| With its maximum aperture of f/2.0,
there's no denying that this lens is designed with available and low-light in mind,
including indoor portraits using ISO 100 or slower films. For indoor sports, the
use of ISO 400 or higher film speed will enable you to have faster shutter speeds
to freeze the subject movement with the lens' fast maximum aperture. Most of the pictures (except the last two) on this page were shot with the EF 135mm f/2.0L USM telephoto lens using available light with ISO 100 speed film. No kidding! The first photo, shot inside Petaling Jaya's (a suburb off Kuala Lumpur) Sunway Pyramid shopping mall, was recorded at 1/15 sec. at f/2.0 handheld, with some elbow support at one of the fencings available. Like those in the photo, I managed to fire off three successive shots and all were free of camera shake. The neon sign of the "Budweiser" branding was shot at 1/30 sec, also at the maximum aperture setting.
The photo of the mural (above, lower left), depicting life in ancient Egypt was shot at 1/125 sec at f/2.8, outside the same mall. King Neptune's statue was shot at 1/50 sec. at f/2.0 - at this close-up range, there's no way to verify over here that it was Neptune's statue as unwanted distractions underneath the idol did not allow me to include the whole image with this lens by standing further back. The side portrait of the Caucasian man (below, top left) was photographed elsewhere, in Las Vegas during the PMA 2000 Show, the 135mm lens used on him (Canon staff) wasn't the same one as tested for this issue but rather, it belonged to Canon USA Inc. during the testing of the demo version of the new pro EOS-1v model. The next photo was of the Malaysian Tourism Minister (black coat) visiting one of the booths in a local trade fair. Instead of joining the other press photographers who followed the Minister around, I decided to shoot from a higher angle, looking down towards the action.
The last two photos from above were shot using direct fill-in TTL flash in Shutter-priority AE mode, at 1/00 sec. at f/2.0, also with ISO 100 speed film. Camera was set to its AI Servo AF mode and the lens was quick in tracking the movements of the model. The hands were stationary when the photo was snapped. It was the combination of the colors that had attracted attention in the first place. << Back to Main . 1 . 2 . 3 . |
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