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Hi,
Puchased a 5D MII and want to have a good prime with it.

I have a 70-200 F4 IS and I expect the prime's sharpness to be equivalent to this lens when stopped down.

To me, the bokeh is one of the most important features of a fast prime, so does any know any good, affordable primes (focal length is not that important) with great bokeh?

Thanks
 
35L, 50L, Sigma 50f/1.4, Sigma 85f/1.4, 135L, 85/f1.8, 100f/2.0
 
I heard that the best Canon lens by long stretch is 135mm f/2.
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Try 85L and 135L.

I have bunch of Zeiss and TSE and fast L primes but among all of them I found 85L II and 135L give me the best Bokeh quality. I have some shorter FL primes too such as 35L and Zeiss 35 F1.4, and Sigma 50 HSM and Zeiss 50 F2..... but I prefer the 85L and 135L much more, however, there is always time the working space doesn't allow to use them and I will be forced to go to the shorter FL, the only one I think I like it even better is the 200 F2.0L IS, which is going to be my next lens.
 
dirkluchtman said:
Hi,
Puchased a 5D MII and want to have a good prime with it.

I have a 70-200 F4 IS and I expect the prime's sharpness to be equivalent to this lens when stopped down.

To me, the bokeh is one of the most important features of a fast prime, so does any know any good, affordable primes (focal length is not that important) with great bokeh?

Thanks
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You need bokeh the just get the sigma 50 1.4 or the canon 50L.its multi purpose on 5d.

Sigma is just usd500 . Cheap. Bokeh is right up there amongs the best. And sharper at 1.4 compared to canon 50L .
85L is good but u already have a 70-200.

Then get a 17-40L.17-40 f4, sigma 50 1.4, 70-200 f4.
Is the best bang for the buck complete combo on the 5d.
 
oops, you have the wrong system :P

i think that the kings of bokeh are the nikon 105DC and 135DC lenses. canon doesn't make anything like it (and no, the 100mm Soft Focus is not the same).

i s'pose plan B would be either the 135/2L or 200/2L, and most importantly the right distances between camera - subject - background.
 
dirkluchtman said:
Hi,
Puchased a 5D MII and want to have a good prime with it.

I have a 70-200 F4 IS and I expect the prime's sharpness to be equivalent to this lens when stopped down.

To me, the bokeh is one of the most important features of a fast prime, so does any know any good, affordable primes (focal length is not that important) with great bokeh?

Thanks
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Take a look at the Zeiss series of primes for Canon>
 
The Samyang 85mm F/1.4 has ridiculous bokeh for a price you can't beat, the only problem is that it's manual-focus, and it doesn't pick up sharpness as well as primes usually do when stopped down. It's usable wide-open, but never gets tack-sharp.
dirkluchtman said:
Hi,
Puchased a 5D MII and want to have a good prime with it.

I have a 70-200 F4 IS and I expect the prime's sharpness to be equivalent to this lens when stopped down.

To me, the bokeh is one of the most important features of a fast prime, so does any know any good, affordable primes (focal length is not that important) with great bokeh?

Thanks
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dirkluchtman said:
Thanks.

How about macrolenses, like the Sigma 70mm f2.8. If you check out at photozone.de, this lens performs really well on all aspects of quality.
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The Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro has really nice bokeh, and is very sharp as well.

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John

 
can be used for photographs taken at longer distances.

As a general rule, real macro lenses are excellent all-round lenses, too.

The Sigma 70, Canon 60, either Canon 100 macro, etc are all excellent lenses.

The weirdo super-close Canon closeup only lens is the exception.

BAK
 
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