Canon EF 85mm 1.8 USM - Review
Canon’s EF 85mm 1.8 USM is a mid-level portrait lens with exceptionally good results considering it’s small price tag. Coupled with the A7r, the use of contrast detection auto focus lacks the speeds necessary for fast paced situations, street photography with moving subjects could be quite difficult using AF. I used the Fotga EF-NEX AF adapter for my tests, with a Metabones update soon to follow. This lens is still a nice 85mm to have in the kit at a significantly lower cost then other AF 85mm’s. Coupled to another A7 series camera that utilises phase detect AF would make this lens that little bit better.
Features
F/1.8 maximum Aperture
Crisp image quality
Full Frame format
Auto-focus
Tech Specs
Focal Distance - 85mm
Production Years – 1992 – Current
Optical Formula - 9 elements in 7 groups
Aperture Range - f/1.8 - f/22
Angle of View – 24
Aperture Blades - 8
Minimum Focusing Distance - 0.9 m
Lens Mount – Canon EF
Weight - .425 kg
Filter Thread - 58mm
AF/MF
Build Quality
Metal Mounting
Plastic Housing
Dust sealing
Personalised test charts in a controlled environment for image sharpness - nothing else. none of the following photo's have been post-processed in any way - no output sharpening.
Wide open this EF 85mm 1.8 is quite a good performer in the centre
Edge crops -
How does the EF lens stand up against it’s older brother the FD 85mm 1.8 in terms of image quality? For a review of the FD 85mm 1.8 click here
