Honestly I can't remember how many 50mm lenses I reviewed during the last few years but there were many. Seems as if all the manufacturers are or have been in an update frenzy. All of then Well, Canon has been a little late in this game.

As most reviews say, it's a fantastic lens. Great for portraits I find. Not the best for low light but what's good for low light For the price there's not much to say that's negative. Just get it and shoot! You will love it.

Amateur or professional, you will be hard pressed finding a better lens for the money. The fact that your considering this lens I'm guessing is that you wan't to take beautiful portraits or anything with nice bokeh Let me be the first to say, yes. Yes it does, and boy does it do it well.

An awesome fast lens, a must for any photographers kit, light weight and simple to use, wide apeture and good in low light

Must have lens for every amateur

Sharpness is acceptable wide open, very good from 2.5 onwards; Lightweight Useful focal length on both crop as well as full frame

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the perfect macro lens. the LED's work just great. it's so easy to get good macro shots of coins, stamps etc. auto focus, image stabilization, 35mm (56mm 35mm equivalent) and ability to get to 1:1! Saw one review that implied the LED's weren't strong enough - I disagree, they're fine.

Nice lens. Lightweight

Great price-value relation. Really good lens! Compact, light but sturdy. In my opinion better than his 50mm f/1.4 twin. Quicker to focus and more silent.

The Canon EF-S 35mm f/2.8 Macro IS STM lens is the first of its kind in the EF-S range. For use with Canon's APS-C sensor cameras, the lens features a unique built-in Macro Lite technology to illuminate close-up subjects.

The photographs produced by this prime lens are extremely high in quality; and suggest any enthusiast to invest in a lens like this- you will not be disappointed

For the price of this lens and the high quality photographs it produces; I don't think anyone is entitled to say a bad thing about it