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Cons: not 1.4 or 1,2 and have some cromatic aberation

Pros: sharp wide open and very cheap

Summary: cheap and excellent lens for portret

Cons: Some longitudinal chromatic aberrations. Bokeh sometimes feels a tad \'nervous\', but it also depends on the structure of your background. To my great pain, it does not work well at all on digital infrared! (Too bad; it\'s stellar in color)

Pros: Bright, fast aperture, very fast AF, light, portable, sharp: and the images will make you smile! As AlexJ put it below, bad images will be a result of operator error. :) I got this over the also-excellent EF 100mm f/2 as this one lens works as a great portrait lens on both FF and APS-C (on the later, the 85 has an angle of view roughly equivalent to a 135mm on FF -- great for head and shoulders). If you use both formats like me, this is a great lens.

Summary: Given the huge opening on the EF lens mount this really should have been an f/1.4 lens (and the 35mm f/2 a 1.8, etc.): that said, there isn\'t much I would change about this lens. Lenses like this one, the 100 f/2, 50 1.8, original 35 f/2 and 28 2.8 have become rarities in the Canon (and Nikon) line: excellent lenses at a reasonable price. Hobbyists should by this instead of the L zooms and use the money saved to go shoot portraits in an exotic location.

Cons: No weather sealing.

Pros: Low weight. Very high image quality. Fast and accurate autofocus. Cheap price.

Summary: It's every bit as good as a lens can get, and with a very low price. There's no reason not to buy this one, if you're interested in the 85mm focal length.

Cons: Not sealed against dust. Plastic housing.

Pros: perfect video lens! same filter size as the 28mm, 50mm and 100mm lenses. Lightweight! Feels good on manual focusing. Great images.

Summary: The image quality is good enough for most professional jobs. If not, let the costumer pay you to rent a zeiss lens. Hard to find anything better for that price!

Cons: -

Pros: sharp, even at f/1.8.

Summary: performance of an L lens for a non-L price.

Cons: More susceptible to longitudinal CA and purple fringing than most lenses. Depth of field is so narrow, slight misfocus on cheaper bodies compromises sharpness.

Pros: Usable at f/1.8, reasonably sharp at f/2.2 and pin sharp at f/2.8 onwards. No lateral CA, barely any distortion. Autofocus is fast and accurate (on a 5D). Lovely bokeh. Cheap and common 58mm filter thread.

Summary: Cheapest lens I own that offers nearly flawless performance at any setting. If you make an ugly photo with this lens, it's your fault. The lens is small, so shy subjects are more comfortable with this lens than a bulky zoom. It's a perfect all-round lens. The only 85mm lens I'd consider an alternative is the Samyang 85mm 1.4 (cheaper, better bokeh and brighter but manual and not quite as sharp). All the others are barely sharper, only slightly brighter, but much more expensive.

Cons: Really good image quality you don't get under f 6,3 (on a 5D MII)

Pros: Top focus, top build, compact, fine on a FF Lense for fashion, portrait and a really fine lense for always having with you

Summary: ok but nothing special

Cons: Sharp-even wide open.

Pros: None

Summary: Good value for money.

Cons: There is no cons, dot. Not for the price. At all.

Pros: Very sharp starting from 1.8 - you just gotta be careful when playing with depth of field, great built, "big hole in there") Indeed, a very nice lens. People who say it's weak wide open just got a bad sample or ain't know how to use it wide open.

Summary: Buy it and start laughing at those who hasn't)))

Cons: None at this price!

Pros: Excellent price for amazing IQ. Sharp even wide open. Excellent USM. Small size.

Summary: Must have. Very little lenses offer this IQ at this price.

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Pros: Well made, F:1.8, 52mm filter, not too heavy, not too big and silent ! I like its discretion and its bokeh.

Summary: Excellent "little" lens for money. It's my favorite lens for portraits.

Cons: none

Pros: superbe image quality

Summary: very good portrait lens. good price.

Cons: not sealed

Pros: very good image quality

Summary: exeptional lens with a very good price.

Cons: none noted

Pros: excellent resolution, even wide open; excellent price/performance ratio; well built (but is not an "L")

Summary: buy it

Cons: Wish focused alittle closer

Pros: Sharp-even wide open. Have not noticed any purple finging wide open. Well made and balances perfectly on my 40D

Summary: a near perfect lens

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Cons: Weak wide open.

Pros: Sharp from f/2.8

Summary: Good value for money.