The lense is responsive and has a wide aperture! Works really great in portrait mode. It was purchased as a gift for my boyfriend, who is a photographer.

Really great on portrait mode; and grear for taking pictures in the dark

Kinda noisy

Takes great pictures added to my lens inventory

The Canon EF 35mm f2 IS USM is one of best fast lenses for available light photography rendering a beautiful bokeh!

ver fast AF good IS wide aperture + IS = great for available light

Missing lens hood; expensive add on

For several years now, Canon engineers have been reworking its original, high-speed, full-frame, wide-angle prime lenses for pros, bringing them up to current standards in optical quality, materials, capabilities, and features.

Handling and features This wide angle prime lens from Canon sports a fast maximum aperture of f/2, an ultrasonic focus motor and image stabilisation. This lens is currently available for around ￡765, which seems a little steep.

I own this lens for 4 month now, and it's super shrp from f2. I use this for weddings - inside of ballroom to take super sharp images of guests. I highly recommend this superb lens.

super sharp; IS; build quality

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With the arrival of the Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Lens, the Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens and Canon EF 28mm f/2.8 IS USM Lens now have another sibling - a big brother. Even before I had a 35 f/2 IS in my hands, I felt like I already knew this lens well as it shares design with these...

There are a number of features users have loved in this unit, but what we find to be above all is the USM focus adjustment. It is not something commonly found in lenses these days, but in this unit, it works impressively to increase the quality of the photos taken with it.

Provides the closest focusing distance of 0.24m or 0.79 ft., Construction consists of 10 elements that are divided into 8 groups, Features a rear focus option that comes with a USM focus adjustment, Equivalent focal length on an APS-C camera is 1.6x which equals 56mm, Offers users a focal length of...

The build is not very solid and durable, Lacks the high-end features of other 35mm lenses, Does not come with a proper hood or any sort of accessories

Canon 35mm f2 IS USM is a Fixed aperture Auto Focus (AF) Wideangle Prime lens with Optical Image stabilization and 35mm FF max sensor coverage, and it is designed to be used with EF Mount cameras. What type of photography is the Canon 35mm f2 IS USM lens good for?

Optical Image Stabilization, Autofocus, Distance Scale, DoF(Depth of Field) Scale, Full-time Manual Focusing, Fast Aperture, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, 8 Diaphragm Blades for Smooth Bokeh, Minimum focus distance of, 0.24m / 9.4 inch, No Weather Sealing

Optical Image Stabilization, Autofocus, Distance Scale, DoF(Depth of Field) Scale, Full-time Manual Focusing, Fast Aperture, Covers Full-Frame Sensor, 8 Diaphragm Blades for Smooth Bokeh, Minimum focus distance of, 0.24m / 9.4 inch, No Weather Sealing

If you're shooting movies and are looking at the 35mm focal length, the lens is a no-brainer; integrated image stabilization comes in very handy. If stills are more your thing, it's a noticeable improvement over the original Canon 35mm ƒ/2 USM, but whether it's worth twice the price is perhaps in...