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Awesome 35!

Started Dec 23, 2016 | User reviews thread
J A C S
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Re: Awesome 35!
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fPrime wrote:

Personally I prefer the rendering from the 35L Mark 1. The 35L Mark II is slightly better corrected but is just not as magical as the Mk 1.

Plenty of people feel the same way. Julia Trotti, for example, is keeping both her 35L Mk 1 and 2 because the Mk 1 has a “special” rendering. I’m sure that what she means by special is that it has kicks out tremendous 3D Pop whereas the Mk II is a touch more clinical and a bit flatter. See the 9:40 time stamp in the video below where she discusses both lenses.

https://youtu.be/H6rdex1pAD4

fPrime

Having owned both lenses for many years, less is not more here. There is nothing magical about the 35L but there is something magical about the 35LII. The 35L was a good lens but it had mediocre bokeh too often which bugged me back then. The 35LII is way better.

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