( 118 reviews )
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Posted: Aug 7 2009
I read and view a lot of review about this lens before purchase it, and the pros are right, its a great lens, excellent sharpness, great DOF and an amazing lightness, i always wanted a luminous lens and i got just what i needed, i have some pictures with this lens if you want to see in the album "Sesion improvisada" [...]
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Posted: Aug 3 2009
I bought this lens so I could take pictures of people and blur the background. It does a fantastic job as long as you keep your shutter speed high enough (faster than 1/80). It is very sharp and produces beautiful bokeh (background blur). The bokeh is much better on this lens vs. the cheaper f1.8 version. Some people say it's an awkward focal length on a crop body (like a rebel or 50d). I agree that it would not be a good walk around lens, but it's very good at what it does. The metal mount is really nice compared to my other lenses which have plastic mounts. I highly recommend the lens hood for this lens, mainly for protection in case you drop it. It's not my most used lens, but it's an ace at what it does.
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Posted: Jul 30 2009
i love this lens. i borrowed it from my friend for a couple weeks and took lots of shots w/ it... it's so great in different situations... low light... portraits... good light... scenes... but... why is amazon charging $520 for it.. .makes no sense...
