I'm really happy with this lens. It gives lovely bokeh, and the F2 is really excellent. I've used it both in the studio and outside in natural light, and I'm super happy with it. I'd definitely recommend buying this if you're a portrait photographer.

Outstanding lens at a fraction of the price of the L-series. If you're looking for a fixed lens but don't want to shell out over a grand, then you can't go far wrong with this beauty.

Very good lens - highly recommend it! :)

Very happy with my purchase! Great lense

disappointing considering the hype around this lens, have ordered the Sigma 18-35 instead

Nice lens very sharp works great on my Canon 7d mark 2 gives me about 56 mm have tryed it out in many situations very pleased with it .

Beautiful lens. Great colour. Has become my main lens.

Great lens - clear pictures with great bokeh. Used for video and the IS is great in this lens.

I much prefer the look of this lens to the new Canon 35mm 1.4 mark II. There's something about the images it produces which are reminiscent of the old analogue days. I don't care much for 100% zoom sharpness tests or quibbling over 0.5 pixels of LOCA. This lens has character. I love it.

Pros-Razer sharp so you'll have no problem cropping if needed. This is good for any "50mm on cropped sensor," user that wants a bit more freedom, it's not as bright as a those fast 50mm but with the added image stabilisation this will give you sharper shots and you won't have to keep taking steps backwards to get everything in frame. It's also not that much bigger than my canon 50mm f1.4. Feels very balanced on my 80d.The angle of view on a cropped sensor is a nice 56mm (after considering the 1.6 crop factor). This I have to say I love as it's very close to a true 50mm that you'd get on a full frame sensor and in my opinion as close to what the human eye sees as you'll get. It's a great walk around lens, perfect for street/travel and festival/candid portrait photography on the fly which I love.Also it has a very short, "close focusing distance," which is very handy.Super fast auto focus (obviously helped by the ability of my Canon 80d)Cons-It's a little expensive, but I think if you have a real interest in photography(especially street/travel) then the price shouldn't stop you from upping your game. This isn't a real con, any price tag is a con but hey, what can you do.No lens hood included-dammit Canon!Summary-If you like your 50mm but want more freedom framing but don't wanna invest in full frame body's, this glass is what you want! Samples on my ig @nickmcgon

So I finally upgraded my old school EF 35 f/2 for this new IS USM model. I'd read reviews from all the sources I trust and thought I knew what to expect: good edge to edge sharpness even wide open, a great IS implementation, good flare / CA characteristics, low distortion, great color & contrast and pleasing bokeh given the focal length.I found the lens delivered on all those points except for having just a touch more barrel distortion than I was expecting. It's not bad by any means, but most reviews seemed to suggest that distortion would be negligible, whereas there's enough that I'd want to correct it most of the time. Not a big deal, but I mention it here for completeness.Another thing that I wasn't expecting from the reviews was just how good the AF performance would be. I mean, I knew it would be better than my old buzzy EF35, but I wasn't expecting such a dramatic improvement. On my 5DIII particularly it's very sure-footed, superbly accurate, consistent and really fast, even in poor artifical light. To be fair this is the first of the "new wave" of upgraded Canon lenses that I've purchased, and at only 35mm the motor doesn't have a lot of glass to move, but still the difference between this lens and my older design Canon lenses (even the Ls) is not subtle.In my book it's one of the best value lenses in Canon's line-up. If you don't need f1.4 then I can't see why you'd choose anything else at this focal length.

First of all, this is an excellent lens and now it is only £379, it's a perfect price. This lens is one of the sharpest lenses Canon offers and is possibly the best value lens you can buy (including the 50mm 1.8 STM). So why not 5 stars? The lens hood for this lens is not included and is a separate purchase at around £50.

I bought this used Canon prime lens from Italy, in german Amazon Warehouse Deals on Prime Day 2016, for a very discounted price... in my first days of use I don’t find any fault or major problems in the product, thumbs up for Amazon.deI use it on a mirrorless EOS M3 (another great deal of Amazon.de) with Canon mount adapter, so the following impressions may not suit all users, especially reflex camera owners.First of all this lens is quite big and gives a sense of a solid product (for reference is big like Canon EF 85mm and more heavy than that), IMHO is not so suitable for a mirrorless camera, visually looks a bit awkward and not well balanced, and a bit intimidating for casual subjects (usually addressing at me with some suspicion: “what’s that cannon??”)I chose to keep it with me for its good quality, but for new buyers I would advise considering the EF 40mm f/2.8 lens, is a pancake, less fast, lacking stabilization, but its size is more appropriate for a mirrorless camera, is quite sharp and has same level of vignetting.As I just wrote the quality of this 35mm lens is high, besides the solid feeling the sharpness is impressive, the aperture is very convenient for getting luminous pictures, very useful for taking candid family pictures at home keeping ISOs as low as possible, in an environment there is no possibility to getting a powerful lighting. At full aperture vignetting is quite strong, but already at f/2.8 it decreases much and becomes a non-trouble.The stabilizer is effective, basically I’m a beginner with little hopes of technical improvement, so I can get stable pictures at 1/15 s with about 50% success rate or less, on the internet you will read that at the same shutter speed is possible getting near 100% ok pictures and you can go up to 1/8 s... some things must be considered about internet tests:1) they are performed on reflex cameras, so photographer keeps camera pressed on face, is much more stable position, while mirrorless without eye-viewfinder are kept by hands on body and on lens, but the t

Shame, it's a nice lens but is rather slow in low light, missed a beautiful image opportunity or two. Nether the less a great price and a useful addition to my gadget bag.

