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Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM : Specifications and Opinions

The Canon EF 85mm f/1.2 L II USM is a tele lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2006 to 2021 (discontinued). The focus is done by Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM), it does not have image stabilization. The average price was 1880 €;

168 users have given it an average vote of 9.8 out of 10.

MOUNT

This lens is available with the following mounts:

Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.

Specifications
Focal lenght	85 mm
Angle of view	28.6°
Format	FF, APS-C
Max. aperture	f/1.2
Aperture blades	8
Lenses/Groups	8 elements in 7 groups
Min. focus distance	0.95 meters
Reproduction ratio	0.11x
Features
Stabilization	No
Focus	Ultrasonic AF Motor (Ring-USM)
Internal Focus	Yes
Built and notes
Tripod ring	No
Extenders	No
Filters	72 mm
Lens hood	Yes, supplied
Weather sealing	No
Weight	1025 g
Dimensions	92 x 84 mm
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Rednaxela

sent on August 04, 2015

Pros: Best bokeh: creamy, soft, with large out-of-focus circles, brilliant contrast and colors, very good sharpnes

Cons: Large, heavy and expensive. Electronically driven focus, so you can't adjust the focus when the camera is turned off. Filmsy lenshood, turns while manual focussing the lens, large rear lens element can easily be scratched when mounting the lens, very slow AF for a USM lens.

Opinion: This lens provides brilliant contrast and colors, and very good sharpnes. Even wide open the images are sharp and by f2 the sharpness is very high. Since it is large and heavy and since its AF ist comparatively slow, working with this lens is not always easy but the results are stunning! The lens hood can be easily mounted (clip on) but it is a little thin and flimsy and it rotates with the lens front when used in manual focus mode. The electronically driven focus requires you to connect the lens to a powered camera to be able to change the focus manually (typically when you want to retreat the extended front tube before packing the lens in a bag). The large rear glass element of the lens is unprotected an can be easily scratchen when mounting the lens on the camera.

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Orion

sent on November 26, 2025

Pros: Magical, absolute brightness, unsurpassed bokeh, excellent resolution in the center (but it was born for portraits and for which it is still a king)

Cons: slow autofocus, excellent resolution only in the center (otherwise it would not churn out the dreamlike bokeh), non-slip plastic coating that deteriorates and becomes sticky

Opinion: A lens that still makes sense in the full mirrorless era? Yes of course, stupidly it is sold off and it is worth taking advantage of it, other than blackfriday! You pay 4 times as much for the super-bright ML counterparts for more resolution and better optical characteristics, but only if you are looking for perfection which many times does not mean more creativity. For me it is still very valid even as a general rendering. Its defects (lateral aberration, flare) are transformed into pure magic for those who evaluate photography and not the rendering in optical benches, lines per mm and various sizes. The autofocus is slow due to the weight of the glass it has to move, but it is certainly not a grand prix or birdlife lens, so you don't need speed and stabilization. I've owned it for 15 years now and I have no intention of getting rid of it as well as its super-bright brothers of the time, namely the 50L and the 135L, all full of defects! Oh I forgot: with adapter it works great with ML also benefiting from the af speed.

Lucio Parmigiani

sent on February 27, 2025

Pros: Image quality even at TA, wonderful blur, color rendering

Cons: Difficult to use at TA with Canon 6DII (often doesn't focus properly)

Opinion: Bought a few weeks ago used on RCE. I had used and loved the FD new version. For economic reasons I had opted for the Sigma 85 1.4 in the past with satisfaction. However, I missed the color rendering and blur of the Canon 1.2. It is a wonderful lens both in terms of performance and aesthetics. You have to get used to the weight and use times of at least 1/125 (at least with my unstable hands) to avoid micro-blur. Once these difficulties have been overcome and if the camera focuses correctly it is pure poetry

7h3 L4w

sent on February 25, 2025

Pros: Blur and brightness

Cons: Chromatic aberration if you want to find one

Opinion: Bought it to use it on the Canon R6 with adapter it completely bewitched me. An exceptional lens with a unique blur. Definitely exceeded for speed of the car focus but I didn't expect anything more so I'm completely satisfied I would make the purchase again almost 20 years after its release on the market indeed I highly recommend it now that it is at a lower price

Enry7200

sent on January 12, 2025

Pros: Poetic and blurred like no one

Cons: Slow af and weight but you know well

Opinion: It was a lens that I have long desired. Lover of focal lengths like the 85mm I decided to buy it (late) and I thought everything except having to find myself in front of a lens like this. It has a poetic and a blurred that I had never seen. On FF then he really manages to paint the image. It is certainly an important lens for weight and cost and the AF unfortunately does not help to capture the moment in some situations but I knew this very well. But as soon as you review what is possible to shoot with this lens, you think about nothing but keep shooting to observe once again the way it brushes the image. A wonderful lens that made me appreciate Canon for its poetics.

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