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I purchased this lens a few years ago, it has amazing image quality on "L" level
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This lens is amazingly sharp; L quality sharp
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popular 50mm f/1.8* Comparable image quality to the f/1.2 for a fraction of the size and price
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I find the EF 50mm f/1.4 much more versatile and have better optical quality.
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This lens fit my budget in the $300's and it is relatively light with excellent build quality.
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The quality of photos was very good, especially considering that it cost only $359 at the time
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and I felt that the 85mm F1.8 gave me the best pictures, though I love the versatility and the quality of those two lenses
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The shallow Depth of Focus allows for beautifully blown out backgrounds and the rounded aperture blades make for wonderful bokeh quality.
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I love the quality of it.
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Excellent glass quality as you would expect
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Very solid good quality
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Great lens, excellent picture quality, really good build
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Simply the easiest portrait lens to use and it has superb quality.
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I love the quality of this lens, especially for the price
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Amazing image quality, sharp little lens
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Sharp as a tack, especially stepped down a bit, good low-light capability, perfectly controllable bokeh thanks to the 8-blade aperture, fast autofocus, and a solid and high quality look and feel to it.
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Overall, the quality is well built, compared to the plastic kit lens, and I would recommend this to anyone looking for sharp image quality.
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This lens is made in Japan, good quality control.
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The quality of this lens is so great and the bokeh of the photos is pretty amazing!
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The optical quality is fantastic, it is built like a tank, and any photographer will tell you that the 85mm focal length is definitely the sweet spot for portraits
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is super fast and the build quality feels much more sturdy than the 50mm 1.8.
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It's fast, sturdy, focuses just fine and has very good image quality even at 1.8.
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Not only are images sharp at f/2.8 or f/3.2, but the quality of the background at these f-stops is phenomenal
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It renders sharp, good quality images
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Fast focus, great background blur and it seems to be of excellent build quality
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Excellent 4/5Build Quality : Very Good 4/5Price value
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The quality of the image is very good, big aperture allow low light hand held shot and create a shallow depth of field
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If you have a good quality F/2.8 zoom lens covering 85mm or anything near (example: 24-70 F/2.8 or 28-70 F2.8 or 28-75 F/2.8 or 70-
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I take indoor basketball pictures and this lens improved the quality of the pictures drastically.
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I LOVE the quality at f/1.8-f/4.
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This lens has a beautiful image quality
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If you can't get top shelf pro quality images in the studio and in the field with this lens, the blame falls on the photographer not the lens.
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Quality for price is hard to beat
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I was not aware that you couldn't zoom in when I first got it, but that was absolutely my error and does not detract at all from the wonderful qualities of this lens
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Great quality prime lens with superb price!
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You get a huge bang for your buck and near-perfect optical quality
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Imho, the 50mm 1.4 isn't a bad lens but the build quality of the 85mm 1.8, while they look the same, is far more solid
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so I was really hoping this 85 mm lens would allow me to take great quality pictures, including great close-ups of the action, while also being a bit more portable for impromptu outings
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This is a light weight, fast focusing lens with excellent image quality.
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I really liked the Sigma f/1.4, and found almost everything about it to be top-quality
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Wonderful quality for the price!
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Excellent quality lens, great price.
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Great price and the built quality is good, not L
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Fantastic image quality lens
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I can't recommend this lens for the MC-11 and the A6300 despite all of its good qualities.
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I first owned it on a crop sensor camera when I was still in school and while I loved the image quality it produced I didn't really like the perspective it gave me on the crop camera
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If my lens cannot be repaired at a reasonable price, I'm not sure that I trust Canon's quality control enough to buy a replacement.
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The quality is absolutely stunning!
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Fast-focusing and great image quality.
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Great quality for the price range
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I am very satisfied with the solid build and the excellent quality shots it can produce.
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Now, the $350mm lens compared to the much more expensive, much higher quality lens worth $925 is completely unfair.
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I generally prefer "L" glass, however the quality on this lens rivals the quality of any of my "L" lenses
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Excellent quality for portraits.
