Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM

soleful2001 wrote in post #15917865
The lens is sharp, quick and accurate focus, fairly nice bokeh, compact, decent build quality, reasonable price. I have not used this lens on a full frame though, and that may be where some edge softness may show up.

Based on the pics in this thread, I think it does great on FF. I think people pay way too much attention to their 100% crops... it might just be this FL (I have a MF 28mm and love it), but something about the pics in here are just special

EverydayGetaway wrote in post #15916543
I don't understand the bad rep this lens gets... based on the majority of the photos in this thread it looks pretty awesome! I might have to add this to my short list...

EverydayGetaway wrote in post #15918787
Based on the pics in this thread, I think it does great on FF. I think people pay way too much attention to their 100% crops... it might just be this FL (I have a MF 28mm and love it), but something about the pics in here are just special

I agree, this lens is probably one of the best non-L lenses in the Canon line. I love mine.

here is one at f2

canon 50d
1/50
f2
iso 400
28mm

not too bad for a non-macro lens.

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canon 50D
1/50
f2.5
iso 500
28mm

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EverydayGetaway wrote in post #15916543
I don't understand the bad rep this lens gets... based on the majority of the photos in this thread it looks pretty awesome! I might have to add this to my short list...

This is one of my favorite lens. I have no complaints about it.

Its doing pretty good for me. Its biggest drawback for me is the flare it gets, it even flares off the moon when I'm doing night photography.

Apart from that, its compact, fast, sharp and has good enough bokeh for me.

42zx wrote in post #15919534
...Its biggest drawback...is the flare..., it even flares off the moon...

Lucky you. I wish I had a lens with awesome flare. I sold my 10-22 a while back and miss it for that.

It goes a bit too overboard with flare for me, maybe you'll like it but it takes over a bit too much of the image for my tastes!

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42zx wrote in post #15920690
It goes a bit too overboard with flare for me, maybe you'll like it but it takes over a bit too much of the image for my tastes!

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Day 62 by 42zx, on Flickr

Holy WOW!!! I love that. UFO invasion. I can see how that could distract in a different image.

coulda cropped out the camera shadow

I could have, but it was just a test shot to see how it handled shooting at night. Perfect composition wasn't that important to me.

composition should always be extremely important, testing or not. its a good habit to have,

42zx wrote in post #15883529

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magical!

^^^ I missed that one. Totally agree.