It is great price and its small and light so can easily fit in my camera case for portability.

Its a good lens; fast focus with 50mm; inexpensive and produces sharp pictures

Feels a bit plastic and cheap

It is great price and its small and light so can...

Its a good lens; fast focus with 50mm,...

Feels a bit plastic...

This here is the BEST 24mm you will find in the world. Having a maximum aperture of 1.4 is VERY useful in low light and great for subject isolation. My only problem is that it had a bit of a front focus problem but I sent that to Canon for recalibration free of charge.

Durable; Fast / accurate auto-focus; Nice Bokeh; Strong Construction

Heavy

If I had just 1 lens to use for everything this would be it. Its view matches how I see the world (on my 7D). It is fast, sharp, rock solid and reliable. Highly recommended.

Superior build quality; Super-sharp images; Fast auto-focus

A superb lens for low light shooting but also an excellent prime for landscapes on full frame cameras. Optical quality remains excellent on a 1.6 crop camera and still provides a very useful focal length (close to 35mm). Great sharpness even wide open, fast and accurate focus.

Consistent Output; Contrasty; Durable; Great colour; Quick Focus; Sharp Focus

Not cheap

Gary Wolstenholme reviews the premium fast wide-angle Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM lens.

Excellent optical performance; Build quality; Fast focusing; Bright maximum aperture; Resistance to flare and loss of contrast

May be a little pricey for some; Quality towards the edges at maximum aperture could be better (although this is a minor concern for a wide aperture lens like this)

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This particular lens was "off" dramatically in terms of focus accuracy. This was particularly disappointing because it was to go on a European trip with me (it got sent back instead). I have several other L lenses and will consider this an anomaly unless the next one is the same.

Strong Construction; Durable

Blurry Focus

"After being disappointed in the performance of the kit lenses bundled with my Canon 40D I decided to buy this lens (Canon EF 24mm F1.4L II USM). What a difference. This lens is very well suited for low-light interior photography as it's fast and has a nice and wide FOV.

It's an excellent lens, obviously, it's an L. My only problem with it was slow autofocus. However, I was using it indoors without flash, and am still new to the lens, so we'll see...

Nice Bokeh; Rugged; Strong Construction

Blurry Focus; Heavy; Slow Focus