whatdigitalcamera.com Updated: 2022-10-17 18:56:23
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Canon’s f/1.8 lens flies the flag for the more affordable end of the product range and turns in a very solid performance, suggesting that sub-£400 versions should not be dismissed even when set against four-figure rivals.

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The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM is a great prime lens for portrait photography. Learn more by reading this Canon lens review. OverviewThe Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM is a fixed focal length lens that is a favorite of many portrait photographers. The 85mm foca...

The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM is a great prime lens for portrait photography. Learn more by reading this Canon lens review. OverviewThe Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM is a fixed focal length lens that is a favorite of many portrait photographers. The 85mm foca...
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Canon EF 85/1.8 USM lens construction All these factors add up, making it possible to produce a fast, sharp lens in a small package and at a reasonable cost - which is exactly what Canon did with the EF 85/1.8 USM. The focal length range usually rec...
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photozone.de Updated: 2022-10-17 18:56:23
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The Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM is a very desirable lens and, surprisingly, a very affordable one. Both contrast and resolution are very good straight from the max. aperture. The lens shows some hefty vignetting at f/1.8 but beyond its not really a big p...
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photo.net Updated: 2022-10-17 18:56:23
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The Canon 85/1.8 prime lens is inexpensive and lightweight. It is a very good portrait lens for a film or full-frame Canon digital SLR and a great portrait/telephoto lens for a Canon small-sensor digital SLR, such as the Canon Digital Rebel XTi (Black)...

For those who use small-sensor digital SLRs and do portrait projects, this is a "must-own" lens. For those who use full-frame cameras, this is a "probably should own" lens. Where to BuyBeing impatient and lazy, I bought the lens tested here by followin...
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Prime lenses in this focal length range have always been great choices for portrait photography, because of the tendency of the moderate telephoto focal length to slightly "flatten" facial features, avoiding the problem of too-big noses in frontal shots t...

The Canon 85mm f/1.8 is a sturdy smooth-functioning lens that exhibits very good Center Sharpness on both full-frame and sub-frame bodies. Corner Sharpness is good except at the widest apertures. Chromatic Aberration is slightly better than average; Shadi...
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With a full-frame 18-Mpix CMOS sensor and twin Digic 5+ processers that's capable of continuous bursts of up 12 fps – the fastest of any professional DSLR currently - the Canon EOS-1 Dx is the firm's flagship press camera. We've assessed it with over 100...
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What do you get when you compare three classic prime lenses: the Canon 85mm F/1.2, 85mm F/1.4, and F/1.8? Photographer David Flores found out when he recently put the Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM, Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS USM, and Canon EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM le...
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The Leica DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 includes a lens hood in the box but for this portrait I didn't use it deliberately, producing flare by pointing a monolight located behind the subject directly at the lens. I used a Panasonic Lumix GH4 with an exposur...
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