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Canon's 'Thrifty Fifty' Belongs in Every Camera Bag
I've been shooting seriously for about a year now and a friend of mine had been trying to get me to use his EF 50 1.8. I shoot quite often in low light conditions and my fastest lens before this purchase was Canon's discontinued EF 28-70 f2.8 L lens. It's a wonderful lens, albeit a bit heavy, but really sharp. Not quite fast enough for stage performance work, but it was the fastest lens in my bag. After borrowing his 50, I was shocked at the plastic housing construction and the tiny focus ri...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review by Mark Kitaoka can be read at Amazon.com]
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Mark Kitaoka
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04/06/2006
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Pacifica, CA United States
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Sharp, fast, inexpensive
Once upon a time the 50 mm lens was THE standard camera lens and was THE optical benchmark by which manufacturers were judged and compared. Although the basic lens focus has now shifted (at least at the low to mid amateur level) to zooms - you can still benefit from years of research and development that went into designing the 50 mm lens and this here lens may be the best lens, dollar for dollar, that you can ever buy. The question is can you afford not to own this lens?
Years of...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review by Richard Aubin can be read at Amazon.com]
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Richard Aubin
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04/10/2005
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Dallas, Texas USA
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(18 of 18) Users Found This Review Helpful
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A good deal? Fugedaboudit...
For less than $100, you get a great lens.
Other reviewers, on Amazon and many other sites, have complained about the poor build quality... I can't deny that it's made cheaply compared to it's $300 cousin. But most of the people complaining have an unending list of L-glass lenses in their bag.
If you're an amatuer, this lens is more than good. The more expensive version gives you 1/3 stop... a $200 1/3 stop. I've had mine about a year. At f/1.8 I've handheld shots in str...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review by D. A. Allen "Professional Nerd can be read at Amazon.com]
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D. A. Allen "Professional Nerd
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03/20/2006
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Alexandria, VA United States
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(16 of 16) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Fabulous Lens for the money
I LOVE THIS LENS. It is hands down the best value you can get. I am amazed at how sharp the images turn out with this, much sharper than the 18-55 Kit lens and for me was way better than the 28-105 3.5-4.5 USM II that I bought, and returned.
Colors are great, the 1.8 for indoor photography is awesome and the higher you set the aperture the better it gets. I love this lens. If you spent your $1000+ on a Canon Digital SLR you'd be nuts to not spend another $70 and pick this up. Going...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review by Joel Jenkins "wheezy" can be read at Amazon.com]
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Joel Jenkins "wheezy"
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03/24/2006
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Utah
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Until the Real Thing Comes Along
Unless you already have a top-quality fixed lens around this length (and Canon makes no L-series in 50mm) I can't understand why you don't own this. It's so cheap. It's fast and sharp.
Eventually, every photographer needs a fixed lens at somewhere around this focal range. I favor zooms for telephoto: it's hard to quickly shuffle on foot between a 70mm and 300mm focal range. I also like zooms for wide angle: you can grab a big landscape or group shot, then a person in close-up,...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review by Eugene F. Fama can be read at Amazon.com]
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Eugene F. Fama
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07/02/2006
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Pacific Palisades, CA United S
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(13 of 13) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Incredible value for the money
This is an incredibly sharp lens. It's a little soft at 1.8, but anything above that is excellent. Shooting indoor shots without a flash is a joy. Biggest problems-slow focus and a 5 blade aperture. The slow focus can be a problem, since the huge aperture and generally short distance to the subject makes for a very small focal plane-inches in some cases. The five blade aperture means highlights and bokeh have a distinct pentagonal shape. Still, this is the lens that lives on my camera (Dig...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review by J. E. Macmicking can be read at Amazon.com]
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J. E. Macmicking
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09/22/2005
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Wilmington, DE United States
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(12 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful
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More than I bargained for. Seriously.
Lenses are funny things. We'll spend hundreds, sometimes thousands of dollars for a lens. Bokeh, the widest possible aperture, reputed clarity of the glass - those things that affect the picture - have to be measured against the impact to our wallets. We'll cough up for AF, IS, even cool stuff like catadioptrics or telephotos so long we look like anteaters carrying them around. Sometimes it gets to the point where we think we *have* to spend a lot of money, lenses are so cool.
And y...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review can be read at Amazon.com]
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11/04/2007
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(12 of 12) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Excellent value for the money
If it's price tag was higher - I wouldn't give it 5 stars due to the poor construction and AF performance. It's just plasticky and misses focus in low light. Not a good match for users who put their dSLRs and lens through rough use, but for a more relaxed user of Rebel or 20d/30d this is a nice pick.
If you look past the build quality (and you should) this little lens packs a punch. I got this since I don't like to use flash and like to shoot in low-light - decided to try a prime an...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review can be read at Amazon.com]
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06/08/2006
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Very sharp lens
I got my new EF 50mm 1.8 II yesterday. Some people have reported that this is a cheap plastic lens and the quality was not any good. I paid $75 for it off Amazon.com (delivered). Although it is made of plastic, I find that it will probably not "fall apart in your hands" as some others have suggested. My only issue with this lens is that the Manual / AF switch was a bit difficult to slide. The lens seems to take very clear pictures and the boken seems to be very good.
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/11/2006
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(11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful
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Best lens for the money.
With this lens it is well known that you'll either get a great sharp copy or a problem copy that is either soft, back focuses or front focuses. Most people get a good copy but this lens seems to have a higher bad rate than others.
Anyways, just return it until you get a good one. Once you do get a good one this lens is never coming off your camera. Is has perfect sharpness, even at 1.8. Its a tad slow to focus and is noisy. It feels like a plastic toy from a snack box but dang, it has awes...
[Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Prime Lens review by Matthew Lei can be read at Amazon.com]
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Matthew Lei
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04/24/2006
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Queens New York
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