Canon EF 50 mm 1.8 STM Lens - Compact and Lightweight Lens for Canon DSLR Cameras, Fast Aperture, Smooth Focusing - Ideal for Portraits and Creative Photography

This is a very good lens for the price. It's a 50mm prime lens and you should note that on a crop sensor camera this would be around 80mm which basically means the view will be zoomed in. This isn't perfect for in door shots unless you are in a large room but that's just a note to make. The 1.8 F-stop is great for low light situations when compared to the starter lens kit which goes down to 3.5 (i believe) so this means you can shoot in doors or when it gets darker without resorting to a highier ISO shutter adjustments. I shoot video so I need to stick to some rules for my ideal shot when it comes to motion blur etc. The lens has a great focus ring because it's not right on the front like with the starter kit lens, it's set back a little and is a bit larger making it easier to pull focus. You get a nice circular bokeh effect with this lens when doing a depth of field shot. The downside of using this lens specifically when shooting film is the noise. It's not terribly loud but it is noticeable. If you are shooting outside with a lot of ambient noise from the traffic etc it might not be so bad but in doors it's not great. So imagine you are shooting two characters and you want to rack focus between them and the primary sound is the dialogue, well you can be sure you will have to do some ADR to correct that in post so have your actors on standby. Of course for a shot without changing focus it's really nice For still photography it's great I am comparing all these things to the starter lens because I would imagine most people considering to buy this lens would be looking for an upgrade to their starter lens and the variable starter lens can also reach a focal length of 50mm (18-55mm). I guess the noise is the only thing you can complain about and that only really counts if you are filming and you are adjusting the focus through the shot. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good: F/1.8 - Good bokeh and good amount of light let in Bad: Auto focus is loud and crazy and focus in general is a little noisy but manual focus isn't that bad unless you are shooting quiet video Good: Focus ring is a little thicker and it's not right at the front of the lens making it easier to pull focus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I always use manual focus but i tried the auto focus to test it out and it's horrible, it didn't work great and it makes a crazy noise when doing it. It's not a smooth transition, imagine starting a car engine but altering the noise frequencies. If you have a solid 'subject' in the scene like a person the sound from the lens is like a laser printer when using the auto focus. With the manual focus it's a nice smooth transition/sound so it doesn't sound like your camera is a bag of crap. I have really pointed out the noise but that's the only real negative and it's not that bad especially for taking stills, i just wanted to give you some idea of what to expect. The final thing that makes this lens awesome is if you fiddle with the focus ring moving it back and fourth really fast you can make it sound like BB-8 from star wars.

This is a beaut of a lens. It is small. Cheap BUT super low f, so bright, fast and stm in this latest version for fast, quiet autofocus. I also got the 24mm and a 55-250 to have a decent selection of lenses after some youtube time. This is perhaps the worlds best selling lens and came highly recommended. This version is even better with multiple improvements like more metal for plastic and stm autofocus. Great for localisation/bokeh so I can focus in on what I am interested in with lovely background blur a.k.a. bokeh. Being f1.8, get bright images with colours. I have not tried it out in the dark or with fast shutter speeds to test it out BUT it is the best selling lens and the pics that I saw on youtube with it were amazing. As with most things camera wise, worth checking out if can get 2nd hand since get great prices and as new in most cases. This is ideal for portrait or product photography. 24mm compliments it nicely, for some wide angle. Also remember with crop cameras 50mm behaves like 80mm in full frame. A lovely lens and so far I would say that I would have been just as happy if I only had this lens since I use it for nearly all my pics. I'll play around with the other ones and there are shots which the 24mm let me take. Will not regret getting this and will be hard to remember how you survived without it once you have it!

There is no better lens in any system for this money. Even the new RF version is worse and has more chromatic aberration, does not sharpen up to outstanding levels like this one between F4 and F8. While the RF focuses slightly faster and closer I have actually sold it to use this one instead in my makeshift studio and for general photography. Photo was taken mounted on Canon 40D and R5 mk 1 too, this lens is a match for the high density high megapixel sensor too, especially when stopped down as mentioned above. And a "secret perk"? According to Lens Rentals sample variation testing this lens scored 9 point. The most for any lens out there meaning you are guaranteed to get a good example.

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A brilliant lens for anyone looking to up their photography game! Every photo you take with this lens between an aperture range of 1.8 to 3.2 will have the nice depth of field which makes the subject pop in any image. I had to do photography for my cousin's engagement and all I had in my arsenal were a Canon SL2/200D (crop sensor), 18-55mm Kit lens (28-80mm in crop sensor) and a 75-300mm telephoto lens (120-480mm in crop sensor). I knew very well that these lens and camera combination were not the best for a event photography. (trust me! I've tried! The results were not so great) and I was sceptical about renting lenses as I could not be as light headed as I usually am with my own lenses. So, I ordered the 50mm f/1.8 lens on 26th April, 2019 and got it on 27th April, a day before the engagement ceremony (Kudos to Amazon delivery). I tested the lens a day before the engagement and on the day of the engagement, 90% of the photoshoot was done with the 50mm prime lens with 18-55mm lens used only for wide angle group shots. The absence of image stabilisation is not an issue as the lens is light in weight. So, yes, the nifty fifty is a one size fits all kind of lens. However, my camera had a crop sensor (1.5~1.6X), which means the 50mm was actually giving me the field of view of an 80mm focal length. This meant that I had to physically move around a bit to get the framing right. If you have a full frame camera, 50mm would have the field of view of a 50mm. This field of view difference had me over thinking about whether to buy the 24mm f/2.8 (38mm in crop sensor) or the 50mm f/1.8. I finally pulled the plug on the 24mm, bought 50mm because of the 1.8 aperture and decided to compromise on the field of view. Also, the 50mm STM had 7 aperture blades which meant the bokeh would be nearly rounded. In the end, the pictures came out great and had that 'Professional Photographer Click' look to it, everyone loved it. This made the investment totally worth it. The only drawback with this lens would be the auto focus. While it is silent because of the STM motor, it is not the fastest. I did the entire day's photoshoot with Manual focus and the results were really good. So, I would suggest that you use this lens with manual focus only. So, in conclusion, if you are person who wants a relatively inexpensive lens with nice bokeh and depth of field, this lens is just hard to beat. (I will not be sharing photos from the engagement to protect the privacy of the people involved. But, I will share some unedited sample photos to give you an idea about the quality you get from the 50mm prime lens.)

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Amazing lens. Paired with my canon EOS1200D it takes some really stunning photos. It opens extremely wide and for the price it is very hard to beat. the STM motor is fast but it does make a bit of sound as it focuses. It seems like it performs sharper when you stop it down to f4 so if you have ample light its a great option. It performs well throughout the range all the way from f1.8-11 provided you have enough light. A really good first upgrade from a kit lens that comes with your camera.