Excellent lens if you know what you're doing | Canon EF 85mm f1.2L II USM Lens for Canon DSLR Cameras

The sharpest canon lens on the market to date | Canon EF 85mm f1.2L II USM Lens for Canon DSLR Cameras

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	• Canon EF 85mm f1.2L II USM Lens for Canon DSLR Cameras Canon Canon, 2006 average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Ditto, great lens

I have 70-200 2.8, 24-70 2.8, 16-35 2.8 and this lens. This being my only prime is great. Can't say enough about what this lens will do. DOF needs to be watched you can get a focused tip of the nose and out of focus eyes even with someone with a small nose :-)

Excellent lens if you know what you're doing

This is not a beginner lens. In fact, even experienced shooters will take some time to get used to this lens. But if you know what you're doing, it can produce some amazing shots.

The key feature of this lens is of course it's very wide aperture creating a very narrow DoF. Which means your focus needs to be spot on. I found that this is one of those lenses where your results are best if you shoot with a single, selected focus point. It's also one of the lenses where the 1DM3/1DsM3 microadjustments for focus may be worth undertaking.

The challenge with this lens is the slow AF, because its front focusing. It won't track a moving person very well. It's also a heavy lens - even though it's a prime lens, it weighs more than most zooms. But chances are if you're considering this lens, you also have one of the bigger and heavier full frame bodies.

As such if you hope to use this lens as a everyday multi-purpose lens you will be disappointed. But if you use it for a narrow range: portraits or other objects which don't move much, and benefit from a very narrow DoF, this is a fabolous lens.

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The sharpest canon lens on the market to date

I am a huge fan of this lens - both on my full frame body (canon 1dsmkiii) and on my crop chip backup camera (40D).

Besides the fact that this lens is super expensive... it is probably the best canon lens made today.

It is by far - the sharpest lens - I have ever used on the canon line... and probably one of the top 5 sharpest lenses I have ever used in any camera system.

Not just sharp - two stops up from wide open... but sharp - wide open.

I was shooting a party at a bowling alley. Disco bowling. So it was mostly dark - and there were disco lights and fog and all sorts of distractions. This lens performed flawlessly and autofocused fast and correct almost all the time.

When using this lens in a regular light situation - it could be useful to put a neutral density filter on it... and shoot it wide open for the most beautiful bokeh that the canon line has to offer.

Upsides: sharp, great colors, amazing bokeh
downsides: heavy, expensive, and not a zoom.

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Great lens for portraits

This is a great lens, especially for portraits. However, I feel it's a bit too expensive so I can't give it a 5 star rating due to the price.

The MKII version focuses certainly a lot faster which is nice however if you already have the MKI version, it's probably not worth it to upgrade. I did but I do shoot professionally and can write it off on my taxes. I definitely notice that it's faster. Now I can focus at a slow speed rather than a glacial speed.

This is a serious lens in every way. It's heavy, expensive but can yield some awesome results.

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This is a single purpose lens but ....

it does it really really really well.

The lens is expensive, you can buy 5 85 f/1.8 for 1 85 f/1.2.

The lens is heavy and fat.

You could use it as an indoor sport lens since it a f/1.2, but the 70-200 f/2.8 IS is more useful, since it focuses quicker and the range is more useful.

You can use it as a walking around lens, but 24-70 f/2.8 is a better choice.

Macro, the 100 f/2.8 macro is more suitable and only 1/5 of the price.

Is it worth the money?

It depends.

It's a difficult lens to work with.

As others have noted, the DOF is incredibly thing.

Most don't really need f/1.2.

No you buy this lens for only one purpose.

Bar none it is the best portrait lens out there.

The bokeh and sharpness is stunning.

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Retaining the impressive optical performance and large aperture of the original EF 85mm f/1.2L USM, this new medium telephoto lens uses a Ring-type USM, high-speed CPU and optimized algorithms to achieve an autofocus speed approximately 1.8x faster than the original. The high-speed AF and circular aperture create a shallow depth-of-field that brings attention to the subject and blurs the background, which is ideal for portraits and weddings. The floating optical system, which includes an aspherical lens element, suppresses aberrations and ensures excellent imaging performance.

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