Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens Review
Looking for a good value in a small, light, great performing, fast lens?
Try the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens.
The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens is relatively inexpensive but yields very good image quality.
The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens is reasonably sharp wide open, but really shines from f/2.8 on.
Wide open, vignetting will be apparent even on a 1.6x FOVCF body.
Full frame body users will see some vignetting remaining at f/2.
Open the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens's aperture wide and watch the background blur away.
The bokeh (background blur quality) - helped by an 8-blade aperture - is very nice.
Of course, taking a relatively close portrait photo at f/1.8 makes
keeping both eyes in focus difficult.
Contrast and saturation are very good.
Utilizing ring USM (Ultrasonic Motor), the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens focuses fast and quietly.
Build quality of the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens is quite good including a metal lens mount.
The size is small, the weight is light.
The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens is a lens you can use to get great pictures and few stares.
The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens is often compared to the
Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Lens
These two lenses are nearly identical to each other in most facets.
I suggest using the focal length as the differentiating factor between them.
Pictured above from left to right are the
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens,
Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Lens,
Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L USM Lens and the
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens.
Pictured above from left to right are the
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens,
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens,
Canon EF 135mm f/2.0 L USM Lens and the
Canon 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM Lens.
An application where the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens shines is indoor and low light photography.
The 85mm focal length and wide aperture make the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens a great church or stage lens.
With its wide aperture and fast focusing,
the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens works well for indoor Sports.
This focal length is very good for portraits,
and the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens makes a good portrait lens
- excelling at head and head/shoulders portraits when mounted on a
1.3x or 1.6x FOVCF body.
The wide f/1.8 aperture can create a dreamy OOF (Out of Focus) background blur.
I didn't find myself using the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens very much after getting the
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens.
Although 1 1/3 stop slower, I found the
Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens
to be far more versatile.
The bottom line is that the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Lens is simply a very nice lens at
a reasonable price.
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