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Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens

 
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Key Features
  • Camera Format: Digital SLR
  • Lens Type: Fixed Focal Length Lens
  • Focal Length: 50mm
  • Lens Max Aperture: f/1.8
  • Min Aperture: f/22
  • Focus Type: Autofocus
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Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Lens
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Review Summary

Average Rating: 4.5
 
Based on 34 reviews
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Rating Distribution
Pros
  • Good value (6)
  • Lightweight (3)
  • Good Quality (3)
  • Compact (2)
  • Sharp Focus (2)
  • Fast Focus (2)
  • inexpensive (1)
  • Easy to Use (1)
  • Durable (1)
  • Versatile (1)
Cons
  • Poor Quality (4)
  • plastic (1)
  • Poor Focus (1)
It's Good For
  • Multi-purpose (6)
  • Professionals (2)
  • Travel (1)
  • Night Photography (1)
  • low light (1)
  • portrait (1)
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful.

Not for low light shooting....

Date of Review:  Dec 21, 2006
Review: I bought this lens especially to be able to do low light shooting without a flash. But alas, for this purpose it is completely useless. Maybe one out of 10 photos is sharp, the AF functions very poorly in low light situations. So, although the price...
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  2.0

by: johnvanhulst
Recommended to buy: No

Pros
Don't know
Cons
Useless in low light conditions
 
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

Great price for a great lens!

Date of Review:  Dec 28, 2007
The Bottom Line: For your first try at a lens besides the kit lens, this one will give you the most for your money.
Review: I am not a professional photographer, and I know very little about lenses. This lens was recommended to me before I began learning about photography, so I bought it to have more flexibility in learning about aperture settings, at the same time as...
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  5.0

by: congosc
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Takes beautiful portraits, stills, and...
Cons
Doesn't take good close-proximity...
 
6 out of 6 people found this review helpful.

Great Lens not intended for the long haul

Date of Review:  Jan 2, 2008
The Bottom Line: Buy. This lens breaks the rules of price/performance in photography. Dont get that silly fish eye or 500mm mirror lens. You will never use them anyway.
Review: I purchased this lens in march 2007 for under eighty dollars. Irregardless of price I love this lens! Its small, has fun optical qualities, its great in the evenings and around town.

Its small so its a given it's always in my bag. In the...
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  5.0

by: tartullian
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Optical qualities, cost
Cons
quality, durability
 
15 out of 15 people found this review helpful.

I just tell them it's magic and can see in the dark.

Date of Review:  Jun 24, 2005
The Bottom Line: An excellent first lens for those who have to shoot in low or variable lighting.
Review: For most of the last year, I've been photographing meetings of various United Nations processes. Forests, climate change, sustainable development, oceans, whatever. I've photographed delegates and VIPs from over a hundred countries - even the...
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  4.0

by: dbirchall
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Incredible results in variable light,...
Cons
Shallow focal depth of field takes some...
 
8 out of 8 people found this review helpful.

Great introduction to the Canon EF lens system

Date of Review:  Nov 20, 2002
The Bottom Line: A great starter lens for EOS/Rebel cameras. Relatively sharp stopped down, fast maximum aperture, and very light. Recommended over cheap standard zooms.
Review: The Canon EF 50mm 1.8 II is a great starter lens for Canon EOS/Rebel cameras. It is discreet and very light. I would suggest this lens over the normal 28-80 or 28-90 lenses that come packaged with certain cameras for a first EF lens. The sharpness...
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  4.0

by: suffocate
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Inexpensive (under $70), great image...
Cons
Build quality, non-USM autofocus, AF...
 
2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

wonderful lens

Date of Review:  May 23, 2006
Review: This lens is remarkable. It is the most useful lens on the market hands down. It can shoot in any light. Its great for scenery and landscape shots. Its also great for Portraits. This lens is a must if you want to get yourself in the world of...
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  5.0

by: noahgoldman
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
The best and most all around lens made
Cons
no cons
 
3 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

Absolutely Necessary

Date of Review:  Nov 24, 2004
Review: If you don't have this lens, you SHOULD. You can not get a better lens for $80, it's sharp as a tack at apertures higher than 3 (not so sharp below three).

If you have a DRebel with kit lens, this is your next lens. You'll be impressed...
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  5.0

by: plexxoid
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Small, light, fast, sharp and CHEAP!
Cons
Cheaply constructed, makes the DRebel...
 
16 out of 16 people found this review helpful.

fantastic plastic joys

Date of Review:  Nov 29, 2004
The Bottom Line: If you are on a budget, go with this lens, otherwise seriously consider the Canon 50mm f/1.4
Review: I shoot with a Canon 10D digital SLR and one of the things any photographer needs in his bag is a fast, low light lens. I first started shooting with the Canon 28-105mm/3.5-4.5 II lens as my everyday lens, but this quickly proved to be inadequate...
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  4.0

by: wilco42
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
cheap lens with excellent optics
Cons
cheap plastic build with an unusable...
 
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

A SHarp Sh00ter

Date of Review:  Nov 28, 2005
Review: I had this lens 4 years ago and performs the same way it did when it was new. It is well used but not abused and still there are no signs of wear ( in the plastic mount, though i keep on changing lenses on different situations )so i guess this lens...
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  5.0

by: kitiongi
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Canons cheapest lens on a small...
Cons
nothing...for the price!
 
4 out of 4 people found this review helpful.

A definite buy if you're on a budget

Date of Review:  Feb 13, 2001
The Bottom Line: The best lightest-sharpest-cheapest Canon lens to get as long as you're willing to sacrifice build quality.
Review: If you can't afford the Canon 50mm 1.0L or the 50mm 1.4 lens, than this is the next best lens to get. The 1.8 aperture means you can take great pictures indoors with much less light compared with consumer grade zoom lens (like the Quantaray 28-80...
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  5.0

by: GilS
Recommended to buy: Yes

Pros
Sharp pictures indoors/outdoors and low...
Cons
Poor build quality, no DOF scale, not...
 

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