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Canon EF 50 mm f/1.8 II Lens
 
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Technical Details

  • Canon EF lens F/1.8 50 mm
  • Minimum Focus Range: 45 cm
  • Automatic and Manual Focus Adjustment
  • 52 mm Filter Size
  • Light Weight (130g) and Compact (68x41 mm)
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  • Product Dimensions: 40 x 68.2 x 41 cm ; 132 g
  • Boxed-product Weight: 454 g
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  • Item model number: 2514A011AA
  • ASIN: B00005K47X
  • Date first available at Amazon.co.uk: 1 Jan 2001
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (114 customer reviews)
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Manufacturer's Description

This is the lightest EF lens of all at a mere 130g (4.6 oz). It's also very compact and delivers high-performance for a standard lens, with excellent colour balance. Its high-quality Gaussian optics provide sharp delineation from near-to-far focusing distances.

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150 of 152 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Made my new camera sparkle, 14 April 2007
By R. BALCH "richieb" (UK) - See all my reviews
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I've got a Canon 400D with the standard kit lens. It's OK but I was a little disappointed by the sharpness that it achieved. After quite a bit of reading up I'd heard so much good stuff about this relatively inexpensive lens that I decided to get one.

Most of my pictures are of my kids and many of them are indoors. This lens is great for portraits and because the aperture can be opened to 1.8 it gets enough light that flashless indoor pictures become feasible. The results are great. Nice, natural colours compared to the flash and as others have mentioned, the blurring of the distant background is very pleasing.

Having read that it had an old fashioned and noisy focus motor I was expecting something horrific which would cause people to look around if you were taking a picture in public. In reality it's marginally louder than the USM lenses and a little slower. We're talking 25% in my view. It's perfectly useable. In low light, manual focussing is preferable and is very easy. People also say the plastic housing is fragile. Well, if like me you've got a 400D with kit lens, it's not really any more plastic like than the either of those so don't be put off.

I've only had the lens one day and I've already taken some pictures which I'll treasure. Only downside of the lens is that at 50mm on a 1.6 ratio camera like the 400D it's a telephoto. In other words, you have to step back a bit to get everything in, so not ideal for indoor group shots. A 30mm lens would be better *but* the one I was looking at was three times more expensive and that's what swung it for this one.



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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, what a difference, 31 Jan 2007
By Gary Congdon "garymx5" (West Sussex) - See all my reviews
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Having last year bought a DSLR (350D) with a zoom lens and then experienced its limitations with quality (poor sharpness) and inconsistant AF focussing (hit and miss to say the least) I decided to buy this prime lens to see if that helped improve the situation. Wow, what a difference, this is a real corker for the price. The images captured with this lens is in a different league - pin sharp even at high ISO's and fantastic replication of colour and levels. Yes it is plastic and will hunt if the subject is not central but it gets a highly recommended from me.
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74 of 75 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic for the price!!, 18 Nov 2006
By brainleek007 (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
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Most reviewers of this lens will talk about the lack of build quality and plasticky feel overall - and they are to be believed!!

However, don't let this put you off.

Yes this lens has a plastic mount, yes the focus ring is narrow and fiddly and yes, the autofocus motor is an older, noisier, slower type but do I care one bit - NO!!!

This lens an absolute gem. I thoroughly recommend it as a replacement for the 18-55mm kit lens (I bought it for my Canon 400D) and recommend it simply because it's a great lens in it's own right no matter what you already have. It's a nice focal length for portraits.

Where this lens scores highly is its 1.8 f-stop - very fast!!! Images are definitely soft at this setting but acceptable in a pinch. I reckon you'd need to go above A4 prints for it to be noticeable. You always have to remember that you may not have got the shot at all if you didn't have the f1.8 setting so a bit of softness is the trade-off! Noticeable improvement in shrapness is seen at f2.2 and it just gets better from there on in. Stopped down to around f4 - f11 the lens displays stunning levels of clarity and sharpness for the price (by all accounts rivalling L series pro lenses costing much, much more from what others have said- I can't personally verify this but the results I've had are truly excellent.) It also focuses down to 45 cm!

To sum up, this lens punches far above its weight. For £65 you will get a lens that gives you fantastic pictures typical of lenses costing many times the asking price. Go for it!

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars great indoor portrait lens
i bought this as a cheap indoor portrait lens for my 450D.

It is superb and a real bargain. Read more
Published 3 days ago by anig-2

5.0 out of 5 stars What a bargain!
I've had this lens two days and I'm in love. I heard great things about its sharpness and it was all true, it's pin sharp. Read more
Published 9 days ago by Lauren Rutherford

5.0 out of 5 stars Ignore any kit lens and start with this lens
This lens works great for portraits in low light. I do not use flash as I actually I prefer soft low light, works a treat for me. Read more
Published 10 days ago by Sebnem Kurtpetre

5.0 out of 5 stars Wicked lens!!
After purchasing my canon 450ds with the standard lens i wanted something more. This is my first lens purchased and i wanted a lens that gives great bokeh and and the same time a... Read more
Published 20 days ago by Mrs. R. Saeed-jaan

5.0 out of 5 stars Bargain
Absolute bargain for the quality of pictures from this lens.
Ok, the build quality is very plasticy, and the focus ring is tiny - but in terms of the pictures it takes - you... Read more
Published 21 days ago by Martin

5.0 out of 5 stars Great lens for the price
Brilliant lens especially for the price. Great for low light and depth of field shots. Focus can be a little slow and the motor a little noisy but the pictures more than make up... Read more
Published 25 days ago by Andy

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Little Lens
Bought this very cheap prime lens to mess around with narrow depth of field shots. Very suprised by the quality of the pics and would recommend this to anyone wanting to play... Read more
Published 29 days ago by Mr. P. N. Steynberg

5.0 out of 5 stars What a bargain!
I purchased this lens after reading the various reviews and i can't believe the quality of the images for such a reasonable price. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Richard Surcouf

5.0 out of 5 stars Great lens at a great price!
I bought this lens based on all the reviews saying that it was a great lens, especially for the price. And it certainly is! Colours are bright, vibrant and super sharp focus. Read more
Published 1 month ago by A. Wright

5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Greate Product!!
This is an excellent product in general and for the price. The wider apetures (F1.8) really is great. Read more
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