Canon EF 85mm F1.8 USM
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18 years ago
Canon EF 85/1.8 – Obsevations and Opinions
THIS LENS was purchased to fill the gap between my 50mm macro and 100mm macro lenses and in a few months has replaced the 100mm as my go-to short telephoto of choice. It's image quality, moderate focal length and significantly smaller size compared to the 100 are the main factors in this shift.
16 years ago
"Best lens I have"
I bought this lens to do portrait work but then I find myself using it more and more for every kind of pictures, compressed landscape, flower, nature, anything really. The quality of the pictures is just too great to miss. This lens is well balanced on a 40d (it would be on a rebel also).
Pros:
- Perfect picture quality
- fast and silent
Cons:
- Prime..
- Zoom and Dezoom with your feet
16 years ago
Canon EF 85 f1.8 USM
Ett fantastiskt gediget objektiv, med tanke på prisnivån. Tungt, stabilt och rejält. Kvaliteten i bilderna är också mycket imponerande. Fina färger, utomordentligt skarpt och en mycket tilltalande "oskärpa" vid stor bländare. Kort sagt är detta ett mycket bra objektiv.
Pros:
- Skarpt
- Välbyggt
- Fin "oskärpa"
- Bra färger
- Snabb AF
Cons:
- Finner inget
15 years ago
A great lens to own. You will still be using this wonderful glass into your 4th or 5th Camera upgrade... in the next decade or so. It's that good. It's like having a 50mm lens on a cropped 1.6x sensor. Same FOV.
Pros:
- Bang great AF accuracy with manual overide
- No moving parts
- no focus barrel movements
- Weird but wonderfull lens hood
- (Try attaching the hood in reverse and let them go crazy trying to figure out what kind of lens you got
- because it looks...weird! Try it it
- its fun.
Cons:
- Easily spotted by photographer friends and asked to be borrowed..
- annoying
15 years ago
Wow!
I have really only had this lens for a day, so perhaps i am still bedazzled by its awesomeness...i haven't shot in any overly bright settings yet so have experienced the vingetting or abberation that others have commented on.
Pros:
- sharp
- beautiful bokeh
- easy to use
- quiet
Cons:
- none so far
15 years ago
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Review
Rather than testing Canon's f/1.8 lens we might have looked at the f/1.2L version instead – were it not for the £2,640 price tag. This is a mind-bogglingly hefty sum that puts the lens well out of reach for most photographers.
Pros:
- Quality and price
Cons:
- f/22 performance
14 years ago
Great Lens For Close Ups
I am a professional photographer & wanted a lens that took close up portraits...This lens was just what I was looking for! It take great pictures & I'm absolutely pleased with my purchase! I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking to take clear close up photos!
Pros:
- photography
- personal use
14 years ago
Very happy with excellent picture quality of the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM
As expected by reading reviews on forums, this lens provides fantastic clarity. Beware of the chromatic aberration (causing purple blur on sharp contrast) between F1.8-2.8. I'm using it with my EOS 550D, which came with the 18-135 F3.5-5.6 kit and is practical but in my opinion the 85 F1.8 is a...
13 years ago
Excellent lens! Must have for portraits.
This is a great lens for portraiture! Very sharp wide open, love it!
13 years ago
Best portrait lens in the Canon lens lineup
Best lens for portraits, This holds true for both cropped sensors and full frame sensors.The wide aperture is giving me excellent and very sharp focus in the death of field area.
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