I purchased this lens on the 10th of Jan & it was delivered to my door by 12.00 on the 11th of Jan impressed by this.I open the box & noticed the lens was heavier than I thought it was going to be however got used to the lens quite quickly & was able to take photosstraight away with it & was pleased with the results that I got

Terrific lens; had been coveting it for years and price finally came down enough to be affordable. Takes getting used to, after years of zoom lenses; requires mastering manual exposure but a lot of fun to learn and the results are outstanding.

most used lens on a 6d, lightweight and sharp pictures, only used at f2, very sharp, IS claims 4 stops which is rarely true but 2 stops help at least, it comes with a hood, bag and center pinch cap.The Is doesnt have configurable options like more expensive lenses but it is a smart one, if the lens senses that that u are moving the camera only horizontally so u are panning, following an object or person (walker, runner, bicyclist) that it will not compensate for horizontal movement but vertical only, it can very quickly recognize that u are pannig and when u stop doing so it goes back to full stabilizing right away.Dont bother that vignetting is very noticeable, with 6d you can add its profile with the canon sofware so JPG are corrected in camera and RAW pictures can be fixed later on computer easily.Unless the the gear earns u money but this over the 35mmf1.4, that is bigger heavier, very expensive and it could be a pain at 1.4 shallow depth of field. This f2 btw has very shallow DOF when the subject is close to u, like 1m or less, the small min focus distance is a real joy the play with, u can go very close to objects.

I most take landscape and cityscape photos; and lightroom shows my goto lens is the 16-35mm f2.8l 2. I spent an age deciding between 3 35mm's wanting something a little sharper at times than the L zoom. I ended up getting a 35mm F2 IS USM (as well as an 8-15mm fisheye - i have a problem.) The Prime 35mm F2 side by side with the 2.8L is noticeably sharper especially at lower apertures and has less vignetting. Canon is as sharp as I would want it to be and the color is mostly excellent I bought the F2 over the 1.4 as I wanted the IS - there are times when I am out shooting landscapes or cities that I want to be able to shoot video and the IS that this lens offers is a big benefit for anyone shooting SLR video.This was my second non L lenses and they are for the types of photography i don't normally do - a 50mm f1.4 for the odd portrait and street photography day and now this. The 35mm f2 is considerably larger than the 50mm but the build quality manages to feel inferior. This is mostly because the focus ring just doesn't feel as good as those on the other lenses I use - and in low light (and as a 6d user) manual focus is often when I'm fiddling with.Its not the most expensive lens and it does take lovely sharp images with rich color and little distortion. If you are using it in the city (on an APS a 35mm multiples is roughly a 50mm which is a great focal length in the city. Its light to carry around - i think that is my favorite feature of these mid tier canon lenses - they are SO much lighter to carry than the L lenses. The aperture ranges is f2-22 so you can get bright images in low light or sparkly highlights on lights with your tripod. Through the aperture range the image quality is much more consistent than the zoom i normally use The IS does a great job in video in keeping movement in check.Its only a 4* product because whilst the lens is great; I do think that the build is a little cheap feeling in places - this doesn't effect the image just you can feel the difference. I do think that canon should make more

Build quality excellent, and image quality good when focus is accurate. But I found af on my 650d hit and miss which was more obvious at f2. I got the lens for the higher image quality than my 15-85, 35mm seems a good focal length appropriate to what I generally use. On image quality I thinks it's good but not outstanding especially given it's price. But the poor af especially worse in low light made me return the lens (after trying 2 copies).

This is an excellent little walkabout lens, ideal for discreet street photography and full-length portraiture. The original 35mm f/2 (non-IS) had a reputation as being a bit iffy with build quality, slow focusing (it had no USM), so a replacement has been a long time coming.I'm pleased to say this new f/2 IS vastly superior to the old version. Image quality itself is a notable improvement, the inclusion of IS is a nice addition, and the build quality and focusing are both massively improved. Sharpness is good across the range, even at f/2 (the old version was virtually unusable at f/2).When this lens first came out, it was around £700. At that price, it was too expensive, especially given the 35mm f/1.4 L can be had for under £1000. But now the f/2 is less than £400, it's a much more sensible proposition.Is it as good as the f/1.4L? Probably not, but it's a great deal closer than one might think, and it's less than half the price.