![]() You would be hard pressed to find any other lens on a full frame camera that produces creamier bokeh. But I would argue that a 135mm F2 lens produces even greater bokeh, thanks to the long focal length that compresses the background far more than the 85mm lens. One very popular lens for bokeh fiends is the Canon 85mm F1.2-it can produce extremely creamy out of focus backgrounds. To achieve creamy bokeh, a lens should have a wide maximum aperture and a long focal length. Even if the background is very close to your subject, somehow the optical construction in the 135mm lens will still manage to separate the background beautifully. Just place your subject against a distant background, and half of the job is done. When you shoot a 135mm F2 lens at F2, your subject will stand out in this beautiful way, often without much work needed from you as the photographer. One of them is simplicity: A clear, simple subject that constitutes a shape, standing out and contrasting against a calm and simple background. There are only a handful of foolproof strategies for making a great photograph. The 135mm F2 lens design is truly special, and in this article (and the video I made), I want to try to convince you as well. Another thing that makes people go "wow" over the 135mm F2 lens design is the bokeh, which can be so creamy that distant backgrounds almost render as gradients. The flawless image quality is only half the story though. I had of course heard that this lens is supposed to be very sharp, but I had never before had such a full blown "wow" experience when reviewing the sharpness of a lens. I was blown away when I loaded the photos into my computer. I took a few shots with the lens on my way home after buying it. The moment I tried the Samyang 135mm F2 for the first time after purchasing it, I immediately felt that it was a very special lens. They create a beautiful, mesmerizing dreamscape in their photos, and their secret weapon, besides an impeccable sense for aesthetics, is the 135mm F2 lens. Perhaps you have seen the photos of masterful Russian portrait photographers such as Elena Shumilova or Anka Zhuravleva. I use the word design, because although the available 135mm F2 lenses aren't the exact same optical formula, they share many important traits. Today I want to talk about another such lens design: The 135mm F2 lens. If you buy a nifty fifty or a 100mm macro lens you simply cannot go wrong-you will get a great and handy lens for your money, with great image quality. Another example is the 100mm (or sometimes 90mm) F2.8 macro lens. ![]() One of the prime examples of such a design is the "nifty fifty"-the 50mm F1.8 lens construction that many lens manufacturers provide. ![]() Sometimes though, we stumble upon a great lens design which is strong in all three. We have come to accept that most lenses are strong in only one or two of these three factors, that I personally focus on when researching lenses to buy. Image quality, weight and value for money. ![]()
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