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Best Canon Lenses EF 50mm
About Best Canon Lenses EF 50mm
Best Canon Lenses EF 50mm F1.8 STM Lens is a compact, lightweight addition to your Canon camera. Attach it to an APS-C camera for an effective focal length of 80 mm. It features smooth AF and a metal mount for added stability.
Product Features
- 50mm focal length and maximum aperture of f/1.8
- Great for portraits, action, and nighttime photography
- Minimum focusing distance of 1.15 ft. (0.35m) and a maximum magnification of 0.21x
- Stepping motor (STM) delivers near silent, continous Move Servo AF for movies and smooth AF for stills
- 80mm effective focal-length on APS-C cameras, 50mm on full-frame cameras
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Wonderfully sharp, fast focusing and petite HIGHLIGHTS: excellent image quality, compact form factor and affordable pricing, but with few concessions in build and AF performance.CONSTRUCTION: Slightly smaller and heavier than the prior model, EF 50 1.8 II, aka nifty-fifty, but with significantly better build quality. Improvements include metal mount, sturdier barrel and AF/MF switch, larger focus ring, grippy matte finish and stepping motor (STM). Unfortunately, it has an odd filter size, 49mm, rather than 52 or 58mm common to small Canon lenses.OPTICAL QUALITY: It’s the same optical formula as the nifty-fifty, but with tweaks to lens coatings and improved close focus ability. Wide open it’s tack sharp center frame, sharper than my nifty-fifty. Corners on full frame, e.g., 6D, are darker and softer than center but equalize by F2.8. On APS-C cameras, e.g., 70D and Rebel, there is little corner darkening or softness since nearly half the image circle is cropped out. Optimal sharpness is at F5.6. Chromatic…
A massive upgrade from the 50 1.8 – if you have one, it’s time to upgrade 🙂 BUILD QUALITY: Letâs first talk about the build quality of this new lens. The 50 STM has had a massive upgrade in this area, and feels absolutely fantastic. From the moment I picked up the lens, I knew that it was a complete redesign from the old model, and it sure needed it.On the rear of the lens we now have a metallic mount, something Iâm so glad to see. Moving up from the plastic mount has increased itâs weight slightly, but also hugely increases the longevity of this lens. On the front weâve now got a 49mm filter thread, which is even smaller than the old 52mm thread.And even the little things like the AF/MF switch has gotten an upgrade. Itâs no longer a little button that seems like it could break easily. Which is just great to see.FOCUS RING: One of the old nifty fiftyâs worst parts was itâs focus ring. It was small, fiddly and in the wrong posititon at the end of the lens.And fortunately on the new 50 stm itâs all been changed. The new focus ring is…
I’m so pleased with the new STM version