Digital Photography: Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L II

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L II is a lens where Canon "shows off" - it's the fastest, mass production 85mm SLR lens ever produced and a marvel within the lens lineup .Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L II far from being a small and cheap item but you're getting quite some glass for your bucks here. Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L II will cost you six times compared to Canon EF 85mm f/1.8 USM.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L II is one of the best lens in the Canon lens line up. Designed primarily as a portraiture lens that gives an ideal perspective when used on a full frame sensor or 35mm film bodies, Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L II can still be used on the cropped sensor bodies of the EOS line-up

The optical performs of the lens is impressive. Wide aperture lenses using traditionally manufactured elements suffer from spherical aberration which causes an overall softening and optical ‘smearing’ of the image. To ensure high corner-to-corner sharpness and contrast of in-focus subjects throughout the focus range and at wide apertures, the EF 85mm f/1.2 II USM incorporates a large aspherical lens element with precise variable curvature and a floating group construction.

In addition to optimized lens shaping to reduce reflections and the use of anti-reflective material inside the lens barrel, the EF 85mm f/1.2 II USM employs Canon’s patented Super Spectra lens element coatings. These suppress flare and ghosting – more prone to occur with digital cameras due to reflection off the image sensor. By increasing light absorption, coatings reduce reflections off lens element surfaces to deliver crisp, undistorted images with natural color balance.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 USM L II