32mm f/1.4 - Why it's so darned cool ...

R2D2 wrote:

Persizi wrote:

I almost hate to say this, but I may end up with this new lens (EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM) on my camera as my main lens from now on instead of the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens. It's going to produce a very fine image with plenty of subject isolation.

So far the EF-M 22mm f/2 has the best IQ from the all EF-M lenses. How do you know that the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 will have a decent IQ to replace completely the 22mm?

Although a few members here speak highly of the EF-M 22mm f.2 STM, and although I tend to agree that it is very decent with JPEG in-camera shots... it's not as sharp as the EF-M 28mm or the EF 11-22mm lenses. But together, all three perform very well. They are all sharp and they all produce decent images.
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I have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that Canon have pulled a rabbit out of their hat with this lens. It's going to turn heads with the shots it takes. Already it looks visibly pleasant. And I am VERY happy to see another alloy mount on the rear end of the lens.
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This is one of those things where if you haven't carried an f/1.4 lens about with you on a 50mm (equiv) mount, you couldn't really appreciate how much impact your images will have. And the lens coatings should enhance color and clarity further.

It could never supplant my own 22/2 due to the different F/L, but it sounds like a very nice lens.

I'm actually taking money from my EOS R "fund" to justify paying for this lens. This is the sort of lens I want on my EOS M cameras when I see something I like on the street, in a shop window, on the road, in a restaurant, in a park or sitting at home. the field of view is still acceptable to me since I used the 24mmL and found it to be acceptable with focal length. But the ease of use for capturing really "punchy" shots is going to be in your hands. This forum will have so many incredible shots from members adopting it that I might suggest that it will drive more newcomers into buying an EOS M camera just to use with this lens. The nearest lens Sony seems to have on offer is an E 35mm f/1.8 OSS lens.

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El Matadurr posted these samples here on DPreview with the Sony E 35mm f/1.8 OSS lens. it has an internal lens based stabilizer but the speed of this lens is much slower at f/1.8. I've never needed one at f/1.4. Take a look at the level of "busy" but still fairly bold bokeh behind the cat and then think about how much stronger f/1.4 will be from the Canon 32mm lens. He noted corner softness which is likely to be more of a Sony issue that a Canon one. Worth noting is that this lens has a minimum focus distance (MFD) of 11.81" (inches) compared to the Canon 32mm which has an MFD of just 9.05 inches... which ought to result in bolder bokeh from the closer distance to small objects... plus more from the much wider aperture. The Canon is going to be VERY interesting. Just set your shutter speed to around 1/60th second and you'll have all the light and stabilization you'll need. With my 22mm f/2 lens, thats what I've set my shutter speed to for indoor lowlight use. But on rare occasions I'll shoot even much slower hand held since you can usually hold at 1/13sec without grief and no stabilizer. Man, this is going to be fun to play with.
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Visually, I suspect the structure and shape of this lens is similar to what we're getting with the 32mm f/1.4 He wrote a review of this lens which can be seen HERE

Farm Cat - Sony 35mm, ISO 100, f/2.2, 1/320

Sony 35mm, ISO 100, f/1.8, 1/4000