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NiharB
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Registered: Apr 16, 2008
Location: Canada
Posts: 13
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Review Date: Oct 12, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $280.00
| Rating: 9
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Sharp, Great colour, Affordable, Fast
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Annoying AF motor, No FTM
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This lens is on my camera most of the time. Its sharp, its fast, and its cheap. This lens also give photos a certain feeling that I just love. Build quality is very good for a lens of this price. The FOV is very useful on a crop camera. Its minimum focus distance is very useful.
My nitpicks:
-the AF motor is noisy and 85% of the time its not a bother. The other 15% of the time, like when the lens hunts or if in a quiet environment then, yeah the AF noise is an issue.
-This didn't bother me until I did get a lens with full time manual focus, but FTM would be nice on this lens. But so would many other features that would just jack up the price. So, unless you use FTM all the time on your other lenses then this lens could be annoying to you because of the lack of it.
tl;dr summary: Great affordable lens, good bang for buck value. A must have in a poor photographers bag.
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 Oct 12, 2009
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Canongarcon
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Oct 9, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 9
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Nice sharp images. Light. Good price.
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Build quality could be better.
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Just recently got this lens for my 40D. The 35mm length gives me a closer aspect to a "normal lens" that what my 50mm 1.8 mark II did.
The images this lens give me are clean, sharp with good colors and contrasts.
Yes, the lens is a little noisey, but you have to expect that for an older lens with no HSM.
The one thing I wish this lens had was better build quality. It feels like it's made of the same cheap plastic as the 50mm 1.8. My kit 18-55mm IS lens felt more solidly built than what this lens did and that sells for half the price as this.
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Oct 9, 2009
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Daan B
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Location: Netherlands
Posts: 5153
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Review Date: Aug 18, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $15,000.00
| Rating: 9
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excellent IQ, sharp @ f/2.0, quick/accurate AF, small, light, CHEAP!!!!
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flimsy built quality, no manual focus override
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Ha ha, I am laughing my @ss off... in a good way 
What a little jewel is this lens 
Small, light and VERY cheap. Sharp already at f/2. Stopping down makes it as sharp as a knife. Even in the corners. All on my 5D2. Good colors and contrast. Hardly any distortion. CA's and fringing (wide open) are well controlled. Exellent IQ for it's price.
Focusing makes some noise... but is very quick and accurate. Focus ring is on the small side. And no manual override. You have to push the AF/MF button first.
Built quality is... well... did I already tell you it is small and light? Ok, it is built a bit flimsy
It is just a simple design that works. Perfect for when you don't want to take all your big, heavy and expensive lenses BUT don't want to compromise IQ.
Nothing beats shooting in indoor lit rooms without flash at f/2, 1/60 and ISO3200
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Aug 18, 2009
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mahonet
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Location: Finland
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Review Date: Aug 12, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Very light and versatile lens, which can be used both with 5D (MkII) and 40/ 50D. A real bargain in Canon lens line up.
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Bokeh in wide apertures not very good.
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Compared to my 35 f1.4L-lens nearly as good in many aspects. Shap even wide open and even with 5D, but with apertures 2.0-2.8 not as sharp as 1.4. Good colours, CA well in controll. My new copy (2009) seems to be better than the older copy I used earlier years ago. Only cons are bokeh especially compared to it´s bigger brother and a little noisy af. Compared to price a really good lens!
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Aug 12, 2009
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toguko
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Jul 28, 2009
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 6
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Pros:
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small!, light, cheap
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could be sharper, noisy AF, AF searches in low light conditions, cheap build, IQ not brilliant
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I bought this lens on eBay for £150 so very cheap. I was very happy as I finally had a perfect lens for street photography. It is very small and light so you can walk around the city for whole day without feeling your neck. It has perfect focal lenght on crop body (almost 50mm). Image quality is not that brilliant though as well as sharpness. I would expect more from fixed focal lens. AF is noisy ('bzzzzzz' like an anoying fly) and it has problems in low light conditions. Build quality is cheap. My camera has dropped from my bag on the ground (max 10cm) and the lens broke so that the repair would cost more than it's worth.
Pictures taken with this lens:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toguko/tags/canon35mmf2/
My photostream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/toguko/
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Jul 28, 2009
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timpdx
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Registered: Feb 1, 2005
Location: United States
Posts: 608
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Review Date: Jul 8, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $259.00
| Rating: 5
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Light, inexpensive, sharp by F4, focuses fast for non-USM
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Should be sharper than the 18-55 IS kit lens, but it is not. Bad CA, pink fringing. Non-USM.
