The 3d look is still there tho not too pronounced, great looking bokeh and shallow depth or field, contrast and colors are well balanced, it is fast and accurate to focus

Also, if you're not used to apertures this big, you need to be prepared for the shallow depth of field

I have found it sharp and usuable even wide open and its shallow depth of field is great for my portraits

You do have a very shallow depth of field at f1.8.

It has amazing colors, beautiful depth of field,

The fast 1.8 aperature is perfect for lower-light conditions, and gives me the shallow depth of field that I was looking for.

If anything, I find the depth of field at f1.8 so shallow that it is useful only rarely.

Due to its extreme shallow depth of field, one has to know exactly what he/she is doing under the risk of getting a blurry nose or part of the face

Very shallow depth of field at f/1.8, so make sure you focus very carefully.

Great for portraits, or anytime you need a really shallow depth of field

I love this lens it gives me clear sharp cinematic image with great depth of field and HD videos

It's a useful focal length on both full frame and crop, but if you like head and shoulder portraits and shallow depth of field, I can't recommend this lens enough.

While this lens is one stop more than the 50mm f1.4 lens, I've rarely shot them wide open unless I'm looking for a very shallow depth of field which to me is more of an artistic thing with VERY still subject.

Clean amazing images, fast autofocus and great depth of field behaviour, both in photo and video mode

The huge points to this lens are color saturation, crispness, fine-focus ability, and the extremely small depth-of-field obtainable through the 1.8 aperture.

Superb lens for isolating depth of field

The shallow Depth of Focus allows for beautifully blown out backgrounds and the rounded aperture blades make for wonderful bokeh quality.

Are first shots can be a bit challenging you aren't use to such a shallow depth of field, but once mastered you can create some amazing photos

It's a useful focal length on both full frame and crop, but if you like head and shoulder portraits and shallow depth of field, I can't recommend this lens enough.

Great focal length and great depth of field

When shot wide open, the shallow depth of field creates beautiful background blur (bokeh) and makes the subject pop

Took some time learning how to deal with the shallow depth of focus that wide-open f-stops force, but it's doable.

Such shallow depth of field requires attentiveness to point of focus: lock AF on the most important feature of you subject, e.g., eyes for humans or animals

I have found it sharp and usuable even wide open and its shallow depth of field is great for my portraits

The 3d look is still there tho not too pronounced, great looking bokeh and shallow depth or field, contrast and colors are well balanced, it is fast and accurate to focus

Clear, sharp with beautiful shallow depth of field.

The 85 F1.8 is pin sharp across its entire aperture range, producing beautifully blurred backgrounds and extremely shallow depth of field at F1.8 on both full frame cameras like the 5D and 1Ds series and on crop factor bodies as well.

The quality of the image is very good, big aperture allow low light hand held shot and create a shallow depth of field

While it lacks image stabilization, the speed is sufficient to do some really nice depth of field effects

Shooting wide open on either one gives very shallow depths of field and so getting dead on focus of your subject is very important on both, but quite a bit harder to do on the 135 since you are farther from your subject.

The depth of field is awesome

This lens is unique in that it creates a very shallow depth of field in which the subject is truly isolated from the whole scene

Also, Its much lighter and less imposing than my 70-200L so when I just want amazing portraits, don't need the higher 200mm and don't want the weight, and want a real shallow depth of feel and out of focus backgrounds, I go for the 85mm.3

It has a very shallow depth of field which makes beautifully out of focus backgrounds.

Sharp, great shallow depth of field.

Sharp, great shallow depth of field.

Extremely shallow depth of field

The 85 F1.8 is pin sharp across its entire aperture range, producing beautifully blurred backgrounds and extremely shallow depth of field at F1.8 on both full frame cameras like the 5D and 1Ds series and on crop factor bodies as well.

Clear, sharp with beautiful shallow depth of field.

Everybody and everything from your dog to the Queen of E looks silkier, more soulful and more loveable with this lens