If you are looking for high quality images, especially on a budget, you cannot lose with this lens. It is my "GO TO" lens for studio portraiture, and when compared to other lenses I've tried, this one captures a TON of detailed resolution with great color rendition. Outside it's great to, super sharp, and in certain shots it can give your pictures that 3D look that everyone covets. Auto focus is ALWAYS spot on, almost never misses a shot, and it's quick too. Chromatic aberration is there at f2, but not as bad as the 85 1.8, and it's easily removed in Lightroom or Photoshop. Bokeh is nice and creamy, and at f2 you get a lot of it at 100mm, more than the 85 @ 1.8 due to the longer focal length.
The only negative thing I can say about it is the minimum focus distance, close to 3 ft, it's no macro lens for sure. However, at least it's not the 5 feet or so of the 70-200. I've owned two of these lenses, and used them both on the full frame 5D2, so I cannot speak to the APC crowd. At full frame it's obviously a bit tight using this indoors, and for APC it would pretty much not be something you would use indoors, except for portraits.
As a side-note, the first one of these I owned was in TERRIBLE condition. It was scratched, and there was so much dirt and dust in the lens I actually laughed out loud in disbelief. Looked like someone dropped it in the sand and rolled it around for an hour or two. BUT, and this is a big but, it did not affect the image quality in the least. Not at all. So if you're on the fence, worrying about buying used lenses and having reduced image quality, don't. I'ts not an issue. The only reason I got rid of that first one was because the manual focus ring was full of grit and could barely turn. But I'll never get rid of this second one. : )
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| lens type | Telephoto | Telephoto | Wide Angle | Telephoto | Standard | Wide Angle |
| compatible mountings | Canon EF | Canon RF | Canon EF | Canon EF | Canon EF | Canon EF |
| lens design | Prime | Prime | Zoom | Prime | Zoom | Zoom |
| focus type | Ultrasonic | Auto Focus | Ultrasonic | Ultrasonic | Auto/Manual | Ring-type ultrasonic |
| minimum focal length | 100 millimeters | 135 millimeters | 11 millimeters | 400 millimeters | 28 millimeters | 16 millimeters |
| max focal length | 100 millimeters | — | 24 millimeters | 400 millimeters | 105 millimeters | 35 millimeters |
| fixed focal length | 100 millimeters | 135 millimeters | 24 millimeters | 400 millimeters | 105 millimeters | 35 millimeters |
| real angle of view | 24 degrees | — | 126 degrees | — | — | 80.5 degrees |
| model name | — | Canon RF135mm F1.8 L IS USM | 9520B002 | Canon EF 400mm f/4 DO IS II USM | — | 9518B002 |
| max aperture | — | 1.8 f stop | 4 millimeters | 4 f stop | 3.5 f stop | 4 f stop |
| diaphragm blades | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | — | 9 |
very nice
i like it so far, the images look sharp, and is very small size to carry in the camera bag, The bokeh is great. Dont forget, make sure you have distance to your subject, this is a 100mm fixed
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