Canon® Canon 85mm F/1.8

The Canon 85mm f/1.8 is a solid portrait lens that also works well for photographing small-venue indoor sports. Key features include:

• Incredibly sharp images

• Fast autofocus

• Excellent portrait and small-venue indoor-sports lens

• Compact, lightweight build

Sharp Lens with Fast Autofocus. The 85mm f/1.8 is a lightweight, compact lens. It’s nearly as sharp as the Canon 85mm f/1.2L, but its fast autofocus means it’s preferable for action shots.

Excellent for Indoor Sports Photography and Portraiture. A number of photographers use this lens for small-venue indoor-sports photography, and it’s also an excellent portrait lens.

I’m always amused when people compare the Canon 85mm f/1.8 to the Canon 85mm f/1.2L. They are two entirely different creatures with nothing in common, except that they’re the same focal length. Wel…

I’m always amused when people compare the Canon 85mm f/1.8 to the . They are two entirely different creatures with nothing in common, except that they’re the same focal length. Well, that and they’re both really sharp…with wide apertures. Other than that, though…

Seriously, the f/1.8 is the opposite of the f/1.2 in two really important ways: 1) it’s small and lightweight and 2) it focuses as fast as you please, which makes it one of the best indoor sports lenses for those small and not-too-well-lit high-school gyms. In those situations, when f/2.8 just isn’t wide enough, this is the lens to grab.
April, 2013