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Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8
Specifications:
| Manufacturer | Canon |
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| Model | EF 50 mm f/1.8 |
| Lens style | Normal |
| Focal length | 50 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/1.8 |
| Angle of view | 46.8 o |
| Closest focusing distance | 0.45 m |
| Maximum magnification | 1:6.67 |
| Minimum aperture | 22 |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 5 |
| Auto focus type | AF |
| Lens Construction | 6 elements / 5 groups |
| Filter diameter | 52 mm |
| Macro | No |
| Available mounts | Canon EF |
| Dimensions | 67.4 x 42.5 mm |
| Weight | 190 g |
| Additional information | Marketed March 1987 |
Average rating (6 owners reviews).
| Build quality | 2.67 |    |
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| Optical quality | 4.50 | |
| Value for money | 4.50 | |
| Overall | 3.89 | |
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Owner since: more than 10 years
Price:
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Suffers from coma wide open (ok from f/2.2 onwards). Bokeh is busy. AF is noisy
Pros: Very sharp from f/2.5, tack sharp stopped down to f/4.0. The EF 50mm 1.8 is the color reference for sensor calibration at Canon. No CA, no distortion at all (best of all 50s on the market).
Summary: This lens, taken over from my 5D film camera, has got a second life on my 450D, where it serves as the (almost) perfect portrait lens. Stopped down a little, it rivals in sharpness with my 70-200 f/4 L IS, wide open it gets the shot in low light where a kit zoom cannot freeze subject motion blur. The claimed lack of resolution is due mainly to coma, which means that it is less noticeable on low-contrast subjects. Therefore shooting portraits wide open is possible, if you focus carefully. I highly recommend this lens - if you can find one. The mark II is optically identical but mechanically inferior.
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Owner since: 1 year
Price: £40
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Plasticky build. Tiny focusing ring. Plastic mount.
Pros: Sharp, sharp sharp! Very lightweight and decent bokeh. Works very well on my Canon 450d --nice medium tele for portraits.
Summary: For what I paid, it is fabulous value for money. Highly recommended.
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Owner since: 2 years
Price: 180€
User profile: Semipro
Cons: noisy AF, bokeh is ok, but a little nervous
Pros: very good optical quality, indeed, in this MK I version!
Summary: can easily been compared with 50mm f1.4 and even Zeiss 50mm f1.4 planar, but the bokeh is not as good.
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Owner since: 4 years
Price: US150
User profile: Professional
Cons: A
Pros: A
Summary: A
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Owner since: 6 months
Price: 100€
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Bad build quality, noisy and slow autofocus, poor contrast and color in large apertures, horrible pentagonal bokeh
Pros: Very decent resolution, cheap
Summary: Interesting option for begginers in photography. But other people should look elsewhere.
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Owner since: 1 year
Price: $140
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Noisy AF, out-of-focus highlights have pentagon shape due to 5-blade aperture.
Pros: Way better than the MarkII version which is cheaply built, has no distance scale, and has an unusable manual focus ring. This lens also has a mount for the ES-65III lens hood and decent build quality.
Summary: Considering that this lens has the same build quality as the EF 35mm f/2 and EF 28mm f/2.8 lenses that retail for well over $200, finding a used 50mm f/1.8 lens for around $150 seems like a huge bargain.
