Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens by Canon
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Digital camera reviews of Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Camera Lens
Digital camera Review: 3 for product 5 for bargain
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens is built to fail, but the optics are a bargain for the price. Nice and sharp, relatively fast. A must for any Canon EOS SLR owner, so long as you take good care of it.Digital camera Review: 3 years later
Summary: 3 Stars
I initially gave this lens 5 stars, but am now moving it down to 3.
Long story short, while the lens certainly is a fantastic value and should be part of any beginning photographer's kit, it has some shortcomings that become annoying over time.
First off, it is flimsy and will break easily. You probably know this by now though. Another issue is focusing. It is slow to focus, and will hunt until eternity in dark light. Lastly, it is very small. This might not be a problem for some, but when you put it no a large body, or a a body with a grip attached, it becomes very uncomfortable to hold.
Image quality is still good, as well as color rendition (if you're getting weird colors, learn how to use your camera's white balance settings). It is sharp, even at f1.8, though it shines when you stop down a bit.
Lastly, Bokeh is ok. I liked it at first, but compared to other primes, the bokeh is pretty dull.
I bought this lens for $85 3 years ago and the price has been hiked since. If you're looking for a good prime and have a little extra cash, I'd recommend Canon's 85mm f/1.8 instead.
Digital camera Review: 3D Photography, amongst other things.
Summary: 5 Stars
For may years now I have been involved in beam-splitting for 3D. First with my Pentax, then with my Canon EOS 10S. I found that the best overall quality for my stereo work came from the Canon using a 50MM, f1.8 lens as in this ad. The focal length, and clarity, linked up with my beam-splitter gave me the results that I desired.
Recently,I purchased a Canon Rebel XTi. For beam-splitting, I use the 50mm lens from my 10S. The results of course is outstanding. Keep in mind though that I only use this lens for my 3D work. I have 3 other high end Canon lenses which I use for the majority of my work.
The lens in this ad is perfect for portaits (and 3D), but should be seen as an auxilliary lens, not the primary one.
Mary-Margaret
Digital camera Review: 5 stars for the price and speed
Summary: 5 Stars
This lens is great because it's both cheap and fast. Sure, it's plastic but the glass is good. Don't expect to take it mountain climbing. I'm on my second one because my son pulled the camera off a table (a height of about 3 feet) and the lens came apart. Autofocus is slow, but most of the time you'll need to focus manually anyway. In the low light that this lens exceeds, the autofocus is useless. Just an aside about the wide aperture, it's very tough to focus on a close subject in low light. The depth of field is so narrow and detail is difficult to make out. I usually end up "bracketing" my focus. Anyway, buy it...what the heck!Digital camera Review: 50 ftw!
Summary: 5 Stars
The 50mm 1.8 is fantastic for all my low light needs! Works great for food photography and portraits.