A best lens for portraits in Canon portfolio

A best lens for portraits in Canon portfolio

Canon EF 135mm / 2.0 / L USM Lens (72mm filter thread) (Accessories)

Customer Review

The 135 2.0 L USM is one of the best lenses for portraits in Canon portfolio. Especially at the KB format adjusts the mixture of fuel and further maximum aperture for great waivers and strong games with selective focus. Especially for outdoor photography, this lens is a real dream for a little space you have to take pictures half- or full-body portraits. For this you will, however, be rewarded with a creamy bokeh and sharpness is - in a nutshell - a real dream. Both the crop as well as the KB format, this lens is fully (!) Full aperture and fit when stopping down the depth of field is only greater. This speaks for a well-designed optics. Furthermore, the speed is very high and the feel to the touch "L" is a very high-typical. On Crop the lens for portraits for one or the other is probably already too long, which is understandable. Because for interior shots is on the Crop 135 2.0 very long, probably outside the turn function in many cases. At the KB it sees as a little different: You can also inside the lens to apply relatively well, but there needs naturally have little space. Does not exist of course, just another lens must be found, such as the same 100 2.8 L USM IS from the house.

Many will have to decide and ask: So what is the better lens for me? The Canon 100 2.8 L IS USM or the Canon 135 2.0 L USM?

That's not so easy to answer, because it depends on the purpose of the operation. If you want to mainly shoot portraits and therefore mostly working outside the 135 2.0 L, the choice of things. If you want to have a universal lens and also successful portraits, especially indoors or on Crop make, then the 100 2.8L IS USM is a recommendation.

Here are my comparisons (across systems Crop / KB)

Advantages Canon 100 2.8 L IS USM

- Image Stabilizer (1 / 20th of still loose durable!)
- Good workmanship
- Relatively easy
Usable focal length something universal for indoors and outdoors -
- Good exemption possibilities in Portraits
- Cheaper than the 135 2.0 L USM

Disadvantages

- Slower than the 135 2.0
- A diaphragm lichtschwächer

Advantages Canon 135 2.0 L USM

- Extreme exemption possible + 1 iris brighter
- Faster than the 100 2.8 L IS USM
- Sharpness still a touch better contrast behavior as well

Disadvantages

- More expensive than the 100 2.8 L IS USM
- Severe
- No IS
- Sometimes too long (inside)

I must say that I use both lenses both on Crop and at KB and the two complement each other very well.
The 135 2.0 is simply a stunner and especially for wedding and portrait photographers with one of the most interesting lenses in the portfolio in addition to the 85 1.2.
If you want, however, from time to time make a portrait, that's 100 2.8L IS USM is the better choice, because the 135 is simply a specific lens and the
100 something allround-compatible.

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