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Canon 100mm f/2 -- should I buy? (considering I have a 50mm f1.4)

Started May 30, 2014 | Questions thread
richiemccaw Senior Member • Posts: 1,026
Re: Canon 100mm f/2 -- should I buy? (considering I have a 50mm f1.4)

I have the 50mm f1.4 and 135mm f2L which I use on my 5D and 1D3 regularly. I can still use the 135+1D3 combo indoors but it does get a little ridiculous at times, i.e. I'm in the hallway shooting my baby girl who's being carried by my mother in law, seated in the living room.

My sense is that 100mm on a 1.6x crop camera is going to be a little too long. 85mm, as some others have mentioned here, would be as far as you can go on a 1.6x crop.

Or you can consider getting a 5D + 135mm f2L!

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