Fast 35mm wide-angle lens. With a minimum focusing distance of only 0.8 ft. (25cm), you can approach the subject closer and still obtain a more natural wide-angle effect. You can even obtain good background blur for portraits.

Released back in 1990 the Canon EF 35mm f/2 is one of the Methusalems in the current EOS lens line-up. It’s a moderate wide-angle on full-frame cameras whereas on APS-C DSLRs it behaves a little bit more like a standard lens with a field-of-view equivalent to about 56mm.

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Reviews

Canon EF 35mm f/2.0 Lens Review by the-digital-picture.com

With a very low purchase price, the Canon EF 35mm f/2.0 Lens could make a nice affordable general-purpose lens. When mounted on a Canon camera with a 1.3x or 1.6x FOVCF, the result is near the classic normal 50mm lens – a lens that many people have used exclusively for years.

The Canon EF 35mm f/2.0 Lens is a nice lens – Sharpness, size, weight and price are its best features. I don’t recommend this lens for full frame body users.

Canon EF 35mm f/2 – Review by photozone.de

The Canon EF 35mm f/2 may not be the most sexy lens around but its performance is generally very solid. The resolution is very high and evenly distributed across the image field even at max. aperture. The amount of vignetting leaves something to be desired at f/2 – 1.1 f-stops is too much for a full format lens within the tested APS-C scope. That said it’s not an issue anymore from f/2.8 onwards. Lateral CAs aren’t something to worry about – the same goes for the moderate level of barrel distortion. The major weakness of the lens cannot be found in the more formal performance characteristics: the bokeh (the quality of the out-of-focus blur). In critical situations it is clearly sub-standard which is disappointing for a large aperture lens. Mechanically the lens is a little outdated by now and Canon should really consider to update the lens with a USM drive and especially a decent focus ring.