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I am surprised that the humble 18-55 IS just simply blows this away, even wide open vs. wide open. Of course wide open on this is F2. But I simply find wide open on this not really acceptable for a prime. I should be seeing better, but I am not, the 35mm F2 only gets really sharp and the CA goes away by F4. Well, the kit can do F4 and is still better. Back to Canoga this goes.
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Jul 8, 2009
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terminator
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Location: United States
Posts: 189
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Review Date: Jun 23, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $200.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Very sharp wide open, small, light, decent build, inexpensive
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Cons:
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not USM, bokeh isn't ideal
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I got this lens from a fellow FMer as a package deal. Owning a 35L, I didn't expect much from this little fellow. The first moment I received it, I was surprised at its size and weight. It is like a baby compared to its L brother. The image quality is excellent. At f/2, it is already very sharp from center to corner. Initially, I was planning to dump it. Now I have a second thought and keep it on a second body as a general purpose walk-around lens. It is a nice combo with xxxD or xxxxD.
The only pity of the lens is lack of creamy bokeh like 35L.
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Jun 23, 2009
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JohnLangdon
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: May 29, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Quality optics. Small. Light. Cheap.
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Autofocus is not silent.
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The design of this lens dates back to the Canon FD mount and the 1980's. But don't let that put you off. This is a quality optic, that will produce very fine results. The images will have that 'pop' to them that quality optics produce.
No USM, but even so the autofocus is not that noisy. Your subject will probably not hear it. The autofocus accuracy if pretty good too. You won't have many problems with that.
As a group photo lens on a full frame camera or a standard lens on a 1.6x sensor, this lens is a very usefull tool to carry, and it won't take up much space or weight in your bag either.
If you are on a limited budget and you want the best possible quality pictures, I would highly recommend this lens.
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May 29, 2009
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mg98
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Location: United States
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Review Date: May 11, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $180.00
| Rating: 9
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small/light, fast, sharp center, close to normal lens angle of view on 1.6 crop factor DSLR, inexpensive
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Cons:
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slightly telephoto on 1.6 crop factor DSLR, not USM, less sharp on edges
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This is a great travel lens on my Digital Rebel. I think it's the best lens for a 1.6 crop factor DSLR to replace the use of a 50mm f/1.8 on a full-frame SLR. It's slightly more telephoto than a normal lens on a full-frame (56mm equivalence), but I think it's better than the only other viable choice in the Canon prime lens lineup: the 28mm f/1.8 (assuming you want a maximum aperture near the 50mm's f/1.8). Definitely recommend this lens. I even wrote a blog post about it: http://lightmanship.blogspot.com/2009/05/nice-general-purpose-prime-lens-for.html
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May 11, 2009
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eric kim
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Feb 2, 2009
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $200.00
| Rating: 10
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Cheap, light, SHARP, small
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Build quality, buzzing noise of AF (its honestly not that bad though...)
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So I got this lens on the B/S forum and it has been married to my 5D ever since.
Even shooting wide open it is tack sharp across the entire frame! I specialize in night photography and street photography and it performs really well with my 5D.
Another great thing is how it is really light and small. It balances pretty well with my 5D and doesn't make it any heavier.
The focal length is perfect for the street...but for architecture it can be a little short. I'm thinking about adding the 24mm f/2.8 to my arsenal soon.
Enter the world of primes and never go back to zooms again!
eric
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Feb 2, 2009
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mazamabill
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Registered: May 28, 2007
Location: United States
Posts: 3
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Review Date: Nov 18, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $220.00
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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Small and light; decent build
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Very sharp and bright; good contrast
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This lens is a fantastic buy. It's a nice walkaround lens and is retty fast (f2). The optics are very good, I would say VERY close to L quality, but without the price.
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Nov 18, 2008
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marconis
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Aug 26, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $240.00
| Rating: 9
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great image quality - contrast, color and sharpness.
light, small.
focus is the best of all my primes
works similar to a "50mm" on a cropped sensor
you can shoot very close
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small buzz when focusing
build quality is lacking
hood is separate
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This lens is a favorite. It is versatile and the image quality is great. It works well on a cropped-sensor.
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Aug 26, 2008
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