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!

photography; personal use

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.

I bought this lens for low light work. It has a good reputation for sharpness. It's light, very sharp, focuses well and for portraits gives a nce depth of field. Everything I wanted.

I don't have any cons right now. I felt it was a good investment for the money and it hasn't let me down.

Fast / accurate auto-focus; Lightweight; Sharpness; speed

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.

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.

Easily spotted by photographer friends and asked to be borrowed..; annoying

An outstanding portrait lens for Canon shooters on a tight budget, or even those who can afford anything. Not as beautiful as the 85/1.2, but smaller, lighter and quicker handling.

Fast f/1.8 maximum aperture; good bokeh; sharp from corner to corner; fast focus; cheap

Bokeh not as smooth as the pro lenses; plasticky build

A great high aperture lens for a great price. Alot cheaper than the L offerings and alot more usable. L quality lens without the price tag.

Easy To Use; Excellent In Low Light; Fast Shutter Speed

Outstanding lens at a fraction of the price of the L-series. If you're looking for a fixed lens, then you can't go far wrong with this beauty.

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

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!!

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