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The Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is a standard lens for FF and APS-C, manufactured from 2015. The focus is done by Stepper Motor, it does not have image stabilization. The average price, when it has been added to the JuzaPhoto database, is 134 €;
266 users have given it an average vote of 9.2 out of 10.
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This lens is available with the following mounts:
Canon EF: this lens is compatible with reflex fullframe and APS-C Canon EF.
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Pros: Interesting bokeh at F1.8, kind of sharp enough in the middle, which is fine for portraits, but rather soft overall wide open. Quite usable though. Not much CA. Sharp from F2.5, excellent from F4. STM - silent and faster AF than in the older EF 50F1.8 II lens. Now with 7-blade aperture and closer focusing distance. Small. Weights almost nothing. CHEAP!
Cons: Odd 49mm filter thread, down from 52mm on the older one. STM is focus by wire, which means that when the battery dies, you cannot "park" the lens front element back inside and it will be sticking out. Flares badly, but some (?many) people like it very much.
Opinion: This one is simply the best value lens, period. A must-have Canon prime with good old (traditional) Double-Gauss optics in a new plastic barrel. Well, why fix something that isn't broken ... Right? :). Unless you want to compromise it somehow. Some say that this new STM version has worse vignetting than the older lens. I didn't check it myself, because I don't find it to be a problem really. Still, it might be worth mentioning. If I had to choose between 35L on APS-C and this 50 STM on FF, I would take the 50+FF.
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Cons:chromatic aberrations and difficulty focusing on distant subjects
Opinion:Negligible cost during black friday offer I could not fail to take it. From 2.8 onwards a really good lens, sharp and precise. At 1.8 it works well for subjects not far away, but in backlight it suffers from huge chromatic aberrations and loses a lot of detail. It is a bit difficult to focus on distant subjects and at full aperture you notice some focusing errors. Shooting with a 6d and AF set to center point. Probably with mirrorless the focus problems may not occur. Overall a good lens
Cons:Chromatic aberrations, focus, lens quality, impossible to use at TA
Opinion:Bought for 83 euros on Amazon, a bargain, it has a plasticky construction but nothing problematic for its price, the focus is bad and always indecisive, out of 10 photos taken in bright light at least 5 are blurred, in low light conditions it doesn't even try, it is better to switch directly to manual, you can't use it at f/1.8 for its chromatic aberrations, to make it usable you have to close it at least to f/2.8, not very sharp. Good for its price but if you can it is worth saving money and buying a better lens
Opinion:I state that the 50mm focal length is not my favorite (I prefer the 35mm doing mainly landscapes), so I don't use it much. I use it on an old 5D mk1, and for that I use it, I didn't find any problems except for the AF a bit hesitant, but I didn't find it noisy as others have reported. The yield for me is more than acceptable, and then having bought it used for less than 100 euros I can't really complain. Here, I miss the scale of distances, especially the rare times I want to use it to photograph close objects perhaps from somewhat particular angles or shots. But they are really trivialities... For the rest, nothing to say.
Cons:Slow and, in my opinion, noisy, chromatic aberration, plastic construction but acceptable for the price
Opinion:Purchased a couple of years ago as my first prime lens. When I used it I fell in love with the blur it creates. The focus is slow and noisy, but for the price it's totally acceptable. When used on apsc it becomes an 80mm, which is useful to be able to get extra blur in portraits. If used for video, I recommend using external microphones and kept at an optimal distance so as not to pick up focus noise. Highly recommended for those who want to start with photography and save some money for a fixed lens, since new costs € 150 while used it costs a maximum of € 130 in perfect condition
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