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Technical Details
- Focal length and maximum aperture: 50 mm 1:1.4
- Lens construction: 7 elements in 6 groups
- Focus adjustment: Overall linear extension system with USM
- Closest focusing distance: 0.45m / 1.5ft
- Filter size: 58mm
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Product Description
Manufacturer's Description
Fixed focal length lenses generally offer a wider maximum aperture than zoom lenses. From ultra-wide angle lenses ideal for indoor shooting to long telephoto lenses extensively used for wildlife, sports and news photography Canon has the fixed focal length lens to suit you.
Canon offers an essential standard lens for EOS family. This lens starts with the optical design concept of the FD 50mm f/1.4, which has always been highly regarded for its superior sharpness and color balance. Two high-refraction glass lens elements minimize flare at maximum aperture and eliminate astigmatism. Improvements in the quality of the focused image and a beautiful, natural blur of the background are realized.
A micro USM (Ultrasonic Motor) provides fast, silent AF and full-time manual focusing. Colour balance is virtually identical to the ISO recommended reference values.
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
170 of 175 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first prime lens I have bought and I didn't know whether to go for the f1.8 or this one. After much research I went for the f1.4, the build quality is much better, the focussing is improved and that extra stop counts for a lot.
The simplicity of this lens is such an eye opener, you have to work for your shots now instead of standing still and zooming in on everything. Your legs become your zoom and because of this you are much more likely to raise or lower your normal eye-level view of the world to find a more interesting angle on a subject.
This lens is purely about quality of image, there are no gimmicks, no image stablisation or anything you don't need, you have a focussing ring and an AF/MF switch. That's it.
Like every lens the sharpness is improved by stopping down from maximum, at f1.8 the 50mm is like a razor, even wide open at f1.4 the pictures are still pretty usable. But its the image, the colours are beautifully captured, the contrast is excellent, sharpness outstanding and the bokeh (out of focus areas) are so soft and creamy its like gazing into a pan of melted butter.
This is the lens you've been looking for, it frees you creatively, lets you make those images you could only dream about before. Sure, it takes a bit of work to get the most from this lens, but the effort will repaid tenfold when you see the results possible with this little cracker.
Sure, the f1.8 is a step in the right direction but the f1.4 is the grownup version, built to last and deliver the results time after time.
I am not exagerrating when I say that this lens has reinvigorated my photography.
If you own a Canon DSLR, you need this, its that simple.
The simplicity of this lens is such an eye opener, you have to work for your shots now instead of standing still and zooming in on everything. Your legs become your zoom and because of this you are much more likely to raise or lower your normal eye-level view of the world to find a more interesting angle on a subject.
This lens is purely about quality of image, there are no gimmicks, no image stablisation or anything you don't need, you have a focussing ring and an AF/MF switch. That's it.
Like every lens the sharpness is improved by stopping down from maximum, at f1.8 the 50mm is like a razor, even wide open at f1.4 the pictures are still pretty usable. But its the image, the colours are beautifully captured, the contrast is excellent, sharpness outstanding and the bokeh (out of focus areas) are so soft and creamy its like gazing into a pan of melted butter.
This is the lens you've been looking for, it frees you creatively, lets you make those images you could only dream about before. Sure, it takes a bit of work to get the most from this lens, but the effort will repaid tenfold when you see the results possible with this little cracker.
Sure, the f1.8 is a step in the right direction but the f1.4 is the grownup version, built to last and deliver the results time after time.
I am not exagerrating when I say that this lens has reinvigorated my photography.
If you own a Canon DSLR, you need this, its that simple.
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
I was looking for an upgrade to my 1.8 lens. Something that was as light and small as it was, but with better build quality and resolution. The 1.4 has really delivered for me. The extra bokeh at 1.4 is great and at f4 and beyond the sharpness is as good as anything I've seen. I like the physical size of the lens as it's light and neat on my 5dmk II. The build quality is far superior to the 1.8. The only downside to the lens is when using it in manual focus. The focussing ring seems to take 1.5 full turns to focus from near to far. What would be way more convenient would be maybe a quarter turn, like with my 16-35L lens. Besides that though, I would give this a 5 out of 5. Wish I had bought it earlier.
86 of 89 people found the following review helpful
I've tried all of Canon's 50mm lenses from the cheap, plasticky f1.8 to the hyper-expensive f1.0. This is the best compromise and allows decent shutter speeds in low light without flash. It ia sharp all the way to the edges (upto A3 at least) and doesn't seem to be affected by flare even without a lens shade. If all you have used is the zoom that came with the camera kit, I suggest you try this and see what a difference a decent prime (single focal length) lens makes. At nearly £300, however, it is quite an investment, but worth it.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
disappointed - on 40d
my first prime lens and I wanted a larger aperture for indoors / low light, and to experiment with a bit of background "blur" - bokeh if you're an expert
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Published 5 days ago by paul
Made my photos look amazing
Having our son being born any day now, I knew I wanted to take lots and lots of photos. I had already bought a 50mm 1. Read more
Published 7 days ago by Remy
Great lens
Wow, this lens is fantastic. I considered buying the much cheaper f1.8 50mm lens and I am so glad that I decided to spend the extra and buy this one. Read more
Published 14 days ago by olived01
Mixed results
Even a rank amateur like myself can see that this lens suffers from CA and is somewhat soft wide open. Read more
Published 19 days ago by William De Worde
Disgruntled customer
Bought the lens nearly 4 years ago, I hadn't used it as often as I thought I would. After a couple of years I had the dreaded Canon message E100 clean contacts!! Read more
Published 1 month ago by DavemSheffield
Excellent quality prime lens
I bought this lens for portraits, for the large aperture. I read a number of reviews that raised focus issues, which I haven't experienced. Read more
Published 2 months ago by TonyM
The Plastics are Fantastic
The Kit Lens is now boxed, the 50mm Prime is now my primary lens. Yes I'm running back and forth to get the image and the proportion I want; though the 18-55mm kit lens allows me... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Dave Smert
Fantastic bit of kit.
Bought this for my new Canon 7D, immediatly knew I needed a lens for darker lighting conditions and the 18-135 kit lens just wasn't good enough in low light. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Brad
Really amazing piece of glass
A really fantastic versatile lens. I use this lens now all the time. I do not know what I would do without it! Read more
Published 3 months ago by dantheman123
Great Lens
A very good lens. Delivery was fast and efficient and arrived well before Christmas day. Have already taken some great shots and looking forward to getting even more out of it the... Read more
Published 5 months ago by DM
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