Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Digital camera Review: If you are a Canon crop-body user
Summary: 4 Stars
you will be really happy with this lens. I currently am using this lens on my Canon T1i. This 28MM lens is a 44.8MM lens on a crop-body. This is Canons widest prime lens that is reasonably priced for the photo enthusiast, for whom it has been marketed. The lens is very sharp between f4.0 and f8.0! Below f4.0 the lens softens, as they all due. However, it softens much less so than other lenses I have tried. The results are very good from f2.0 up.Digital camera Review: Indoor shooting
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this lens on my EOS 5D MkII full-frame camera. It works wonderfully. Images are sharp, autofocus is quick and accurate, the lens is very light weight and portable, and it takes a beating without issue (inclement weather, dusty conditions, and worse, my EF 28mm has lived through them all). Yes, there is slight chromatic aberration, but this is endemic to wide angle lenses, and isn't pronounced enough to annoy me (plus, Adobe Lightroom 3 is able to fix the issue accurately).
The exceptionally wide apertures made available with this wide angle lens result in it being my go-to lens for indoor architecture shooting. I find 28mm to be the most useful focal length for this task, whereas the EF 20mm f/2.8 USM distorts the image too much, in addition to not being as fast and having greater aberrations.
In total, this EF 28mm f/1.8 lens is an essential part of my lens bag.
Digital camera Review: LOVE this lens
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens bokeh is great! It is a fast lens. Used it on a 5D2 and 7D. Excellent focal length for video too. Great poor man's substitute for Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras .Digital camera Review: Love it or hate it, but there's no middle ground
Summary: 5 Stars
The EF 28mm f/1.8 USM is an odd animal, with users either loving or hating its optical characteristics. Physically, there's nothing to complain about. The lens is solidly constructed, the focusing travel is contained within the barrel, it uses the USM system with full-time manual focus, and the filter ring is the popular 58mm style. All of these features nicely differentiate it from the EF 28mm f/2.8, which is comparatively compromised in all of these areas (but is probably a better value for the money, oddly).
The first sign of trouble may be the integrated rectangular shield inside the front element assembly. While this probably helps reduce flaring and artifacts, neither of its close relatives -- the EF 28mm f/2.8 or the EF 20mm f/2.8 USM -- require such a feature. Disagreeable vignetting can occur, even on a crop body and with moderately bright indoor light, when stopped open. Light bloom is also excessive when wide open, and some users have reported chromatic aberration, although I haven't personally seen it. Conversely, performance is excellent in very low light and outdoor night shots with long exposure times.
I consider this essential glass for flashless photography under low-light conditions, particularly indoors in close quarters, as the wide angle and wide aperture will effectively gather all of the light and people in a room. Combined with a high ISO setting in the 800+ range, sharp images can be taken at reasonably quick shutter speeds, then subjected to noise cleanup during post-processing. However I don't use the lens as much outdoors during daytime, or indoors in brightly-lit areas. The EF 20mm f/2.8 USM handles these situations far better and is a good complement for the EF 28mm f/1.8 USM.
Summarily, the main issues with this lens is price. For about $375, everyone should get one. But for the $450+ range where this lens usually sells, it is overpriced relative to what it offers. Hopefully Canon will develop a Mark II version of this lens that improves on the optical characteristics while retaining the physical features and build quality.
Digital camera Review: My Favorite Lens
Summary: 5 Stars
Hello Amazon shoppers, Let me start off by saying I am a die hard Canon fan. I've tried many lenses primes and zoom. and this is my fav lens. I have shot entire weddings with just this lens and a 270 speed light (yep, the little tiny flash). I am not a zoom lens fan nor do I like lenses that are slower than 1.8. I find for my business the only lenses I can use are primes at 1.8 or faster. Currently I have 4 lenses in my camera bag. Canon 28 mm 1.8, Canon 85mm 1.8, Canon 50mm 1.8 and Tokina 11-14mm 2.8. These 4 lenses are all I need for every wedding. I've tried the 50mm 1.4 purchased it from Amazon used it for a year, then sold it. I found my photos to be sharper from the 50mm 1.8. I don't know why, but that is the deal. Anyway I hope this helps.