I\'ve never used the Canon 135/2 but from all it accounts it does seem to be one of the best in that focal length/speed so I doubt you can go wrong if you buy it.
I have a Contax 135/2.0 AEG which I find to be a very interesting lens. Although it is very sharp wide open with excellent detail there seems to be a softness which might come from spherical aberration, but which is already gone at F2.8. There is a bit of CA wide open which is a bit of an issue, probably this lenses worst trait. The bokeh from this lens is just beautiful. It\'s very smooth with very little harshness, even in difficult circumstances. It\'s a very worthy lens for bokeh and still very sharp wide open.
There are a couple of fins that protrude from the mount of the lens, one of which will obstruct the mirror on FF bodies. At least one of them will need to be shortened about a mm or 2, which I have done and is very easy to do, so the lens works fine on a 1ds2 and 5d2.
I had the Contax 135/2 about 17 years ago and then sold it, because I dumped ALL of my Contax/Zeiss/Yashica (21, 24), when I foolishly tried Leica R and preferred it. I eventually bought the Contax 135/2 again and although it doesn\'t get much use these days it\'s still a special lens IMHO.
I\'ve never used the Canon 135/2 but from all it accounts it does seem to be one of the best in that focal length/speed so I doubt you can go wrong if you buy it.
I have a Contax 135/2.0 AEG which I find to be a very interesting lens. Although it is very sharp wide open with excellent detail there seems to be a softness which might come from spherical aberration, but which is already gone at F2.8. There is a bit of CA wide open which is a bit of an issue, probably this lenses worst trait. The bokeh from this lens is just beautiful. It\'s very smooth with very little harshness, even in difficult circumstances. It\'s a very worthy lens for bokeh and still very sharp wide open.
There are a couple of fins that protrude from the mount of the lens, one of which will obstruct the mirror on FF bodies. At least one of them will need to be shortened about a mm or 2, which I have done and is very easy to do, so the lens works fine on a 1ds2 and 5d2.
I had the Contax 135/2 about 17 years ago and then sold it, because I dumped ALL of my Contax/Zeiss/Yashica (21, 24), when I foolishly tried Leica R and preffered it. I eventually bought the Contax 135/2 again and although it doesn\'t get much use these days it\'s still a special lens IMHO.
I\'ve never used the Canon 135/2 but from all it accounts it does seem to be one of the best in that focal length/speed so I doubt you can go wrong if you buy it.
I have a Contax 135/2.0 AEG which I find to be a very interesting lens. Although it is very sharp wide open with excellent detail there seems to be a softness which might come from spherical aberration, but which is already gone at F2.8. There is a bit of CA wide open which is a bit of an issue, probably this lenses worst trait. The bokeh from this lens is just beautiful. It\'s very smooth with very little harshness, even in difficult circumstances. It\'s a very worthy lens for bokeh and still very sharp wide open.
There are a couple of fins that protrude from the mount of the lens, one of which will obstruct the mirror on FF bodies. At least one of them will need to be shortened about a mm or 2, which I have done and is very easy to do, so the lens works fine on a 1ds2 and 5d2.
I\'ve never used the Canon 135/2 but from all it accounts it does seem to be one of the best in that focal length/speed so I doubt you can go wrong if you buy it.
I have a Contax 135/2.0 AEG which I find to be a very interesting lens. Although it is very sharp wide open with excellent detail there seems to be a softness which might come from spherical aberration, but which is already gone at F2.8. There is a bit of CA wide open which is a bit of an issue, probably this lenses worst trait. The bokeh from this lens is just beautiful. It\'s very smooth with very little harshness, even in difficult circumstances. It\'s a very worthy lens for bokeh and still very sharp wide open.
There are a couple of fins that protrude from the mount of the lens, one of which will obstruct the mirror on a FF bodies. At least one of them will need to be shortened about a mm or 2, which I have done and is very easy to do, so the lens works fine on a 1ds2 and 5d2.
JJ
Sep 14, 2010 at 06:10 PM
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