The consensus among photographers is that the smaller Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 is a good to excellent prime lens and a very good value for the price

A fantastic value

Excellent price, you definitely get the best value of this lens

It may be about as good a value for performance as you are ever going to get

This lens is probably the best "value" of any lens that Canon makes, with the 50mm f/1.4 being a close second

One of the best values around for a Canon EOS user

I do have a UV/Haze filter that I use as a protector I got from Amazon (about $25) - great value

Good value as compared to the L lense version.

f/1.8 USM is extremely sharp & value for your money, this is the best portrait lens on the market

At that point I asked if I could do a bit of research and found that the Canon 85mm 1.8 was a good lens and value for indoor sports photography

Truly an incredible value, buy it with confidence!Ps

This one is the best of the 3 I've had, though they are all solid performers and great values for the money.

I truly believe this is quite possibly the best value for your dollar of any Canon lens and would recommend it to anyone with a full frame camera.

This lens not being an "L" series lens doesn't get the attention it deserves and is an excellent value for the price.

Good value

Excellent 4/5Build Quality : Very Good 4/5Price value

A great value

Is it a solid value for the price?

The answer is most likely yes; since its price make it the best value for a fast canon prime lens

This lens is a great value for the money, you won't be disappointed.

I'm very happy with this lens and found it to be a great value.

This is a great value

This lens is the best value for the $$ if you want professional looking pics of fast moving indoor action at a reasonably near distance.

This lens has got to be one of the best values in the EF lens lineup

A great value because the price includes lots of extras

One of the best lens values I have found for my Canon

I think it is the best value lens in the Canon system

Great quality/value.

For the price, this is a great value

It's the best value in the Canon prime range and far and away my favorite lens.

, this lens is a great value.

The 50mm 1.8 is a great starter / value champ, but I no longer work with the 50mm lens now that I have been shooting with the 85mm 1.8

great value for superb glass...

I recently purchased this lens and found it to be an outstanding value for the buy.

For the price it is an outstanding value

One of the most valuable lenses in my line up and THE greatest value for the money

In total, this is not a perfect lens but it is still one of Canon's best values for lenses.

This is the best dollar value in Canon lenses I think

Snappy to focus and sharp (it reaches optimum sharpness at around f/2.8 - f/4), the 85mm f/1.8 USM lens is a great value and delivers an awesome performance for the money

85mm f/1.8 Ultrasonic lens is one of the best values

f/1.8 USM Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Camerasis probably the best value Canon lens

smooth and sharp lens at a good value though a limited use lens

It's such a good value for what it is.

Technically, very sharp lens, excellent value for the quality

great value for the moments it captures

you can tell it's not nearly as sharp as it is stopped down just a little.

Sturdily built but not heavy and bulky, wonderful bokeh, great f/stop control, clarity of image - my only problem with it, really, is that it isn't as sharp as I'd like, but that's all-too-easily fixed in Photoshop.

It has some chromatic abberation wide open but still very sharp and stop it down, it is as sharp as $

This lens does well wide open or stopped down as well as in low light situations

At f3.5 this lens is very sharp, every bit as sharp as my 100-400L lens @ 100

If you are in the market for a great cheap non L series lens, I would pick this over the 50mm 1.8.

This lens fortunately as a "cheap" version from the L seri that really pricey, something that I can't afford buying it but Thanks to Canon have created the non series lens that works beautifuly.

Probably one of the best non-L Lens that you can get from Canon for a reasonable price

F/2 L, you will lose your love for 85mm F/1.82

Excellent Bokeh,as good as my L lens

For the price of a consumer zoom, you can have image quality that rivals the finest L series lenses.

Besides that, it's just as good as any of my expensive L lenses

I was contemplating between this one and the more expensive L lens before I purchased this one

I'm an amateur photographer, and I'm in no position to drop thousands on L lenses and the like.

Not as sturdy as the "L" glass, maybe, but it is sharper at the same settings than my 24-105 f:4 L zoom.

Some photographers are gobsmacked that I would dare to shoot sports with a lens that doesn't have Canon's elegant red ring (denoting an expensive L lens) when I have "superior" lenses like the 70-200mm f2.8

So that leaves the very expensive L option

Unless I was a millionaire, absolutely HAD to have the extra f-stop, or die-hard "L" freak, I am more than happy with the 85mm 1.8.It is the most extreme focal length lens I have and works great with my working set of lenses which includes the 24-70L, 35mm f2, and wider lenses

fast AF+ f/1.8 and medium telephoto length allow you to isolate subjects+ Sharp enough wide open, very sharp stopped down to f/2.8-5.6+ VERY easy to travel with (compared to L counterparts)Cons:- AF not quite as accurate as L lenses (misses more than my 70-200 IS II or 50

F/2 L, you will lose your love for 85mm F/1.82

L suffers from quite a bit

If you are in the market for a great cheap non L series lens, I would pick this over the 50mm 1.8.

Plus if you go fixed you don't really need to get the expensive L-glass because there is less glass to cause distortion and aberrations.

I know it is little unfair to compare this budget lens with costlier L

"Let me take your snapshot...from across the room".This is the only non-L lens that has really impressed me.

It feels easily as solid as the L glass that ive used, and is small and compact

Clearly it won't be as good as an L series, so you shouldn't expect perfection, but it still does a fantastic job

You can spend a lot more on an "L" lens like the 85 f/1.2 L II - I borrowed one from CPS - but unless you're making a great deal of money from it, it isn't worth it.

I have a fair collection of primes to compare it to, some of which are L glass, and I've got some great L zooms as well; yet for portraits, I inevitably turn to this specific lens as it outperforms everything else I own in the successful shooting methodologies I find myself returning to over and over

If you want to make your first step up from a kite lens and don't want to spend L money I would recommend buying this lens, I use it at wedding all the time and it gives you nice crisp shots with great

Having the lens in my hand I can say this is a very decent prime glass, well built (not an "L" level), responsive, small and light

To me, its an L: built like an L, color and saturation comparable to an L

Mainly take pictures of my son's baseball games and bought the EF 70-300 F4-5.6 Telephoto (also great, glad my brother-in-law talked me out of the spendy L-glass I was considering!) in the Fall but wanted a lens to do more portraiture-type stuff.

Works every bit as well as my L lenses; I'm very happy with this purchase.

If you can't afford the "L" and don't want to take a chance on the Sigma 85, then this is your only cholce for 85 mm.

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