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I have the 180 and have used the 135 - they're such different focal lengths it's hard to think of them in any sort of comparison. Both have sublime bokeh, the 135 a bit more customizable with the DC ring. Also, as others have said, they're not even close to the same price. I found a really excellent used 180 for $400 - I've never seen a 135 in any sort of condition for less than $1000 and rarely that low. I found f2 was almost always too narrow at the distances I tended to shoot that lens, so I mostly shot it at f2.8, and I have a 135 f2.8 AI that was about 1/10 the price and is about 1/3 or 1/4 the size as the DC (and renders about 95% as well if not equally well), so I haven't been able to see clear to spend the money on the f2 DC version. I've rented it a couple of times when I had to have AF, but 90% of the time I'm good with manual focus on the AI lens. But at $400, the 180 f2.8 was a no-brainer - I really like having AF at that length...
-Ray
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