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Canon Telephoto EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens Review

According to 219 users, the Canon Telephoto EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens is overall a excellent product. Reviews rank it most highly for Digital Cameras, Sports and Portraits. It has excellent image stabilization. It has excellent focus. If you're in the market for a Camera Lens, we enthusiastically recommend the Canon Telephoto EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens.

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Product Ratings

Overall (219 Reviews)

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Specs & Features

Released

over 2 years ago

Lens Type

Fixed Focal Length Lens

Focus Type

Autofocus

Focal Length

85mm

Attachment / Filter Size

58 mm

Camera Format

35 mm SLR

Closest Focusing Distance

33.6 in

Designed for Digital Camera

Diameter

3 in

Diaphragm Blades

8 Blades

Groups / Elements

9 Elements in 7 Groups

Length

2.8 in

Lens Magnification

Telephoto (65 to 600mm)

Lens Max Aperture

f/1.8

MPN

2519a003

Macro Lens

Without Macro Lens

Min Aperture

f/22

Mount

Canon EF

Picture Angle

28 degrees

Release Date

October, 2006

Weight

15 oz

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What People Say

it becomes a nice short telephoto lens on the 1.6x digital bodies, which i actually prefer for shooting portraits. from Pricegrabber.com also, when using with digital body indoor, it seems to be too long for practical use.in short, i think this is gonna be my best portrait lens for a long time. from Onsale.com i love this lens for portrait shooting although it gets a little long for my 20d. from Pricegrabber.com (edited november 16th by overclockxp) photogs all over the ‘net laud and applause this lens as a great portrait lens and it is. from Pricegrabber.com summary: i love this lens for portrait shooting although it gets a little long for my 20d. from Pricegrabber.com summary: (edited november 16th by overclockxp) photogs all over the ‘net laud and applause this lens as a great portrait lens and it is. from Pricegrabber.com summary: i love this lens for portrait shooting although it gets a little long for my 20d. from Onsale.com summary: photogs all over the ‘net laud and applause this lens as a great portrait lens and it is. from Onsale.com (basketball/indoor tennis/table tennis/ etc.) the 85mm alows me to get close enough and the 1.8 alows me to increase the shutter speed high enough so i don't get any blur due to movement.for from Onsale.com and it's not $1k better in picture quality. from Circuitcity.com