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Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM - too niche

Started Jan 21, 2016 | User reviews thread
Spotted Cow Senior Member • Posts: 1,586
Re: 135L is the alternative to go for

In my experience the photos you get with a 85mm lens, whether it's the 1.2 or the 1.8 version looks much different that the 135mm lens because of the FL and everything that's different about it, including the compression. At least in my experience, it's very easy to pick out 85mm shots from the 135mm shots on the computer. For photo shoots, I pick the FL that I want to use for the look that I'm going for when I'm shooting primes. The primes that I used were the Canon 85mm f1.8 and 135mm f2 but was lucky to pick up the 85mm f1.2L new for a great price recently so I will be using that on paid shoots. For me, 85mm and 135mm FL is quite different.

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