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Which 35mm? Advice needed please...

Started Mar 24, 2016 | Questions thread
Dan_168 Forum Pro • Posts: 11,055
Re: Which 35mm? Advice needed please...

Owenmorris wrote:

Hello everyone,

Again, apologies if my question is dumb...

I'm wanting to buy myself a 35mm.

Last year I tried out a 35mm 1.4 L mk i. I liked it a lot....I took a lot of my favourite photos I've managed so far with it. But at the time, I was also trying out a 24-70 f2.8 mk ii, and because of various reasons (versatility/sharpness/how much money I had to spend at the time...) bought the 24-70 and didn't buy the 35 1.4.

(I've tried the Sigma 35 1.4 and didn't like it at all)

So......inevitably, my question is:

Is the Canon 35mm 1.4L mk II really worth spending all that extra money on, as compared to getting a mk I version?

Yeah, to me the Canon 35L II is worth the money, in my opinion is day and night better than the Version 1, I couldn't wait to get rid of my 35L back then but there is not that many choices, and I ended up shooting with my Zeiss 35 most of the time only use the 35L when I absolutely need the AF, which is once in a blue moon, and as soon as I received my Sigma 35 Art I put that 35L on Craigslist the same day.

I like the Sigma so much and I have one for my Canon one for my Nikon and didn't even bother to use my Novoflex and metabones adapter.

To me the question would be is worth to spend that much extra for the 35L II over the Sigma. Between the two Canon, it's really easy pick for me.

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