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How sharp is the Canon 85mm f1.8 wide open?

Started Oct 1, 2016 | Questions thread
Keith Z Leonard Veteran Member • Posts: 6,134
Re: How sharp is the Canon 85mm f1.8 wide open?

My copy is lovely at 2.8 amd good below that. We each have our acceptable performance opinions. My 135 l is better. Hard to beat the 85 1.8 for the price though.

There ar other factors to get the most from your lens. The images you linked seem like studio style shots with great lighting....they were also resizer. If you want to see some images check out pixelpeeper, you can specify the camera, the lens, and show inly full res images...it data mines flickr very useful.

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