All shots have a beautiful bokeh (soft blurred background) effect, making portraits outstanding and my photos much more professional looking, without the L-lens price

It's not the best travel lens because it requires you to step back far from the subject, but it takes beautiful photos.

I love this lens for both sessions and to play with for enjoying my nature photos.

This lens takes beautiful photos and was pretty affordable, especially considering the quality.

You'll get great photos with these

I always shoot in the highest quality mode (full "L" + RAW), and I was getting crystal-clear photos even when shooting from a slow-moving vehicle, and I was able to shoot at a rate of several photos per second.

This lens here still creates beautiful photos and is affordable

Go check out video reviews of this lens as well as example photos on Flickr

There are much cheaper lens that will fit and some will even take decent photos

However, I use this lens all the time and have taken some amazing photos with it

Clear crisp and very sharp photos

However, on the used unit I purchased, the photos are incredibly sharp where you focus, and also in the top left hand of the frame which should be pleasantly out of focus

I love it, it takes amazing photos, the clarity is well beyond expected and for the price vs the 85mm f/1.4 lens it is WELL worth it!

If I can take photos this nice, imagine what I could do with even nicer lenses...

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 takes very clear photos without a flash.

This lens takes beautiful photos!

My 60D with 1.6x crop sensor turn this lens into 136mm and its take very good portrait photos and the bokeh is unbeliveable.

I love the photos I've been getting with this lens and really can't recommend it highly enough

I am very pleased with this lens as it allows me to take sharp photos in very low light or cloudy conditions.

so the lens is a bit different then it would be on a non crop camera, I think my next lens will need to be a 35mm so I can get those wide shots, you really can't go wide with this one at all but the photos are awesome, couldn't really tell the diff between the 50mm and the 85mm but the cheap 50mm is nowhere near as nice to shoot with as the 85mm usm lens.

It produces super sharp photos and it is a great portrait lens.

The photos are very crisp.

I like that it's crisp and delivers amazing photos

I've seen some impressive photos from this

I think the look is very professional and the photos I get are great.

You will get sharp photos in low light locations.

When used as a portrait lens, stepped down and with adequate lighting, this lens makes amazingly sharp and accurate photos

No issues, shipped quick, and produces sharp photos

It takes superb portrait photos in both outdoor and indoor situations, keeping the subject in focus while blurring the background

I took some photos of my son inside our home at f/1.8-f/2.0 and it's insanely sharp.

I noticed at certain times, the photos looked very soft

i wanted a lens that would give me great photos in all kinds of light.

i wanted to get much sharper photos than i was getting with the kit lens that came with the camera.

The photos are pretty sharp and the USM definitely helps here

I get excellent photos with it

I am using it on a 6D and am finding it is very easy to focus and with a few exceptions (my errors) my photos have been incredibly sharp

I was surprised at how sharp my photos are with a lens that is reasonably affordable

You appreciate the detail when cropping and blowing up a photo

good recommendations.2 - Most photos were sharp and required almost no post-processing.3 - Post-processing usually consisted of minor adjustments and cropping.4 - Considering the above settings, the aperture ranged from 1.8 to 2.5.5 - Since this lens is a prime, you get better results moving around.6 - The focus mechanism is fast and silent

I got some of the best indoor sports photos with it.

Great clear photos with killer Bokeh.

Not up to snuff with Cannon's L series lenses, but certainly capable of memorable photos.

I've taken nothing BUT great photos since I bought it

Overall, the 85 1.8 is a really great lens that is reliable and produces awesome photos.

Even though I am a serious amateur, they replied back saying the photos were gorgeous and amazing, and loved it.

and I wanted crisp clear action photos.

Not much to add to the other great reviews, except to say that I've had this lens for over a year, and it never fails to produce razor sharp photos

takes beautiful photos, only thing is that it has a really hard time focusing in low light

It produces crisp photos, even at

Excellent photos by this lens.

At f/1.8 it takes wonderful photos indoors without the need for a flash and the wide aperture and slight telephoto allow for excellent portraits

I almost always use my tripod with this lens, and the photos are incredibly tack sharp

I have tested both and found the L produces a slightly better photo but cost a whole lot more money.

But the photos that this lens takes are so great

With these fixed focal length lenses such as this one, the photos are unbelievable clear and crisp

Either my new copy of the lens is better, or LR is better at removing fringes, but I haven't lost a single photo

My friends love the photos I take with this lens but the just can't put their finger on why

Gorgeous lens, takes amazing photos

Excellent price, awesome photos, and very easy to use.

It takes very sharp, clear photos

With these fixed focal length lenses such as this one, the photos are unbelievable clear and crisp

This in concert with my 50 1.8 for wider angle situations like awards and group snaps, the photos are absolutely stunning.

Tack sharp photos, beautiful bokeh, and very challenging to use at events, I absolutely love it.

Very good for portrait photos,and under low light conditions.it's one of the top lenses.very sharp photos and allow us to be far from subject!

I got this lens having read the many amazing reviews and now the photos seem blurry.