sharp wide open with great AF performance. “It’s built like a tank where it counts; on the inside.” ...Roger Cicala. And the Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics element is not a marketing hype. The Canon 35mm II has an incredible image quality that sets itself apart from many other L lenses that I’ve used on my 5DS R. Not only do I love using the lens wide open, but I’m constantly using the lens stopped down for nature landscapes and blue hour cityscapes. With GREAT micro contrast and sharpness, this lens delivers minute details that just pop out across the entire frame. From the available 1.4 aperture to stopped down, the incredible ... MoreI wanted to follow up from a review I posted a few years ago. Once again, this is a remarkable lens. As many have stated, this lens is sharp wide open with great AF performance. “It’s built like a tank where it counts; on the inside.” ...Roger Cicala. And the Blue Spectrum Refractive Optics element is not a marketing hype. The Canon 35mm II has an incredible image quality that sets itself apart from many other L lenses that I’ve used on my 5DS R. Not only do I love using the lens wide open, but I’m constantly using the lens stopped down for nature landscapes and blue hour cityscapes. With GREAT micro contrast and sharpness, this lens delivers minute details that just pop out across the entire frame. From the available 1.4 aperture to stopped down, the incredible image quality, and the versatile focal length, the Canon 35mm II has proven to be a remarkable piece of glass and a staple in my photography... well worth the investment.
I also owned the EF 24mm f/1.4 II and EF 85mm f/1.8 lenses before purchasing this lens. The 24mm is perhaps a direct comparison. I have taken both lenses out and took pictures of highly contrasted scenes, such as leaves and metal frames of buildings under the noon's sun. Both wide open at f/1.4, the 35mm is having chromatic aberration at control, which really demonstrate the effectiveness of the BR design. After this lens, I wonder when Canon will put the BR design to all of its large aperture fixed focal length lenses, including 24mm, 50mm, 85mm. Especially for the 50mm and 85mm, I have looked at them several times, but never felt comfortable to own them. CA at highly contrasted and out of focus regions was the most prominent flaw. I also don't like focusing with ... MoreI also owned the EF 24mm f/1.4 II and EF 85mm f/1.8 lenses before purchasing this lens. The 24mm is perhaps a direct comparison. I have taken both lenses out and took pictures of highly contrasted scenes, such as leaves and metal frames of buildings under the noon's sun. Both wide open at f/1.4, the 35mm is having chromatic aberration at control, which really demonstrate the effectiveness of the BR design. After this lens, I wonder when Canon will put the BR design to all of its large aperture fixed focal length lenses, including 24mm, 50mm, 85mm. Especially for the 50mm and 85mm, I have looked at them several times, but never felt comfortable to own them. CA at highly contrasted and out of focus regions was the most prominent flaw. I also don't like focusing with the front element. I really hope to see updated 50mm and 85mm with BR elements and internal/rear focusing, and my collection of fixed focal wide to medium lenses would be complete.
After using the original 35mm f/1.4L as my primary workhorse for a few years I left my old job behind and unfortunately that lens stayed behind too. Once Canon announced the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty confident that this lens was sure to follow soon after....Well, it took them several years but its finally here and this was the first thing I've preordered since the Canon 5D MK II back in '08. So why didn't I purchase the previous gen for myself? After getting the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty content for quite some time and I primarily used the 24L for the getting ready and reception parts of weddings. One thing that concerned me about the old 35L was the lack of weather sealing and the AF just felt a bit slow/inconsistent at times. I tend to shoot in the rain and ... MoreAfter using the original 35mm f/1.4L as my primary workhorse for a few years I left my old job behind and unfortunately that lens stayed behind too. Once Canon announced the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty confident that this lens was sure to follow soon after....Well, it took them several years but its finally here and this was the first thing I've preordered since the Canon 5D MK II back in '08. So why didn't I purchase the previous gen for myself? After getting the 24mm f/1.4L II I was pretty content for quite some time and I primarily used the 24L for the getting ready and reception parts of weddings. One thing that concerned me about the old 35L was the lack of weather sealing and the AF just felt a bit slow/inconsistent at times. I tend to shoot in the rain and for those dark reception halls I need something I can rely on. After testing for a few hours today I'm sure this lens is going to be my new primary workhorse for weddings and environmental portraits. It's extremely sharp wide open, the color, AF, and build quality are all way ahead of the previous one. 24mm can be a bit too wide and sometimes you don't get enough of the environment with 50mm so this will be coming along to all of my portrait shoots from now on. With the previous model going for about $ less right now what are the primary reasons to spend more on this model? Weather sealing, shoot wide open, better AF accuracy/consistency, build quality, oh and there's less CA which isn't exciting to talk about but I haven't noticed anything yet.
