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Hard to dislike the 32mm f/1.4 lens (PICS)...

Started May 7, 2019 | Discussions thread
Marco Nero
OP Marco Nero Veteran Member • Posts: 7,582
To: rmexpress22...

rmexpress22 wrote:

I'm a huge, huge fan of this lens. But I already own the 22mm, which I like for its compactness and I bought a Sigma 35mm Art, so I can't justify it. But every time I see pictures from it, everything looks amazing. It's like L glass for EF-m. I'm surprised they didn't give it some kind of special designation and jacked up the price for it.

I think in your instance the 35mm Art will produce very similar results (that's the f/1.4 lens, right?).  And if you own the 22mm lens, you really won't need the 32mm lens since the Art is a fine substiutute in lower light or for wide aperture shallow DOF shots.  And the 22mm f/2 is quite a superb lens to begin with with both lowlight and image quality.  Either way, those two lenses cover all your bases. I'm feeling guilty now because my EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens doesn't really seem to get much use at all these days.  It's not that it's made redundant by the 32mm lens, it's that I just enjoy the 32mm lens so darned much that I tend not to use my other lenses nearly as much as I did.  I think a few other members here have said their own 32mm lenses just stay locked on their cameras now.
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EOS M6 + EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM lens (plus Adapter)

EOS M6 + EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM lens (no adapter needed).
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I own the EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM lens which I have used for many years on the EOS M cameras before the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens became available and I feel that the results from that lens are very, very close to what I get from the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM lens.  The difference for me is the size and weight.  It's such a massive difference.  Since I enjoy shallow DOF photography, I'm likely to use the 32mm lens a lot more and my own shooting style is "lowlight handheld" so this too lends me to want to use this lens.
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I think Canon could have put a Red Ring on this 32mm lens and nobody would have objected if they ran the price up higher as a result.  Canon once labelled a fixed lens (PowerShot Pro1) on a compact camera with an L-series designation.  So we know they can do it if they want to.
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The L-Series 28-200mm lens on the Canon PowerShot Pro1 compact camera.

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I think I'd have liked the 32mm to have been closer to 24mm though.  It's just a little too long in some respects... which makes it a little tricky to capture wider shots for portraits or food without backing up just a little.  But those are First World problems, right?
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Marco Nero.

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