Although this lens can be bought from eBay for the proverbial song, it's every bit as sharp and contrasty as the expensive as L prime lenses that I own! If you're contemplating a purchase of this this lens, then just buy it, as you won't regret it.

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

Its a whole lot cheaper than your average lens and works perfectly

Fast performance; great contrast and saturation; performs superbly in a decent amount of light.

No issues

Got this on Ebay for 89 and did not expect much from it but I was pleasantly surprised. The lens is sharp and I use manual focussing so the slow focussing doesn't bother me. Used on a crop sensor Canon, the results as a normal 135mm lens is excellent and I am well pleased with the purchase, a...

Quite sharp at all apertures Very sharp stopped down Nice effects from the soft focus Good contrast and colour

none significant apart from slow focussing

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.

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

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.

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.