I've had my new Canon 35mm f/14.II lens now for about 3 weeks and it's amazing! Of course, you'd expect it to be really good - given that it's from Canon, it's an L-series lens & it's expensive. Before purchasing, I read every review & watched every YouTube video I could find about this new lens, as well as the reviews on the Canon 35mm f/1.4L and the Sigma 35mm Art lenses. This was a big investment for me and was really concerned about parting with the extra cash....but ultimately came to my own conclusion that it was the right lens for me. Here are some of the key points that led to my rationale: Canon has better resale value than Sigma; I don't like the idea of having to purchase a seperate calibration tool for the Sigma lens and having to adjust it away from ... MoreI've had my new Canon 35mm f/14.II lens now for about 3 weeks and it's amazing! Of course, you'd expect it to be really good - given that it's from Canon, it's an L-series lens & it's expensive. Before purchasing, I read every review & watched every YouTube video I could find about this new lens, as well as the reviews on the Canon 35mm f/1.4L and the Sigma 35mm Art lenses. This was a big investment for me and was really concerned about parting with the extra cash....but ultimately came to my own conclusion that it was the right lens for me. Here are some of the key points that led to my rationale: Canon has better resale value than Sigma; I don't like the idea of having to purchase a seperate calibration tool for the Sigma lens and having to adjust it away from factory settings (I read that many Sigma owners were having to do this to address focusing issues and it didn't always fix their issues); I didn't think Canon would create a version II of this L-series lens unless they were able to offer some meaningful improvements. All that said, I didn't take time to play with those other lenses myself. After ordering the lens, I was still a bit restless over my decision to spend so much money on this lens. However, I can now share with confidence that I'd do it again (putting into perspective that this is clearly a luxury item and takes a back seat to taking care of my family first). I've used it indoors in place of my 50L to address tight spaces and I just completed a family photo shoot this week. I changed to more of a lifestyle type photography approach for this shoot and these are some of the best pictures I've ever taken. In fact, the family told me the same. I've taken pictures for their kids and entire family before, but they noticed a difference with this latest shoot. The lens resolution & color are amazing. Even unedited raw images are quite impressive. Working with a 35mm on a full-frame, like my 5D mark III is a great experience.
I bought this lens a month ago. It's my first proper prime lens and I just fell in love with it.First thing I noticed is that it gives excellent sharp images even at maximum open aperture. I managed my last shooting (in a quite dark location at twilight and night) without pushing the camera more than 4000 iso and without using a flash.The bokeh is BEAUTIFUL and elegant.The manual focus it's extremely smooth and perfectly fit for video shooting as well (even though it is not my main concern).It's robust and reliable. It takes up a bit of space in your bag but I can assure you that it's worth everything single inch, even if it's not as heavy as I expected it to be.It has been delivered very quickly and with so much care.If it's still not clear I highly ... MoreI bought this lens a month ago. It's my first proper prime lens and I just fell in love with it.First thing I noticed is that it gives excellent sharp images even at maximum open aperture. I managed my last shooting (in a quite dark location at twilight and night) without pushing the camera more than 4000 iso and without using a flash.The bokeh is BEAUTIFUL and elegant.The manual focus it's extremely smooth and perfectly fit for video shooting as well (even though it is not my main concern).It's robust and reliable. It takes up a bit of space in your bag but I can assure you that it's worth everything single inch, even if it's not as heavy as I expected it to be.It has been delivered very quickly and with so much care.If it's still not clear I highly recommend it to anyone that needs a flexible lens, from close ups to full and wide shots, during any time and light of the day.
A long-term commissioned assignment spurred accelerated upgrading/rounding out of my prime lens arsenal with the purchase of this lens along with the Canon EF 24mm f1.4L II USM (reviewed elsewhere on the B&H site). My testing did show Sigma’s 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens to be a very capable optical package at about half the price, but the new Canon 35mm won my heart on several counts. Though both contenders yield blazingly sharp images with healthy contrast even in backlit situations, I find that Canon’s blue spectrum refractive optics makes a noticeable difference in conferring a little extra “snap” to images without compromising their natural feel; color/tonal gradations are simply gorgeous. Other deciding factors include weather sealing (absent in the Sigma lens) ... MoreA long-term commissioned assignment spurred accelerated upgrading/rounding out of my prime lens arsenal with the purchase of this lens along with the Canon EF 24mm f1.4L II USM (reviewed elsewhere on the B&H site). My testing did show Sigma’s 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens to be a very capable optical package at about half the price, but the new Canon 35mm won my heart on several counts. Though both contenders yield blazingly sharp images with healthy contrast even in backlit situations, I find that Canon’s blue spectrum refractive optics makes a noticeable difference in conferring a little extra “snap” to images without compromising their natural feel; color/tonal gradations are simply gorgeous. Other deciding factors include weather sealing (absent in the Sigma lens) plus an extra bit of aperture range down to f/22 for controlling depth of focus, as opposed to Sigma’s f/16. Beautiful bokeh! Comparatively iffy shooting situations are shrugged off by fast, quiet and reliable autofocusing. The Canon’s slightly greater bulk and length makes the lens feel more like an extension of myself relative to my experience with the Sigma 35mm, and I can easily dismiss paying a bit more for larger front filters as a minor annoyance. Having repeatedly proven its mettle, often under very demanding circumstances, this lens has become my best optical friend.
