Great lens to pick up if you can find it cheap used. Easily a match for its big brother in the "L" gang, but not wide open. Very nice soft focus feature, razor sharp when off, dreamy effects when dialed in.

Small; light; razor sharp; although not edge to edge like the big brother "L"

Lens flare is very pronounced even with a hood against even slightly backlit subjects; Build is cheap; Not a lens I would take through a rough outing

Tretjega posebneža med preizkušenimi Canon specialnimi objektivi lahko uporabimo kot povsem klasièni 135-milimetrski objektiv. Toda prirejen je predvsem za fotografiranje portretov, zato njegova ostrina posnetka kljub fiksni gorišènici ni v vseh primerih zadovoljiva.

The Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 With Softfocus Lens is a relatively small, light and inexpensive 135mm lens. The unusual feature of this lens is its softfocus capability . The 135 L has a ring that allows continuous soft focus settings ranging from locked at 0 (none) to 2 with detents at settings 1 and 2.

I use it for theatre photographs. big apeature, great clarity and sharpness. on my 1x6 crop it has an effective focal lenght of 216mm which means it frames beautifully in most theatres. and then there is the soft focus feature, which is an interesting option for when the mood takes you.

sharp; sharp; sharp; luminosity; great in B & W

This lens is very easy to use and does what the advertisements say. There are 3 levels of softness of this lens - level 0 is no blur, level 1 is a little softness and level 2 is slightly more softness.

The Canon EF 135mm f/2.8 SF may be old but it was still able to delivery very good performance figures in all aspects. Nonetheless there´re many lenses including zooms which are capable to deliver similar and even better.

The lens's main strengths are in the optics and the compact size and discreet appearance. Wide-open sharpness is very good in the center and good in the corners. Center sharpness improves to excellent at f/4 and peaks at f/5.6. Corner sharpness improves to excellent at f/5.6 and peaks at f/8.

Small; cheap; optically excellent; fast-focusing; funky soft-focus effect

Dated build and feature set; hexagonal iris

What can I say that has not already been said This lens is a versatile multitool of a lens. Rather surprising for a prime, you will not believe it until you experience it. I got the lens for a bargain price of 250 euros (the price rating I gave is for the list price - I think all photography...

Sharp; lightweight; awesome bokeh; fast and quiet motor; accurate AF; softfocus feature is a nice addon

None; except the plastic feel

Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

Consistent Output; Durable; Lightweight; Quick Focus; Sharp Focus; Sharp wide open; Soft focus

AF out of date

Canon Ef 135mm f/2.8 Softfocus, as you might have guessed it, is one of very few lenses that implements a shifting aspherical glass elements. When shifted, this aspherical element can cause varying degrees of soft focus.