Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras

Ive been using this lens almost exclusively since I got it on both a Digital Rebel XTi and an EOS 70D for both stills and video. Youll be hard pressed to get a better picture for the money that this lens costs. On an APS-C camera, this lens should be your standard prime lens that you use every day. What I liked: - The focus is reasonably fast - The focus is reasonably quiet (good for video) - On a crop sensor camera, this comes out to 44-45mm, great angle for indoor shooting of family/kids - f/1.8! No flash required except for the most darkly lit scenes - Its a prime, so images are a lot sharper than most other zooms - It works great for video on the EOS 70D What I didnt like - It is a little soft wide open at f/1.8, f/2-2.8 is a lot sharper, though youll lose about a stop of light and have to open your shutter for longer, f/1.8 is there if you really need it, but f/2+ gives sharper photos. ---- So in a nutshell, this lens has become my new standard prime lens and should be your standard prime lens if you shoot APS-C cameras. If youre looking for a reasonably wide prime lens for indoor shooting on an APS-C sensor, this will give you a lot of bang for your buck. Its dramatically less expensive than the L series, but will get you over 75% of the quality of the L series. Whether the L series is worth the money for that last little bit is up to you.

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Ive delayed this review for a while because when I received this glass I really dont knew what to think at first, so I decided to give it a trial period. Now Ill try to be objective: 1. Focus: fast and accurate. 2. Construction: Solid, good. I recommend using it with hood (mine is a ceap one) and gives extra protection for the front element. 3. Image quality: Here begins to appear the "but" ... This is the point where the 5th star of this review has lost. At f1.8 - f2.0 the image is practically useless in the professional field, at f2.8 you can have acceptable results, but only from f4.0 to f11 it behaves like a fixed lens. If you are used to shoot with optics as the 50mm, 85mm, or L glasses which give exceptional results even wide open, the optical performance of this 28mm is a deception. Possibly in full frame cameras has better performance, but in cameras with APS-C sensor one would expect better rendition from a fixed lens. It isnt bad at all, Its better than a standard zoom, but not as good as other fixed lenses. 4. Angle of view: Its my main reason for choosing this lens. With only two 28mm in Canons Catalogue, I wanted a lens that it would use like a walk-around fixed for APS-C and a wide angle compatible with full frame cameras. In my rebel results to be slightly more angular than a 50mm in full frame, and I like that a lot! It has a very pleasant angle of view. In fact, I bought the 28mm f1.8 and 50mm together, and I must say, I constantly changing from 28mm to 85mm and back, using the 50mm very little. 5. f1.8: Only when I tested the lens in very low light, I could see that the great advantage is its high luminosity. Considering the focal length is possible to take photos at 1/40 - 1/30 without trepidation, and added to the grat diafragme aperture you can achieve correct exposure in low light (although the picture quality is not excellent) without carrying a tripod. With this lens can be achieved pictures that otherwise would only be possible by increasing ISO to levels that decresse image quality much more than shooting wide open. For indoor photography, street night, is where the versatility of this glass compens the "but" of image quality. Resume: It`s not my favorite one, but I like it a lot, and its versatility allows me to take pictures that in other conditions would be very difficult.

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What I want is a prime lens addition to Tamron 17-50/28 for 1.6 crop camera. I like Canon 50/1.8 for this role, but it is medium telephoto which is not really good for landscapes. This lens has mixed reviews including dismissively negative ones, main complaint is that is soft wide open. But in practice using the lens wide open is not the main point, there is no real need for an evening landscape to have the best possible resolution except for special applications. This lens seems to have about as good resolution as 50/1.8, but with much better FOV. As for its main non-L competitor Sigma 30/1.4, as far as I understand, it needs additional adjustment to autofocus properly on Canon cameras. This leaves Canon 28/1.8 as the best choice.

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I was thrilled to get this lens and finally be able to take a realistic shot without standing 20 feet further away than I had wanted to with my other prime lenses using my Canon T3i. Its been a great lens overall, but Ive noticed a considerable amount more chromatic aberration than I see on my EF-S 60mm f/2.8 or EF 70-200mm f/4 L. Considering the price (I know its not absurdly expensive, but its not dirt cheap) I had hoped for no noticeable issues, and this seems to be one, more or less often. If I had it to do over, Id probably pick up the Sigma 30mm f/1.4. Still, I continue to use the lens and it has given me some truly wonderful shots more often than not. **UPDATE** Since having sold this lens and picked up the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 "Art" instead, the 35mm is so completely different and amazing that it really showed me just how incapable the Canon 28mm was. The 28 is so soft (especially wide open) and the CA so bad that while I fully realize the 35 is twice as much, its much more than twice as glorious as far as the image quality is concerned. Having used both for some time now, my only recommendation is to save up and grab the 35mm. You will be so completely glad you did!

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