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Feedback: EF 85 mm f/1.8 USM sharpness for handheld shots

Started Jun 20, 2015 | Questions thread
Keith Z Leonard Veteran Member • Posts: 6,134
Re: Feedback: EF 85 mm f/1.8 USM sharpness for handheld shots

pilou1253 wrote:

Hi again!

Sharpness looks good, it is front focused slightly but you can see the hair is very sharp.  This lens at f2.8 will perform well for quite reasonable money.  Obviously with a 1/1250 shutter speed you won't have any camera shake issues there.  As others have mentioned most primes don't have IS anyway, so you are not really missing out there if you like wide aperture lenses.  People have successfully hand held lenses at 85mm without IS for portraits for decades, it shouldn't be a problem.

Try some indoor stuff and see how it goes.  I always say there is no lens or camera that will make up for good lighting though.  People tend to not want to think about lighting and hope that some magical combination exists that can make that result in stellar photographs, but you really have to deal with lighting to get the most out of an image.  If you end up unhappy with the results from the prime indoors consider a bounce flash.

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