Excited my first L

[Scuba]

Been nearly a year journey but bought my first L glass today and am super excited. About a year ago I started selling equipment to get my 5D and was supposed to get a 17-40 at the same time but nu wife wanted to keep the old camera so I was stuck with a 50mm 1.8. Today I ordered a 17-40 and I am stoked. First L glass and an wide angle zoom....the reason I wanted the full frame. Can't wait to use it!!! I needed this been having a hard time lately with motivation to go shoot.

 

[ChrisB1966]

Congrats on the new purchase. Based off of the reviews i have read I think you will be pleased. What do you think of your 50mm 1.8?

 

[DivaKaye09]

Congrats!!!

+1 to Chris' comment

 

[ScubaDude]

Congrats on joining The L Club. Someone will be along shortly to show you the secret handshake.

 

[Tony S]

New tools are always fun to get and learn to use. Congrats.

 

[TCampbell]

The "problem" with L glass is... once you have one, you HAVE to have another... and another... and well, there goes the bank account. :razz:

 

[TheBiles]

That was my first L as well. Enjoy it!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

 

[Scuba]

Congrats on the new purchase. Based off of the reviews i have read I think you will be pleased. What do you think of your 50mm 1.8?

Honestly for the price I think it is amazing. The optics are soft at the edges/corners below f/4 so I didn't shoot much below that. A few times I used the softness for detail shots shooting nearly wide open. Sure the build quality is cheap and the AF is loud and slow, but again at the price point I think it is decent. It is ugly too. It does work and I didn't notice and CA issues. I have gotten some great shots with it.

Congrats on joining The L Club. Someone will be along shortly to show you the secret handshake.

I hope she's cute!

The "problem" with L glass is... once you have one, you HAVE to have another... and another... and well, there goes the bank account. :razz:

Yeah I know....I have my wish list, 70-200, 24-70, 300, 100 macro.

 

[Scuba]

That was my first L as well. Enjoy it!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

I see you don't have it anymore. How come?

 

[sovietdoc]

The "problem" with L glass is... once you have one, you HAVE to have another... and another... and well, there goes the bank account. :razz:

This is only the case if you want to get those 400+ mm primes. Those lenses under are "cheap" (in comparison)

 

[TheBiles]

That was my first L as well. Enjoy it!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

I see you don't have it anymore. How come?

I had it when I used a crop body, and it wasn't wide enough. I sold it for a Sigma 8-16, which I sold when I went full-frame. I settled on the 16-35 for the extra stop and extra millimeter.

Sent from my Transformer Prime TF201

 

[hukim0531]

Congrats on your purchase! I'm also debating what lens will be my first L. I'm thinking of 70-200 f/4 or 135L. I would also love ultrawide coverage, but that 's not a must for me at this moment.

 

[TheBiles]

Congrats on your purchase! I'm also debating what lens will be my first L. I'm thinking of 70-200 f/4 or 135L. I would also love ultrawide coverage, but that 's not a must for me at this moment.

The 135L is sweeeeeet. I just got mine, and it is fantastic.

 

[Scuba]

Congrats on your purchase! I'm also debating what lens will be my first L. I'm thinking of 70-200 f/4 or 135L. I would also love ultrawide coverage, but that 's not a must for me at this moment.

From the feedback I got the 70-200 f/4 IS has much better optics and a 2+ stop Stabilization which makes it on par with the 2.8 non is in terms of speed and weighs less. Just sharing what I learned. Haven't played with the 135 yet but I have read it is great. Really depends on the use there. Kids I would say a zoom adults a prime for portraits. Also depends on your other gear.

 

[TheBiles]

Congrats on your purchase! I'm also debating what lens will be my first L. I'm thinking of 70-200 f/4 or 135L. I would also love ultrawide coverage, but that 's not a must for me at this moment.

From the feedback I got the 70-200 f/4 IS has much better optics and a 2+ stop Stabilization which makes it on par with the 2.8 non is in terms of speed and weighs less. Just sharing what I learned. Haven't played with the 135 yet but I have read it is great. Really depends on the use there. Kids I would say a zoom adults a prime for portraits. Also depends on your other gear.

IS never puts a lens on par with a faster aperture in terms of "speed." You can't stop motion with IS, even though you may be able to shoot hand-held at lower shutter speed of a non-moving subject.