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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 147 €;
253 users have given it an average vote of 9.2 out of 10.
MOUNT
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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Pros:Lightness, price, size, soft and sharp blur in the center from f/2.2, spare parts perpetually available and at low cost.
Cons:chromatic aberrations below f/3.2, slow focus (always remember the price eh). Just to be meticulous (although I never needed it) the window for the focusing distance is missing.
Opinion:The first lens I bought since I had the 1300D, 7 years ago, I really did everything, it fell a dozen times both from tables and hands while I changed it with another lens. Perfect for those who want to have a simple 50mm, which costs little, with an indifferent focus if it is slow or fast (as long as it works). Cabbage that nice soft blur that gives, in my opinion, always comparing it to the price, from f / 2.2 creates a blur and a vignetting that I have always liked. I know that sooner or later I will switch to the 50L, but until that day I will enjoy every single shot with one of the simplest and at the same time ignorant lenses of Canon mom. Obviously do not hear of those who talk about stabilizer, tropicalization or particular functions on a lens that from NEW is to 150 €. The hood is plastic, hard as a soufflé and attaches to the lens through esoteric rites and / or macumbe. For me the plastic fantastic takes a 10, with all the flaws it has, end of story, an evergreen that always looks good in a setup for a novice. Absolutely recommended for those who want to buy the first prime lens.
Pros:Sharpness, size, bright, stm, low cost, metal bayonet.
Cons:On apsc becomes an 80mm
Opinion:Excellent lens, used is between 70-90 € (the model before even less), definitely a must if you like portraiture. On apsc it becomes an 80mm, so not really versatile as a focal length compared to ff. I would not recommend it as the first lens to buy (on apsc) because of its limited use, rather I would opt for a 24mm 2.8 stm that becomes a 40mm or a tamron 17-50 2.8 that costs a little more (150 € used). Good sharpness at 1.8 but I recommend using it from 2.8. For the rest top the engine stm and good materials for the price itself of the optics.
Cons:It is not L series, but it does very well for "normal" (non-professional) use.
Opinion:A lens that I bought used (2 times) from a colleague who had taken it new 1 month before. Paid 70 euros, practically given away. I also have the 50mm II, which in terms of construction and engine speed, has nothing to do with this STM. Honest goal, to have in the kit (even if only for "whim" of the taste of 50ino). Warm colors, beautiful blurred. Lens that, personally, I still have to take full advantage of to understand the philosophy (also having the 35mm, I notice that I use the latter more). For the price and quality it has, it is definitely a must-have. Compact, lightweight, it is easy to carry it around .... when you want to take away all the equipment. I recommend buying a hood (just taken) and "UV" / protective filter to avoid annoying dust in the concave part of the lens.
Opinion:Considering the price, it is part of those optics that can not be in the kit of any enthusiast. The 50mm 1.8 STM has solved most of the problems of the old EF 50 mark I and II (first of all the fact of being among the ugliest lenses ever put on the market), becoming in essence a pancake 1.8 of excellent workmanship. Obviously it is made of plastic, obviously it is not tropicalized, obviously the focus is not lightning (and moreover, the focusing motor brings out the lens, which is very bad); But removed these "defects" is an extraordinary lens: the aperture of F1.8 makes it excellent for evening use, the focal length 50mm is simply the "standard" and the weight and size are frankly ridiculous. At full aperture it maintains a decent level of detail, from f 2.8 onwards it is a real blade. It suffers a bit against the light, but nothing that can not be corrected in post simply by activating the corresponding profile. In short, it is better from all points of view than its brother 1.4 (and it is not clear why Canon does not want to update that damn lens). And finally, used is less than € 100.00; new, Canon Italia website at € 139.00. Those who use Canon MUST have it supplied.
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