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

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Before anything, I assume that you know all about sensor sizes and field of view related to cameras and lenses. If not, I encourage you to study the subject in order to buy the appropiate equipement. There are good explanations on the web and it is certainly a matter of concern for every willing aspirant to photographer. This lens is just fine for APS-C cameras, it render a "50mm like" field of view. It is sharp, fast, accurate, silent, has a medium size, and a medium weight, and... of course... an apperture of 1.8 There are so many reviews of this lens on the net and very mostly good ones. If you have an EF compatible APS-C Canon camera and you wanna know the power of primes, this is the way to go. Once you get it you will not trade it. I havent test it on FF but I doubt it could do it any worse than in the APS-C ones, may be a little bit more of vigneting and corner softness, but with a good software this is not a problem at all. I payed about 450 bucks which I find a tad high even though the quality of the lens is very good, but I would not pay any more.

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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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The shot here is lit by a single candle. Its 1/13th of a second at f 1.8 with ISO up at 3200. This was shot on an 8 year old Canon T2i. You could buy a new camera with a better sensor and better stabilization and probably pull this off with a modern kit lens, but then youre spending $1500+ on new gear. Im going to move over to a Fuji XT3 soon but this lens has been great as its near what a 50mm looks like on a full frame sensor.

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This lens is well made, the ultrasonic focus is silent and very fast. This is great for recording videos, I used to use a 50mm 1.8 for low light indoor video but the autofocus was so loud it ruined the videos. This 1.8 USM is silent and extremely fast. Autofocus is great in low light.. my 50mm 1.8 is a cheap but very sharp lens but the the autofucus would "hunt" in low light.. The 28mm USM is great. Plus the 28mm is more suitable for crop sensors. Love the lens, use it on regular and IR converted CANON T1Is. This lens does not have the "hot spot" issues like the 50mm 1.8 does on the IR camera. Hotspots are still possible but rare and subtle. I use it to photograph my 2 year old daughter indoors / low light and I never need to use a flash!

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This is my new favorite lens! I did lots of research online to find a great lens to pair with my Canon Rebel T3. Im an amateur photographer and so I wanted something that would increase the quality of my photos but that I didnt have to break the bank over. I plan to use this lens for pretty much everything and I am so happy I decided on this lens over others. If you have a crop sensor camera such as the canon rebel series then this lens is for you.

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I have a big collection of narrow angle lenses. This is my first experiment in something wide angle. For a practice lens, it is great. The body of the lens is a bit light and feels a little more flimsy compared to something like the Canon f1.4 50mm. But that just means it leaves room for me to buy better, wider lenses after I have practiced with the 28 1.8. It is great for outdoor photographs, group pictures, casual outings and mid-light atmospheres! the lowlight/indoor settings should be done with a tripod, but if you have a steady hand, they turn out acceptably if you want to point and shoot. I shake a bit, and its not as sharp as a bright natural light shot would, but it is still share-quality. I am really pleased with this lens. It will serve as a good casual or practice wide angle, and I can still upgrade if I feel the need to later.

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Ive had this lens for a while but Ive been teetering between the 35mm and 24mm and I find myself going back to this one. Im just curious of the f2.8 is any better? I guess I got a tact sharp version of this one because the reviews are mixed on this 28mm 1.8. Either way I couldnt be happier. This is an oldie but a goodie.

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Debated for a long time between this lens and the Sigma 30mm f/1.4. My gut said to go for the Canon lens and skip out on dealing with the issues that sometimes come with using third party lenses. Ended up going with the Sigma because I wanted the larger aperture and it was much cheaper at the time. Shouldve listened to my gut. The Sigma ended up having severe front focusing issues and took forever to auto-focus in indoor light conditions. The pictures that were correctly focused (using manual focus) seemed soft when the lens was at f/1.4 and really only seemed sharp starting above f/2.0, which negated the aperture advantage of the Sigma lens. I couldve sent the Sigma and my camera in together for calibration, but that seemed like a risky step that shouldnt be necessary for what I was paying. Opted to return the Sigma to Amazon and ordered the Canon 28mm f/1.8. The Canon 28mm autofocus seems to work muuuuuch faster with my T4i than the Sigma and there are no front focusing issues. The pictures Ive taken with the Canon 28mm have been sharp even wide open at 1.8mm. Absolutely no regrets.

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I love this lens! I am a wedding and portrait photographer who loves prime lenses! I have been looking for a decent size "sort of" wide angle lens to bring to churches and receptions. This one fits the bill and I can use it in the studio! I use it with my Canon 5D mark ii and the color and crispness are both amazing. I used it for my daughters recital at school - the clarity was amazing at ISO 3200. I cant wait to take it to a dark church!! It was focuses pretty quickly at close range (I love my 85mm 1.8 but I have to step back at least 5 feet to get it to focus) - I was able to get detail of the program from about 8" away! Its a great lens for a great price! Im happy!!

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By far this is not my favorite lens. On a full frame, its very hard to focus when wide open. I have to use live view with MF and then use the cameras zoom function to focus. Tried it on a crop sensor and it was a little better. In low light and manually setting the color temp I do get nice photos but not great photos. I much prefer the 50mm f1.4 for indoor shots on both my ff and crop sensor. This summer I plan to use this lens for Milky Way/Galaxy photos but I have a less expensive Rokinon 14mm f2.8 which is much easier to manually focus. Will hope this works as well.

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