I started out with the 35 1.4L on a rebel. Eventually I upgraded to the 5DmkII and I can say from experience its great on full frame or 1.6. Its a bit more versatile for full frame imo, though if you do a lot of head shots or candids (ie a bit further away to be unobtrusive) you will need to compliment it with something else obviously. Here is an example shot from when I had it on the rebel -
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Glad to hear you tried a few primes out before settling on the Canon 35mm f/1.4L. A tip to help improve AF performance with primes: try setting your 7D to center point AF only (see page 91 of the 7D manual for the full explanation). The center AF sensor is twice as sensitive as the other AF points, so you are more likely to get proper focus with it. The drawback is that if your camera is set to the default of AF and metering from the same button (e.g. a half shutter release), then you often get great AF but poor metering based on the final framing of your shot. The solution there is to set the AF to a separate button than the half shutter release so that you can trigger AF with one button and then meter with the half shutter release using your final desired framing. Pages 217 and 218 of the 7D manual cover how to change the button configuration in more detail.Yeah, it was thanks to you and a bunch of other folks in this thread that got me thinking about this...
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1063061/
Over Christmas I actually rented both a Sigma 30mm f1.4 and a Sigma 50mm f1.4 (since the 50mm was so strongly recommended in the above thread). I actually found the 50mm focal length on my 7D to be too narrow and found little use for it. However, I took over 600 shots that weekend with the Sigma 30mm f1.4 but found only 1 in 5 was in focus. I must have had a really bad copy, but Sigma lenses are notoriously bad for AF issues.
In reaction to your post, I've just realised the thread is using a 7D, so of course wide open you won't get the vignetting. I use full frame with my 24mm.
Im not sure if you meant that towards me or not so sorry if you didn't - but no, this was taken in St. Louis. Its the Fox Theater which is a bit of a landmark around here. They use it for plays, concerts, musicals, etc.
Not the best shot (as it's hand held), but here's the shack in about as low light as you can get... midnight in a snow storm (1/13th @ f1.4)
Canon 7D with 35L; 1/13th @ f1.4; ISO 3200
There's also a Fox Theater in Atlanta, for the same purposes.
Interesting. I did a quick bit of digging and it seems they may have been both built by the same guy, if the Atlanta theater mentioned in this article is the same as the one we were referring to.
http://www.fabulousfox.com/the_fox_empire.aspx
Anywho, sorry to derail the thread!
