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There are few sights that titillate a photographer more than a black metal lens with a classy red ring at the end, but which of the L-series lenses are your favorites?
Some of the ones that I've used (ranked from most favorite to least favorite)
>100mm f/2.8L macro
Great working distance for live subjects and for not shading your subject, very sharp, IS works very well handheld, feel like all I really need is a 24-70 f/2.8 and this in my gear bag, and I'll be set
>35mm f/1.4L II
Incredibly sharp wide open, surgical optical properties, no CA, lots of contrast...lens is just a little large for a 35mm prime
>135mm f/2L
Great combination of fast maximum aperture and long focal length for subject isolation and subject/background separation, sharp, very little CA, creamy bokeh
>50mm f/1.2L
Unique, contrasty rendering, dreamy/unique bokeh...but lots of CA all over the place; and almost unacceptable softness wide open, especially at macro/close-focusing distances
>17-40 f/4L
Good contrast and center sharpness, but corner softness and dark vignetting at the wide end never really goes away no matter how much you stop it down, and affects most focal lengths until you zoom in past 35mm.
