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The following Mini Review of the Canon 85mm f/1.8 Lens was submitted by Liza 11.
This lens is one of the best and most versatile prime lenses I own. Not only do I use it as a portrait lens for my outdoor senior portrait shoots, I also keep it handy for basketball season. The 85mm is known in sports shooter circles as “the basketball lens,� and for good reason. For a sideline shooter like myself, it’s the perfect focal length to capture tight action shots in low light. The autofocus is lightning fast, and the image quality is razor sharp. For a lens under $400 USD, it’s an excellent value for the money.
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update - 'Heal' left an additional comment on this lens below which I thought should be elevated into the main post:
I could have given this review the title, "In Praise of the EF 85mm f/1.8 Lens." It does almost everything that the EF 85mm f/1.2 L does faster, cheaper, lighter and smaller. There are a few notable exceptions. The 1.2L lens gathers more light, and it produces outstanding diffuse background blur (bokeh) and an associated exceedingly narrow plane of focus that can produce a unique look that is very attractive for portraits and useful in many indoor sports/action photography applications. However, unless you have a need to shoot at apertures wider than f/2 (f/1.4 or f/1.2) and/or are a portrait photographer, the EF 85mm f/1.8 lens will meet almost all of your needs for a fast 85mm lens.
Posted by Darren in our Lenses category on August 11, 2006
I could have given this review the title, "In Praise of the EF 85mm f/1.8 Lens." It does almost everything that the EF 85mm f/1.2 L does faster, cheaper, lighter and smaller. There are a few notable exceptions. The 1.2L lens gathers more light, and it produces outstanding diffuse background blur (bokeh) and an associated exceedingly narrow plane of focus that can produce a unique look that is very attractive for portraits and useful in many indoor sports/action photography applications. However, unless you have a need to shoot at apertures wider than f/2 (f/1.4 or f/1.2) and/or are a portrait photographer, the EF 85mm f/1.8 lens will meet almost all of your needs for a fast 85mm lens.