135L vs 100 f2 Which do you prefer?

[Daniel Browning]

There is definitely some work required to get good photos with a flash, and not make them look like a flash was involved.

Yes. For some uses, you'll find it very easy to learn. For example, find a white wall and white cieling, point your flash at where they meet, put it on Manual, 1/250, f/5.6, and shoot. It's like having a twenty foot soft box you can fit in your pocket and setup in seconds.

[SupraSonic]

"L" means luxury....there is alot of difference interms of performance and image quality.

[Alan]

There is definitely some work required to get good photos with a flash, and not make them look like a flash was involved.

Yes. For some uses, you'll find it very easy to learn. For example, find a white wall and white cieling, point your flash at where they meet, put it on Manual, 1/250, f/5.6, and shoot. It's like having a twenty foot soft box you can fit in your pocket and setup in seconds.
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Tom, let me second Daniel's suggestion here. These settings are precisely the same ones I use, using an 580EXII, and it's just as Daniel says: it's like having a soft box in your pocket.


Those settings give you a good shutter speed that will help freeze the subject, yet a good depth of field for pleasing looking photos. You will see the room flooded with light, and nary a shadow to deal with.


Sometimes, bumping up the ISO will also be necessary, if the room isn't well lit.


As to the lens, my vote is for the 135 L.