I was super excited to finally purchase this product for the price I was looking for. I have been researching this lens for a while and finally decided to pull the trigger and get it for a fun trip was taking to CA. Not only did it take 3 weeks to get to me and never got tracking on it. But when I finally got home to find the box after my trip. The lens was placed in a box without protective paper, nothing just sitting in the box. Lens are very fragile so I refused the package because of the large possibility of it being broken. So disappointed.
I love this lens. It is fast, it is fast it is fast. I bought it because I needed to take pictures of Africans in low light settings. Perfect. I also love that I can take pictures of Africans and Europeans in low light settings and I don't lost the textures of both. I find crispness in all of the subjects and though yes, every facial discrepancy shows, that is life. I wish it were a bit wider angled, but that is all. For the amazing price, perfect.
This lens is the cheapest EF lens that Canon makes, but it certainly does not disappoint, especially in terms of sharpness.
I purchased this lens alongside my Canon EOS 5D (original), and I have yet to take the lens off of the mount. It's an incredible little lens.
Stopping down the lens to f/2.8 will yield very sharp images with pleasant background bokeh, but stop it down a bit further to f/4 or smaller and you'll achieve images that are substantially sharper than at f/2.8, but at the cost of losing background bokeh.
Color in images captured with this lens is good. At times, colors can appear rather undersaturated, mostly in diffuse lighting situations (Cloudy days etc.). Shoot in bright, sunny weather conditions and this lens captures nicely saturated colors; but you will likely still need to edit colors in post processing, depending on what you shoot.
Bokeh with this lens is quite harsh, and the bokeh balls are more like bokeh pentagons, thanks to the lens' 5-bladed aperture. Not all that big of a deal for me, but at times, I do wish the bokeh was smoother like the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 pancake lens (7 rounded aperture blades) or the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 (8 aperture blades).
Build quality wise.... It's plastic. Very cheap plastic. And a few glass elements. Like everyone else says, it feels like a cheap toy. You could casually drop this lens from about 4-5 feet and it would probably bust a crack on it! It feels cheaper than a standard 18-55mm kit lens you get with a crop-sensor DSLR. But unlike a kit lens (which is practically worthless), you could get about $40-$50 or so off of this lens if you sold it. If this is your only lens for your Canon EOS system, I would advise you NOT to remove it from the mount for any reason other than to clean the lens/camera sensor until you get another lens.
All in all, I think this lens is great. If you're on a budget and need a fast aperture lens, then this is the lens to get!
It does have a few negatives, such as harsh bokeh, occationally undersaturated colors, etc., but if you can get past all of that, then this lens will do wonders for you!
this is a great little lens, used it for a photo shoot in low twilight lighting, and worked great. The low appiture allows more light in and is always helpful in photography, (keep iso down to reduce noise). Can't wait to try this with star trails
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