Canon EF 135mm f/2L USM Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Reviews

I bought the new Canon 100MM F2.8L I am extremely happy with it. Sharp and great Bokeh. But the Canon 135MM 2.0 L USM refuses to take a back seat to any lens.I have both will keep both... Slight edge to the faster 135MM

Bottom line: Buy This Lens While thay last...

This is the sharpest lens of my 5 "L" lens collection. Light, smaller than I expected it to be, fast-focusing, and perfect image quality even when I shoot it wide open. The lens is also very forgiving of challenging lighting conditions, such as a strong backlight that my 70-200 2.8 IS lens can't handle. Get one if you can, you won't be sorry!

Bottom line: What a great lens!!!

This lens is regarded as one of the best three prime lenses that Canon produce (Along with 85mm f/1.2 L USM and 35mm f/1.4 L USM). The images from this lens are very sharp, contrasty and show a lot of details even in wide open at f/2. The depth of field is very shallow at f/2. As a result, the background will be compressed. Because of that...

Bottom line: Awesome lens with a minor flaw

my favorite lens in my bag. i use this lens on a crop sensor body, which makes it roughly equal to a 200mm viewing angle. a bit long for daily use but serves great for long distance candid photos or detail shots. focusing ring is smooth and autofocus is insanely fast. the background blur from this lens is smooth and soft, very appealing.

Bottom line: Heavenly Lens

Pros: * Very sharp * Auto-focus is smooth and responsive * F2 helps a lot with low-light (but see cons) * Not a white lens so you're not as noticeable Cons: * On a crop frame like my 450D, you're effectively at about 218mm. Without any IS, it can be difficult to hold steady in low-light situations, even at F2.

Bottom line: With my 450D

Some of my best portrait photos were made using this lens. I only use in in good available light, mostly outdoors. f2/135mm/40D combination makes focusing tricky (one eye out of focus), but the whole point of using this lens is f2... I like it's compact size. I would call it a highly specialized lens. It can give me an absolutely outstanding shot...

Bottom line: Great portrait lens, but not cost effective for an amateur.

Read the reviews - this is simply an outstanding lens, a great value and of all the lens I own my #1 favorite. It lives on my camera. Just nothing negative to say and I have owned this for years.....the quality of my images is superlative - beautiful bokeh, very quick focus, fast, fast, fast..... Color, contrast, unbeatable. I own many Canon...

Bottom line: My #1 lens

If you are not doing photojournalism where you would really need a telephoto zoom, and you want the most crisp, colorful and bright images possible, then this is the prime lens to get after the 50 mm if you want a little more distance. Great for portraits as you can really blurr the background and focus sharp on the subject. Also perfect for...

Bottom line: Very well worth the expense

Perfect as a portrait lens. coming from Nikon I thought the 85mm 1.2 would be my best grab, it sucked, get the 135mm f/2. This lens rocks. The other reviewers have said it all. Excellent, excellent glass at a modest price.

Bottom line: Truly an outsanding lens

I own other L lenses and love them all. But I have to say that this particular lens is BAR NONE the ultimate lens. Yes, it's a tad too long in close quarters, but O M G is this lens sharp. The photos taken with this lens always outshine my photos taken with other Canon L lenses. I read a review once that read, "You couldn't pry this lens out...

Bottom line: I'm taking this lens with me to the grave...

I absolutely adored this lense. Some of my best images came from it. I regret selling it instead of my 24-70 but live and learn. If you are thinking about buying this lense stop now and place your order. You will not regret it.

Bottom line: Loved it

Read all of great reviews of this lens and believe them. You don't know how good a photographer you are or how good your Canon camera is until you bolt this thing on. The first time you look through the viewfinder with this lens in place you will smile big time, really you will. Images are outstanding with great snap, detail, bokeh and...

Bottom line: Just do it!

This is the Canon L Prime that got me started buying a lot of prime lenses. I rate this equal in quality to the 85mm f/1.2 and the 50mm f/1.2. I bought this one first because it was cheaper than either of those and it got me hooked. For many photographers, myself included, 85mm is the perfect portrait length. However, I would argue this is...

Bottom line: One of the 3 best lenses I own

Wonderful lens! I've recently purchased 135mm to use it with my 5D and it's delivering nothing but brilliant photo quality! I love to use it for portraits and some macro-like shots, a must have lens!

Bottom line: Beautiful!

I compared both in a camera store in Hong Kong (attendant graciously let me test both). I mounted, test-shot. swapped, re-mounted, test-shot several times, before finally deciding 100% to buy this 135. In evaluating a portrait lens, bokeh of course should be the prime consideration. The 85 1.2 offers a 'surreally-too-creamy' bokeh. Perhaps it's...

Bottom line: Versus the 85 f1.2, this is the better portrait lens!

I don't think anyone deleted any negative reviews of this lens because I imagine there were none: every rave I read turned out to be true. I love this lens. Sharp, fast. Great background blur when you want it. Other people covered the technical stuff. All I can add is "believe the great things you read, it is that good".

Bottom line: The Raves Are True!

I don't really have much to say other than I really enjoy this lens. It's super sharp and great for low light conditions. You can read all sorts of fantastic reviews regarding this lens pretty much everywhere online. It's also very reasonably priced for a Canon 'L' lens. If you have the spare change, go out and buy one. You won't be disappointed :o...

Bottom line: Canon EF 135mm f2/L USM Lens Is Sweet

I've had this lens for over 2 years now, coupled with my 20d, and it's given me amazingly sharp results at WNBA basketball games. The Key Arena is where I shoot from the stands as a fan, and I usually shoot vertical format. A white lens wouldn't be allowed into the Arena unless I was a pro, so the black color and small size of the 135 doesn't raise...

Bottom line: Amazing lens for indoor sports photography

Previously, I relied on Canon's EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens for modest telephoto images. There is *no comparison* between the images that the 135mm lens produces and that zoom. The difference is not merely that the fixed lens is a lot faster (in practice, I rarely go wider than f2.8 anyway; the depth of field becomes too narrow for my taste)....

Bottom line: The best EF lens I own, by far

Other reviewers have already covered the many positive attributes of this lens. I already own an excellent copy of Canon's 70-200 f/2.8 zoom so I was curious to see how the 135 L would compare with a 1.4 TC installed. The 135 is MUCH sharper and has noticeably better IQ (image quality) from f/2.8 to f/8--so much sharper that I am considering...

Bottom line: About as sharp as they come...