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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $520.00
Buy New: $304.99
You Save: $215.01 (41%)
New (41) Used (1) from $299.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  183 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Focal Length: 58
Minimum Focal Length: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 2.9 x 2 x 2
MPN: 2515A003
Model: 2515A003
UPC: 082966213014
EAN: 4960999213019
ASIN: B00009XVCZ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Maybe I got a bad copy November 28, 2006
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
I ordered on Amazon on 10/30/2006. Reading so many good reviews, I'd at least expect it to perform at the same level as 85mm f/1.8 lens. However, the color does not look as natural as the 85mm lens, exactly same camera, lighting, object, etc... Even had two people trying it. The major problem is AF. Subjects are easily out of focus with this lens, which does not happen often on the 85mm one. Of course, I have other friends who use the same type of lens claim it's fine. So I sent mine in for repair already. Hopefully the lens is still good, just my luck that I got a bad copy. It's still annoying because I will have to live without it for 2 weeks. If your house is big enough, I'd say go for the 85mm f/1.8 lens instead.
 If you ever wanted to get the broadest zoom range, here's the cure. November 27, 2006
31 out of 33 found this review helpful
Right before I got this lens I thought that the best lenses were ones that offered, say, 28-105mm or 70-300mm or some other kind of broad zooming. Why would you be stupid to get a fixed-focal-length lens when you could have a large range even cheaper?
Well here's why. This lens. f/1.4. Yes, there's f/1.2 but it's $$$ expensive. This one is definitely worth its price. For the sharpness. The colors. The bokeh. The speed - both of focus and the fact that you can get a higher shutter speed when the aperture is wide open. A lens that helps me not use a flash is my friend.
With the megapixels going these days, you can make up for the zoom by cropping. Or walk closer or further away. Granted, you're not going to get many shots which require a 17mm lens but what you can fit to this lens will be nearly perfect.
This was the lens that rejuvenated my interest in photography. The kit lens (17-55mm) on the Rebels nearly killed it.
Be sure to get a hood and a lens filter (high quality, a super multi-coated, no less). Besides reducing unwanted light from sharp angles, they will also gladly sacrifice themselves should you fall or bump your lens.
Great Glass November 25, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
Probably the best dollar value you can get in a medium telephoto lens. I was torn between it and the 85mm 1.8 for a portrait lens. Given the 1.6 focal length multiplyer I have on my current digital camera I went with this lens.
Great lens, wonderful for portraits and people shots in general. Good low light performance. I think the extra money is worth it as compared to the 50mm 1.8 Of course each person has to decide for themselves, with the wide range of zoom lenses available that give very good performance it can be hard to justify a single fixed focal length lens. I wanted it for portraits and am very very pleased with this glass. I do and will be using it a lot so it makes the decision easier for me.
It is a bit soft at 1.4 and that is by design. It becomes sharper rapidly as you close down the aperture, by 2.0 it is sharp by 4.0 it is unreal. That is the only way to describe it, unreal in it's clarity.
At 1.4 you can capture all those low light art shots you never could before. Don't need much of a light bulb to give you a good exposure with this lens wide open.
Enough, don't want to ramble. Great lens, would be a bargin at a much higher price (don't read that part Canon).
My favorite lens November 16, 2006
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This is the lens I use most often. It is unbeatable for portraits and low-light photos indoors etc. It is very sharp and relatively light and small. I have also found it useful for aerial photography. I used to have the 50 mm 1.8 but upgraded because I like the extra low-light power of the 1.4 (which I often use) and the one-touch USM manual focus with distance scale (which is just a nice-to-have). That said, the 1.8 is a great lens too.
 Wonderful Lens November 13, 2006
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
This is a wonderful lens with great image quality, very fast, and very good build quality. No complaints.
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