Canon EF 135mm f/2 L USM Lens – Hands On Review

[Jason324]

Hello,

I just wrote a review of the Canon EF 135mm f/2 L lens if anybody is in the market or curious about it Lots of sample pics and more...

Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM - Hands On Review | JHP Video Tutorials - Free Photography Tutorials

Best,
Jay

[dlambert]

Nice review, Jay. That looks like a fantastic lens. There were a couple of images in the review that popped out at me -- "Chubs Christmas Time" and "Sadie Christmas Time". Do you know why you got a completely rounded bokeh in the first and the octagonal bokeh in the second?

I took some shots of my sister's new puppy last Christmas using a 30D and 50mm f/1.8 lens - you can see one of them here. At the time, I'd chalked the five-sided bokeh up to the five-bladed design of the lens itself, but I can see this effect in Sadie's photo, too (though with eight blades, obviously). Is this just due to the lens being stopped down to f/3.2 in that shot?

[MrJones]

great review and great photos! are the colors that strong SOC?
thanks

[Jason324]

Originally Posted by dlambert

Nice review, Jay. That looks like a fantastic lens. There were a couple of images in the review that popped out at me -- "Chubs Christmas Time" and "Sadie Christmas Time". Do you know why you got a completely rounded bokeh in the first and the octagonal bokeh in the second?

I took some shots of my sister's new puppy last Christmas using a 30D and 50mm f/1.8 lens - you can see one of them here. At the time, I'd chalked the five-sided bokeh up to the five-bladed design of the lens itself, but I can see this effect in Sadie's photo, too (though with eight blades, obviously). Is this just due to the lens being stopped down to f/3.2 in that shot?

You figured it out Wide open it will appear round, stop it down and the blade # becomes apparent with the shape it creates. Thank you very much for the comments and kind words!!

[Jason324]

Originally Posted by MrJones

great review and great photos! are the colors that strong SOC?
thanks

The colors are pretty strong right off the camera, but I think that has a lot to do with the 5D Mark II as well. The edited photos I jazzed up a bit of course

Best,
Jay

[dlambert]

Originally Posted by Jason324

You figured it out Wide open it will appear round, stop it down and the blade # becomes apparent with the shape it creates. Thank you very much for the comments and kind words!!

Cool. I think I feel an experiment coming on.....

[inkista]

Originally Posted by dlambert

Cool. I think I feel an experiment coming on.....

You mean like this?

EF 50mm f/1.0L, f/1.4 and f/1.8 Bokeh

[dlambert]

Yeah, like that. Thanks - that was easier than I thought. ;-)

[Jason324]

Perfect! Nice job