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Bread and Butter Workhorse Lens: Pan 12-35 f/2.8

Started Jul 22, 2016 | User reviews thread
richj20 Forum Pro • Posts: 10,181
Re: Bread and Butter Workhorse Lens: Pan 12-35 f/2.8

Nice write up, Gary, and excellent photographs to demonstrate.

I haven't experienced the hood problem you and others mention. The hood snaps securely in place and doesn't change position.

I purchased the 12-35 mm lens to use primarily as a companion to my 100-400 mm. I think they go well together!

When I'm out photographing with the 100-400mm, I carry the 12-35 mm on a second body for landscape scenes, especially to give context to a particular wildlife.

An example:

Great Egret perched on a flotation dock in a local lake.

View from the shoreline.

A few more landscapes:

Kern River, California

South Creek Falls, Sequoia National Forest

Small canal, Sequoia National Forest

I use the lens for other things.

Recent environmental portrait: Secretary and her cluttered desk.

The f/2.8 is handy for helping to isolate the subject from the background. Common thistle.

All in all, a wonderful photographic tool.

- Richard

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