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).

Perfect picture quality; fast and silent

Prime..; Zoom and Dezoom with your feet

This lens is one of the classic Canon lenses. It is affordably priced, and produces professional quality portraits with sharpness and background bokeh which are wonderful and have something about them that makes you think 'Wow!'.

First kudos to Flipkart shipping. I was simply astounded when the delivery came to my home. Just 2 days from the day of order. Now to the lens. I think its worth every penny. First I had lot of thoughts whether to buy or not , but it is a brilliant lens to shoot. Got the lens Yesterday.

I bought this lens for portraits. It has been wonderful so far. I think I like it more than my 50mm 1.8. It's a good alternative til I can afford the better L version.

Clean; sharp pictures!!

Nothing so fat

This is a great lens for portraiture! Very sharp wide open, love it!

The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 is a nice piece of glass. Being an EF lens, it is compatible with all EOS cameras regardless of sensor size, which is a definite plus compared to EF-S lenses which are for crop (APS-C) bodies only, like the Canon 10D/20D/30D/40D/50D/60D/7D and Rebel/ xxxD series.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM is one of Canon's portrait lens, 85mm being the classic portrait lens focal length. The other 85mm lens is the f/1.2L II USM . The f/1.2L being almost 6 times the price of the f/1.8, but make no mistake, the 85mm f/1.8 USM is truly a great lens at an affordable price and is...

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...

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.

Skarpt; Välbyggt; Fin "oskärpa"; Bra färger; Snabb AF

Finner inget

I am very happy with this lens. I shot a party outdoors, dusk, mosquito time. The photos were brilliant and looked bright. Was in full auto and they were mostly wide open, f/2.0 f1.8 Was very impressed with the color at this low light. Using a 5D mk2.

A Real Value; Lightweight; Nice Bokeh

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