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Excellent build quality and fast + accurate focus
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The quality is just phenomenal, the bokeh just striking, and after shooting a wedding last weekend, I use my Canon 50mm f/1.4 much less.
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This lens has definitely one of the best quality/price ratio
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85mm f/1.8 USM Lens is relatively inexpensive but yields very good image quality
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sharp, good quality
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Great quality/value.
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Quality lens, good portrait background blur
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Great image quality, not too bulky, super fast focus, great boket
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Solid build quality, sharp, nice bokeh.
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The quality of thisproduct is SUPERB
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I am an amateur photographer, but desire excellent quality when it comes to pictures.
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The build quality is excellent, I find no inherit weakness in the design
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Haven't used it yet, but quality looks good so far.
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I am a hobbyist photographer that wanted a good quality fast prime lens, and this fit the bill without breaking the bank.
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The quality of the images I'm producing with this lens is great
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This lens has an exceptional image quality and is fast, accurate, sharp and has a great contrast and color.
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But if you're on a budget and you still want a great lens for portraits you can't go wrong with this lens, the clarity is top shelf and the quality is great
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Nice build quality and good glass
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I am not sure one can get better quality for the price.
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Especially if you never owned a 50mm f1.4 or quality prime lens you'll instantly fall in love with either lens
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However, the optical qualities are the same regardless of the field of view you get and these optical qualities are FANtastic
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I love the image quality I get when taking posed portraits
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For those who are beginning, this is fantastic quality and produces truly professional looking photos, however it's mostly suited for posed shoots
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Fast AF, great image quality
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It takes terrific portraits and allows you to stand back and capture "Moments" Great quality glass.
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The quality is just phenomenal, the bokeh just striking, and after shooting a wedding last weekend, I use my Canon 50mm f/1.4 much less.
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The quality of this lens is astounding.
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The build quality is excellent since this lens has no external moving parts
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There is nothing that I can complain about this lens at this price point because it has very good built quality, excellent in low light especially freezing motion, and awesome for portraits
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Thanks, good quality and service.
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I generally prefer "L" glass, however the quality on this lens rivals the quality of any of my "L" lenses
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The build quality is solid, but it's actually quite small
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Now, the $350mm lens compared to the much more expensive, much higher quality lens worth $925 is completely unfair.
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Excellent lens, perfect quality, superb delineation and portability, excellent for background blur, would highly recommend.
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other than that a beautiful lens, excellent quality
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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.
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you can tell it's not nearly as sharp as it is stopped down just a little.
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It has some chromatic abberation wide open but still very sharp and stop it down, it is as sharp as $
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This lens does well wide open or stopped down as well as in low light situations
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At f3.5 this lens is very sharp, every bit as sharp as my 100-400L lens @ 100
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So that leaves the very expensive L option
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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I'm an amateur photographer, and I'm in no position to drop thousands on L lenses and the like.
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For the price of a consumer zoom, you can have image quality that rivals the finest L series lenses.
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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
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It feels easily as solid as the L glass that ive used, and is small and compact
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I know it is little unfair to compare this budget lens with costlier L
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L suffers from quite a bit
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"Let me take your snapshot...from across the room".This is the only non-L lens that has really impressed me.
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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
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To me, its an L: built like an L, color and saturation comparable to an L
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Not as sturdy as the "L" glass, maybe, but it is sharper at the same settings than my 24-105 f:4 L zoom.
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Probably one of the best non-L Lens that you can get from Canon for a reasonable price
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If you are in the market for a great cheap non L series lens, I would pick this over the 50mm 1.8.
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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
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F/2 L, you will lose your love for 85mm F/1.82
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I was contemplating between this one and the more expensive L lens before I purchased this one
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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.
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Besides that, it's just as good as any of my expensive L lenses
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Clearly it won't be as good as an L series, so you shouldn't expect perfection, but it still does a fantastic job
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Works every bit as well as my L lenses; I'm very happy with this purchase.
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F/2 L, you will lose your love for 85mm F/1.82
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Excellent Bokeh,as good as my L lens
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If you are in the market for a great cheap non L series lens, I would pick this over the 50mm 1.8.