Review on Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM Wide Angle Lens - Fixed - Black, Model 2750B002 by Fernando Beck

I bought this lens because I am an artist (painter/artist) and I want to take reference photos. The lens closely mimics the optical properties of the human eye (24mm). With the Canon 5D I can compensate for some of the spherical aberrations that come with wide-angle lenses with the internal Digic4 processor (or you can compensate for all of this with Canon's photo editing software). Some professional models use this lens and swear by it - I usually NEVER look at reviews because I think a lot of people just need to justify their bad buys, but not in this case. bought and calibrated the lens, and my copy performed perfectly in my tests. The best point is f4.5, but that sweet spot is wide. The lens has an aperture of f1.4, which often allows me to shoot at night without a tripod. also comes on f22. This is a giant piece of "glass" measuring 3 inches wide, ideal for making movies (movie quality videos). Just holding it in your hand speaks of "high quality”. Chromatic aberration is negligible and best of all, this entire lens (version II) uses Reverb Se developed motheye (biomimetics) to reduce glare from light like the version I claimed to have had. The lens uses a 77mm filter and I would recommend using a UV filter to protect the lens. The filter needs to be low profile or you could end up having vignetting in your images and haven't tried stacking two of these low profile filters. I found a UK website where they got all the UV filters they could get and tested them on a Hitachi spectrometer and I was shocked to see that many UV filters (even very respectable names!) weren't any better as window glass (which filters everything, but about 2% UV anyway). I chose the Hoya HMC UV Digital 77mm Multicoated Thin Frame Glass Filter based on their test results, although it stops the image a bit more than another brand that is much more expensive (here - I was guided by the price because that Saving the aperture wasn't worth the extra money) and I can always remove the aperture optimization filter if I ever need it (I use it to protect a very expensive external eyeball lens). Hoya (both digital and regular versions) works well and removes UV haze in photos of bright skies etc. better than other well-known brands that cost 5 times more. If you're a pro, it pays to do a little science to give yourself an edge over the competition, right? Relying on brands that have a good reputation is the lazy way - many of these companies are not sitting on their laurels, raking in your money and selling junk! Note. Hitachi Spectrometer test results are very specific to a particular brand's filter model - you can never assume that all of a manufacturer's filters are the best because one of them was the best (i.e. you cannot assume that Hoya made the best polarizing filter manufactures because they make one of the best UV filters). Hover to zoom Hoya 77mm Digital UV Filter with Laminated Thin Frame Glass