Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM – DSLR Lens with IS Capability, Black – 2271C002
February 17, 2020 - Comment
The new EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM lens combines legendary L-series optical performance with a built-in Image Stabilizer and rapid AF speed to produce an impressive combination of features that’s suitable for pro-quality image making in a wide range of applications including weddings, portraiture and indoor sports.
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The Best Canon 85mm Lens In Real World Use I’ve been shooting as my full-time job for about 7 years now and professionally for over 10. One thing that always evaded me was a dependable 85mm lens. I first owned the 85mm f/1.8 USM lens and found it to be very sharp, but in a multitude of lighting conditions, the lens wasn’t usable from 1.8-2.2 at all due to extreme chromatic aberration. When I rented the 85mm 1.2L a handful of times, I wasn’t walking away with a lens I could see myself owning because of the price of entry versus how much…
Typical of Canon products, well made and precise. … Typical of Canon products, well made and precise. Focus hits well even at 1.4 and close range. Quick also. The IS in testing does indeed help. As cameras continue to add megapixels this should help as any little shake is more noticeable. The 77mm filter is also a common size which is helpful. Some say it lacks the “magic” of the 1.2. I only see that in portraits taken from a further distance where the 1.2 is smoother. Using both I’d say you’ll get more keepers with this, but on…
If you want to save your money, do not read this review I really wanted not to like this lens. I wanted to find something I couldn’t live with, an excuse not to commit my head-earned money to this big hunk of a lens. But I couldn’t. Every once in a while, you come across a lens that’s so magical, that produces images that are just unlike most of what you’ve seen, that you can’t not love it. That’s this lens. Yes, it’s heavy. Yes, it’s thick. Yes, it can get uncomfortable to hold fairly quickly. But the sharpness, the bokeh, the image stabilization,…