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35L II > If every lens could be this good

Started Feb 23, 2018 | User reviews thread
diness Veteran Member • Posts: 3,758
Re: 35L II > If every lens could be this good
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hermit383 wrote:

This is by no means a personal attack on you at all. I promise Lol. Because I know this sounds overly harsh haha. here goes....

The 35L II is absolute optical trash in my opinion compared to the old one lol ( for my priorities). The tradeoff in micro contrast was way to significant for me personally.I'm disturbingly disappointed that Canon decided to discontinue the old one. The new ones seems like it would be good for one thing only. Massive prints above 44 inches wide viewed up close for gallery type situations. Other than that it looks awful to me. But of course everyone has different priories.

Its pretty sharp which i only notice when pixel peeping. however when viewing the image at regular size it looks flat and muddy and washed out compared to the old one. it made me really sad to see this.

I know that sounds harsh. I really just have compared them both so many times that its awful.

Are you serious?   I have never ever heard someone say anything like this about the new 35mm.

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