Editorial Product Review:Item Description:Compact and high-performance, this standard lens is the lightest EF lens of all at a mere 4.6 oz. (130g). Its Gaussian optics provides sharp delineation from near to far focusing distances. The color balance is excellent for a standard lens.
Amazon.com Item Description:Lightweight and affordable, the Canon EF 50mm lens--which offers a fast f/1.8 aperture--is an excellent lens for people who prefer a fixed focal length. Canon's lightest EF lens at a mere 4.6 ounces, the lens boasts a traditional Gauss-type optical design that delivers a sharp performance even when wide open. As a result, the lens provides an image that's extremely close to how your eye perceives a subject, making it excellent for portraits and images that require a natural depth of field. In addition, the lens focuses as close as 18 inches, helping you take extreme close-ups. Finally, the lens offers an excellent color balance. As with all Canon lenses, the lens carries a one-year warranty.
- Focal length: 50mm
- Maximum aperture: 1:1.8
- Lens construction: 6 elements in 5 groups
- Diagonal angle of view: 46 degrees
- Focus adjustment: Overall linear extension system with Micromotor
- Closest focusing distance: 1.5 feet
- Filter size: 52mm
- Dimensions: 2.7 inches in diameter, 1.6 inches long
- Weight: 4.6 ounces
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Buyer Reviews
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Great pictures for the price!
This lens is very reasonable price wise to buy, and the pictures you will take with it are great! I like to use it for portraits. It also does a very good job of blurring the background in your pictures too. If this one we had broke or anything, I'd definitely buy another one.
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An outstanding quality lens for the money - built like a cheap toy.
I bought an almost new Canon 30d to go with a 5d, and it came with this lens.
I thought I'd just sell it on Craiglist or Flea-Bay, but then I shot with it. Wow. For $89.00, this is one great lens.
This thing is light plastic. It seriously feels like a kids toy lens. It has zero heft to it, and is cheap, black, super-light plastic. It is so convenient and light that I often put it on my 5d and use it as a walk-around lens. I also have shot some portraits with it. It is very sharp, and has nice Bokeh when wide open. And, at F/1.8 - it is FAST compared to any zoom lens.
My only beef is its lack of USM autofocus with full-time manual capability - but I have no right to complain - for the money, it is absolutely great as is. I'm just spoiled from using my USM L glass.
My main lens is my 24-70 F/2.8 L USM...it is a tack-sharp awesome piece of engineering, and my favorite lens of all time, but it is over $1200 and it weighs a ton (See my Amazon review). Sometimes it is nice just to put this little guy on and forget the camera is around my neck...like when hiking, etc., or when I want to fit my camera into a small bag.
I'll eventually step up to the F/1.4 with USM at just shy of four bills if I break this little cheapie. Until then, I am enjoying its excellent photos.
If you have an extra body laying around, and you have a kid that wants to learn to shoot, stap one of these on there and let them fire away.
Really, for the money, this little lens cannot be beat. That is why I gave it 5 stars.
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Must have!
I received this lens as a "because I love you" gift from the boyfriend. I couldn't have been more surprised, or happier! I've been snap-happy for the past two weeks, and I honestly can't get enough.
I noticed other reviews declaring this lens a must-have for any-level photographer and I couldn't agree more. It's a great and necessary addition to your lens set, whether you're an amateur or professional photographer.
While the lens itself feels somewhat cheap with a plastic body, the quality of the images are far from. You're not going to get the sharpness of an L-series lens, or the much-more-expensive Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras, but it certainly surpasses the quality of your standard kit lens and rivals that of more expensive lenses. Just take a look through the images, for proof!
There were several reviewers mentioning their 50mm f/1.8 lens breaking easily because of the cheap build. Well I am far from completely gentle with my camera most of the time, and it's held up just fine. As long as you're not dropping the lens on hard surfaces, sitting on it, throwing it against the wall, or using it to play keep-away with the kids, you'll be just fine. All lenses and cameras are fragile and require a certain degree of care, and this lens is no exception.
With a price tag under $100, and the amazing possibilities, why would anyone pass this deal up? All-in-all, this lens is the ultimate exception to the rule "you get what you pay for".
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Photography Lens
Loved this lens.
Its every photographers must have lens. Carry it everywhere i go.
The low f stop allows more light to be captured in, yet again, allowing me to receive a huge depth of focus (blurred background/foreground)
