goamules
Well-known
I really enjoyed shooting my Canon 35/1.8 for a couple years, until the front focus became very loose. It would move out of focus while taking the picture, unless you held it with your finger. I put it aside waiting to send it in for a repair. Silly me, I didn't realize until last week, all it needed was the back to be screwed in, with a spanner. Voila, it's back to normal!
I see lots of posts about the 35/2.0, but few about the "slightly faster" 35/1.8. I haven't shot a side by side comparison, and I know they are supposed to be different designs (7 vs 6 elements). It just seems the 1.8 is an outstanding sleeper.
I see lots of posts about the 35/2.0, but few about the "slightly faster" 35/1.8. I haven't shot a side by side comparison, and I know they are supposed to be different designs (7 vs 6 elements). It just seems the 1.8 is an outstanding sleeper.
Bingley
Veteran
Bingley
Veteran
The 1.8 is fairly soft wide open, probably softer than the 2.0, but I don't find that a bad thing.
Tivoli by bingley0522, on Flickr
Tivoli by bingley0522, on Flickr
Bingley
Veteran
helen.HH
To Light & Love ...
Purrfect b&w rendering...lovely!
uhoh7
Veteran
when they come up for sale under 500 everyone is wide awake.
astro8
Well-known
It can do swirly bokeh and 'footballs' too.....
raid
Dad Photographer
It is an excellent lens, but that flares in night lights. Lisboa, Portugal at night. I had this lens checked out and cleaned for any internal haze. I sold a like new Canon 35/2, but I kept this one. For no flare photos, I use a Summicron 35/2.
goamules
Well-known
Here's another.
t.s.k.
Hooked on philm
Great shots everyone.
You've convinced me to get mine cleaned.
You've convinced me to get mine cleaned.
Bingley
Veteran
Nice photos, Raid! The 1.8's bokeh is much smoother than some samples I've seen w/ the 2.0. However, if you point the 1.8 at a light source like a window, or the lights in Raid color photos above, it displays a sort of blooming flare. The photo below needed a lot of postprocessing to get the flare under control:
String Quartet by bingley0522, on Flickr
String Quartet by bingley0522, on Flickr
Iver Aldas
Member
I love all your shots! I have a 35/2 but I am starting to like the 1.8. Actually I'm eyeing one right now. Canon ltm lenses are underrated but they have their own way of taking photos, if you ask me I find them beautiful.
goamules
Well-known
Wide open with a lot of lenses I see flare if I'm shooting directly at bright lights at night, or large windows in a dark room. I notice that the 1.8 gets a lot less so if I stop down to F2.0 or F2.8. I pretty much never shoot it at F1.8 anyway, it's my daytime lens so it's usually pretty stopped down. The BMW motorcycle shot at the beginning was at F4 I believe.
astro8
Well-known
I don't remember having any real flare issues with mine, but it was a clean example.
goamules
Well-known
I shot the 35/1.8 wide open a couple nights ago. Yeah, there's some flare, but I still like it.
astro8
Well-known
Here's another I took in a dark restaurant at night at f1.8 or at most f2 at 1/50@800 iso on the R-D1.
I sold this lens when I got my 35 'lux. I'm now starting to wonder if I did the right thing
I sold this lens when I got my 35 'lux. I'm now starting to wonder if I did the right thing
Pikapig
Loving Analog
Its really de person i guess....not so much on the lens
Both are v nice lens!
Both are v nice lens!
Bingley
Veteran
Nice shots, Garrett and Astro! There's a thread around here somewhere that compared the Canon 35/1.8, the 35 lux, and some other 35s, and the Canon held its own. Here's a bw sample from last weekend:
In your dreams by bingley0522, on Flickr
In your dreams by bingley0522, on Flickr
