Phenomenal lense. I bought this recently and it has been a great gift for me. It’s incredibly sharp, especially wide open. It is great for basketball (from half court) and is great for portraits with beautiful bokeh. For the price, I can not recommend anything less. It is incredible, sharp, fast AF, and just a beautiful lense to own.

Best lens in my arsenal! 5 Prime lenses in one with 1.8f for all mm’s. It is heavy through, but worth it!

I love this lens so much. I paired it with my canon T7i and my pic quality went up exponentially.

Let me start off with I'm new to photography and videography! I started with the 18-55mm STM lens that came with my canon T6i. Then I picked up the Canon 24mm F2.8 prime and the Canon 50mm F 1.8 lens, However the 50mm being my fav it was too much zoom for close shots. I wanted something with the same aperture but in a zoom lens and this lens caught my eyes being a crop senor camera owner. Pros: •F1.8 on a zoom lens!!! •Bokeh! •This is pretty much 3 prime lens in one for a fair price! •Lens is sharp! •Build quailty is top tier! •Zoom and Focus is smooth! Cons •Only meant for APS-C cameras! • Some vignetting at F1.8 but goes away at F2 •It can be heavy for some!

Purchased this lens to improve the quality of my photography and videos after researching and learning that this is one of the best lens in the industry. I got to say that this lens will do more for improving your quality than upgrading to a new camera body. You will be blown away by the sharpness and it will take your cameras photos from basic to professional quality instantly as long as you focus them right. The focus ring is very smooth, but Auto focus is a bit spotty in video sometimes still works well in single point modes though. The lens is huge and heavy though so make sure your using it on a body than can support it or get something to balance it if your using it on a smaller body camera. Overall very happy with this lens, it has a nice wide focal range from 18 to 35 on the wide end and it stays at a constant 1.8 to keep that crispy bokeh background blur. Know what your getting with this lens though, it will be great for portrait photos, objects where you want to blur the background, great for low light photography or video as well, and has a very short minimum focus distance meaning you can shoot extreme close ups of things. It will not be good for street photography as its too heavy, it wont zoom very far, and it wont be the best lens for personal travel. This is your professional workhorse lens, and it won't disappoint! Thanks Sigma for making my camera that much better! I use this on a Canon 80D and also on a Lumix G7 with an EF adapter. Good luck deciding if it is right for you I hope this helped you out!