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Got a 135L last week...LOVING THIS LENS

Started Mar 21, 2014 | Discussions thread
RS_RS Senior Member • Posts: 1,788
Re: Got a 135L last week...LOVING THIS LENS

M Stewart wrote:

It's a lovely lens, and I've had mine for very many years. At one time it had an awful lot of postings here, but the improved quality of the zooms has shifted the emphasis. But it is heavy... ...Coming from film and Minolta, I do remember wishing that Canon offered a modern 135 F/2.8 with USM motor, so that I could have the portability that Minolta's 135 F/2.8MD offered..

I believe that a recent Canon patent included a 135/2.8IS, so you wish might be granted as Canon extends its new range of non-L (but optically good) IS primes. My 135/2L has served me well, but I now seldom use it except for portraits and as a butterfly lens on an EF25 tube. That's because the 70~200/4L IS does most of what I want, as you suggest.

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