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Specifications:
| Manufacturer | Canon |
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| Model | EF 50 mm f/1.4 USM |
| Lens style | Normal |
| Focal length | 50 mm |
| Maximum aperture | f/1.4 |
| Angle of view | 46.8 o |
| Closest focusing distance | 0.45 m |
| Maximum magnification | 1:6.67 |
| Minimum aperture | 22 |
| Number of diaphragm blades | 8 |
| Auto focus type | USM |
| Lens Construction | 7 elements / 6 groups |
| Filter diameter | 58 mm |
| Macro | No |
| Available mounts | Canon EF |
| Dimensions | 73.8 x 50.5 mm |
| Weight | 290 g |
| Additional information | Marketed June 1993 |
Average rating (10 owners reviews).
| Build quality | 3.80 |   |
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| Optical quality | 4.20 | |
| Value for money | 4.30 |  |
| Overall | 4.10 | |
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Owner since: 6 months
Price: 3.300
User profile: Semipro
Cons: not to sharp at 1.4
Pros: good bokeh, good colour, sharp at 2.8 (APS-C sensor), good looking (compare to 50 1.8 II)
Summary: i love this lens.
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Owner since: 6 years
Price: 300€
User profile: Professional
Cons: CA, AF slow and random, very soft up to f4, ugly build quality, focus extention
Pros: useable from f4 onwards, like the zooms, just smaler
Summary: i changed the lens
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Owner since: 3 months
Price: 375
User profile: Semipro
Cons: * Okay build quality * Too soft at 1.4 through 2 * Nice bokeh only at 1.4, steeping down will give you an ugly one * Expensive * Value for money 3.5
Pros: * After 2f, IQ matches or exceeds L standard * A lot better build quality when compared to its 1.8 counterpart * Better bokeh too
Summary: Highly recommend!
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Owner since: 2 years
Price: 350 euro
User profile: Amateur
Cons: My copy was really soft at 1.4, with tons of CA (better at f/2). Build quality could be better. So-so AF.
Pros: High IQ starting from f/2.5. Small and light. Cheap
Summary: Not really a 1.4 lens because of lack of resolution at that aperture.
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Owner since: 3 years
Price: ?
User profile: Amateur
Cons: None
Pros: Great IQ; fast in every way (focus, light); light to carry; good bokeh at wide apertures
Summary: Smashing little lens - my only non-L lens and gets used loads. If you want a 50mm get this over the 1.8 every time
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Owner since: 1 year
Price: CHF 395
User profile: Amateur
Cons: Field of view on a 1.6x crop camera....
Pros: Great build quality, fast accurate focus. Very sharp pictures from f1.8 up.
Summary: Excellent lens. I use it for portraits and marco
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Owner since: 3 months
Price: 350
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Soft at 1.4 Manual Focus ring is flaky
Pros: Fairly light Quick AF Good image quality from f/2.0
Summary: I like the image quality from this lens for the price. AF is fast and responsive. Manual focus on the other hand feels very flimsy as if the gears were too loose inside. $350 is fairly cheap for the IQ it produces however I don't think it's usable at 1.4. Overall nice general use lens at the right price.
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Owner since: 3 months
Price: 350
User profile: Amateur
Cons: none
Pros: image quality
Summary: one of the best normal lenses
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Owner since: 6 months
Price: 300
User profile: Amateur
Cons: minimal focus distance bad resolution in corners between f1,4 and 2,2 rough focusring
Pros: ecellent resolution form f2,8
Summary: my favorite Lens!
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Owner since: 3 months
Price: gift
User profile: Semipro
Cons: Some purple finging wide open. Not internal focus.
Pros: sharp even wide. Well made and not too heavy. Comon 58mm filters
Summary: An excellent lens -I would say the best 50mm for canon uses. (the 50mm f1.8 is too plasity and the 50mm f1.2 is too costly)