Although a little heavy, this amazing piece of glass is great for street and urban photography. Delivering amazing images with transitional Bokeh. Super great when using it in auto or manual focus, if you choose to use either or. The only thing that it lacks is image stabilization. However, you can compensate that with a nice tripod or even stabilizing it yourself with something.Even though it is a big investment, it is still well worth it. The quality and sharpness that the lens delivers is a nice gratifying return from the investment. So, if you're thinking about it, do ti!
The 35/1.4L II is overbuilt, scary sharp corner to corner wide open, has nice snappy contrast, and lightning fast focus on my EOS R or EOS 5DmkIIIIt is also a bit large... and a bit weighty, but there's a price to pay for near perfection.The only thing that Canon could improve is to add image stabilization.When wide open, there is a small zone of nisen-bokeh (double line bokeh) that exists, depening on the focused distance, and the distance to the background. It appears when the lens is focused very close, and the background is also very close. It also diminishes to near zero when the lens is stopped down even to only f/2 or so. So, if you are the type of photographer that would shoot, say, a close up face, the out of focus hairs on the side of the head may ... MoreThe 35/1.4L II is overbuilt, scary sharp corner to corner wide open, has nice snappy contrast, and lightning fast focus on my EOS R or EOS 5DmkIIIIt is also a bit large... and a bit weighty, but there's a price to pay for near perfection.The only thing that Canon could improve is to add image stabilization.When wide open, there is a small zone of nisen-bokeh (double line bokeh) that exists, depening on the focused distance, and the distance to the background. It appears when the lens is focused very close, and the background is also very close. It also diminishes to near zero when the lens is stopped down even to only f/2 or so. So, if you are the type of photographer that would shoot, say, a close up face, the out of focus hairs on the side of the head may show a bit of double line nisen-bokeh. The work around is to stop down to f/2 or shoot bald heads.....At any sort of normal working distance, the wedding photographer will get pretty gosh darn good looking bokeh. Maybe not Leica pre-Asph 35 Summicron bokeh, but really nice.I find the EOS R lens corrections right on the money, but also except for corner light fall off at larger f/stops, the corrections do take away just a bit of the sharpness edge this lens has. Its native, non-corrected images are near perfect anyway, so you might want to experiment with correction settings to suit your expectations.Coupled with the 100mm f/2.8L II, you have a near perfect set of lenses that are absolutely sharp. If you can't get a sharp image with either of those, its your fault.
With the blue spectrum optical element chromatic aberrations are not a problem, even when pixel peeping. Using with a Canon EOS Ra on a Benro Polaris tracking mount. At F2.8 ISO1600 in Bortle 3 skies 30 second exposures show pinpoint stars in the center of the field. About the last 25% of the FOV around the edge there is very noticeable coma when pixel peeping. At 100% barely noticeable but still visible. Not unexpected due to no dedicated field flattener in the lens. Did some daytime shots using the lens with a Canon EOS R5 and the images were spectacular. Returned a Canon RF mount 15-35mm lens which I purchased originally after debating on which lens to get. The more expensive15-35mm RF lens, not having a blue spectrum element, showed severe chromatic aberration ... MoreWith the blue spectrum optical element chromatic aberrations are not a problem, even when pixel peeping. Using with a Canon EOS Ra on a Benro Polaris tracking mount. At F2.8 ISO1600 in Bortle 3 skies 30 second exposures show pinpoint stars in the center of the field. About the last 25% of the FOV around the edge there is very noticeable coma when pixel peeping. At 100% barely noticeable but still visible. Not unexpected due to no dedicated field flattener in the lens. Did some daytime shots using the lens with a Canon EOS R5 and the images were spectacular. Returned a Canon RF mount 15-35mm lens which I purchased originally after debating on which lens to get. The more expensive15-35mm RF lens, not having a blue spectrum element, showed severe chromatic aberration across the entire field at 100% that I was unable to fully correct using Photoshop CC. So the 15-35mm lens is definitely not recommended for Milky Way photography. The 35mm prime is a keeper for my needs.
Everything positive about the 35/1.4 I like. Its image quality is great. Transitional bokeh is very good, far bokeh fantastic.Down side - its big, its heavy, and (sorry Canon) the firmware in the lens triggers some manipulation in the body to make the lens appear sharper than it is. Try the lens wide open, from a tripod at something with a pattern. Unfasten the lens just a little, so the contacts don't mate with the body. Shoot again (which would be wide open). Why is one demonstrably sharper than the other? Because they juiced the firmware methinks. Its ok, because RAW is the same, only JPGs are subject to tweakage.
| General | |
| Length | 8.6 cm |
| Diameter | 7.9 cm |
| Weight | 580 g |
| Color | Black |
