Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras - Fixed

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A must have lens!! sharp images and perfect for portraits and everyday stuff really. LOVE!!! The quality is amazing.

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For the past three years, Ive been doing a project (World Dream Atlas) that involves taking close-up portraits in a variety of conditions around the globe. I bought both the Canon 50mm 1.2f and the 50mm 1.4f in order to test them before committing. Ultimately, I found the focus of the 1.2f to be more unreliable. That lens back-focused constantly, and I lost great shots because of it. The 1.4f is much more accurate for the kind of work I do. It is baffling that the focus on this relatively inexpensive lens outperforms the L version, but Ive seen the proof first-hand. One final note - Im often pretty abusive with my lenses - taking them to dusty and wet places. I was concerned that the lack of weather-sealing would be an issue. Three years on though, this lens has survived the rains of India and the dust of Afghanistan without an issue. