Small Wonder: Canon EF 35 mm f/2

As I never tire of stating, my favorite focal length by far is 50 mm. With the 1.6x crop of the 10D, this field of view would require a lens of around 31 mm. Unfortunately the wonderful Pentax FA 31/1.8LE isn't available for the Canon mount, so I had to settle for either 28 or 35. My other major concerns are portability, brightness, and optical quality -- in this order. I waffled a quite a while between the 28/1.8 USM and the 35/2, and eventually went for the latter. I don't think I'll regret it.

Note: I've applied my usual post-processing to the images, unless otherwise noted. This includes curves adjustment and unsharp masking to get optimal sharpness. It does introduce some variation into the shots. If you don't like it, shoot your own damn test shots.

Here it is on the camera. Looks pretty tiny.