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Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM : Specifications and Opinions

Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM

The Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 1996 to 2022 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 1150 €;

189 users have given it an average vote of 9.8 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.

Specifications
Focal lenght	135 mm
Angle of view	18.2°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/2.0
Aperture blades	8
Lenses/Groups	10 elements in 8 groups
Min. focus distance	0.90 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.19x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	72 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	750 g
Dimensions	83 x 112 mm
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Rednaxela

sent on August 08, 2015

Pros: excellent sharpness and contrast, very pleasing bokeh, solid construction, comparatively low price

Cons: no weather sealing, small AF switches

Opinion: This lens is one of the best Canon L prime lenses below 200mm. Image quality is excellent, with very high sharpness wide open and incredible sharpness from f2.5 onwads! Colors and contrast are also excellent and the rendered bokeh is one of the best and harmonic bokehs you will find in this focal range. AF is extremely fast and very accurate - it is one of my lenses with the best "in focus" hit rate! Construction is solid but with tiny AF switches, no weather sealing and a little outdated lenshood witch is a little hard to install (rough-running thread). Compared to its excellent image quality the price is comparatively low!

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LoryM

sent on May 01, 2023

Pros: Incredible optics, becomes stabilized with the current Mirrorless

Cons: Management of a fixed 135

Opinion: Purchased in 2023, it is a lens that I have always craved and I have always waited to buy. I recently made the transition from Reflex to Mirrorless and I decided to make this purchase too. Obviously used. One of the most comfortable things about Mirrorless technology is the stabilization of the sensor, which gave me the opportunity to start seriously exploiting many fixed lenses by specifically choosing non-stabilized ones. I must say, that despite the project is from 1996, this perspective behaves very well even with modern machines (R6-R7), returning absolutely exceptional results. Precise focus, incredible sharpness, crazy colors, wonderful blur! From my point of view this perspective has no flaws, and what once could have been (lack of stabilization), with modern machines is solved beautifully. In fact, for those who use Mirrorless, you will obviously find a stabilized optics. The only real complication is the fact of being a fixed 135, not easy to manage in all situations, but this applies to any fixed lens. It must be said that we are faced with an optics intended for the portrait par excellence and, in my opinion, especially for half-length and close-up shots, even if in the whole figures it still manages to detach the subject from the background in an incredible way. The cleanliness of detail and the clarity of the images are really excellent, as well as the color rendering even in very difficult situations and with precise casts; The complexion is always very precise and the shades of color returned perfectly. Reading some other opinions around the web, some complained about the minimum focusing distance, but I find that 90 cm for a 135 mm is more than enough for the use for which it was built. In short, I was absolutely enthusiastic about the choice I finally managed to make, finding myself an incredible and moreover "stabilized" optics. Even on the R7 (32 megapixels on APS-C), it does not suffer at all from the density of the sensor (which for example the 24-105 L a little bit does) returning fantastic images! On the R6, instead, we are at poetry! As for the use for sports activities and action photography in general, I found the autofocus very fast, but its focal length makes it preferable for more indoor than outdoor use; If I had to photograph a volleyball game I would definitely choose it, for an 11-a-side football match I don't know. But in any case it is simply a matter of choosing the focal length, because for speed of focus and image rendering you go with your eyes closed.

Riccardo Arena Trazzi

sent on October 21, 2022

Pros: The images it gives, AF, sharpness

Cons: Minimum focusing distance, it is not stabilized.

Opinion: Optics dated 1996 and despite this makes many modern optics feel old! Aesthetically appealing with that gigantic front lens compared to the barrel (72mm filters). Lightning-fast and precise AF that allow you to use it for sports, both outdoors and indoors, day and night given the brightness. At f/2 it is great for portraits, closing from 2.8 increases sharpness and changes footprint becoming almost macro. Almost, in fact, because of the excessive minimum focusing distance. The f/2 yield makes it a miniature 85mm f/1.2. It is duplicable with medium quality. The only real lack you will feel is the absence of stabilization but not always, only in some contexts. I recommend use on rooms with a good grip such as 5D or 6D

Giant Step

sent on January 04, 2022

Pros: Sharpness already at f2, compactness, weight, speed

Cons: Without hood it suffers a little, no IS

Opinion: Taken after years that I admired it and it was love at first sight. It has a sharpness already at TA and does not disfigure on the 30mpx of the R. Without a hood and with the sun, it needs the hood. CA I never noticed. I also use it in the closed diaphragm studio with extension tubes for macros (with 0.9m you don't do so much) and I feel good about it (avoiding having an additional lens for macros). The lack of IS sometimes makes itself felt but you can't ask for everything. Then now the price is very advantageous compared to the Sigma 135 which weighs twice as much and costs twice as much! I would only change it for a future RF 135 f2 IS macro. A dream!

Ombra Grigia

sent on October 16, 2021

Pros: Stamp, Af, colors, vintage, very artistic.

Cons: The age for those who love to keep up with the times, for those who love the folklore of half vintage tones can be said that it has no flaws.

Opinion: I had the big one, then I go on the statistics of the most used juza lenses and I see that despite the fact that at the time I had both lenses, I shot more with the 135 mm ... objectively found by juza statistics on my profile . And why? I bought this lens again because I sincerely think that today beyond the excellent value for money you can not find lenses with wonderful imperfections like this . Not even the Big One has such a personality . I flanked this lens to the 50 L 1.2 , on Fuji Xt1 I took a 23 mm f 2 wr to have a mediocre 35 mm for street . Instead the L lenses I make them rejuvenate with canon's Mirrorless system, with a humble Rp that like Af is reactive on these wonderful lenses.

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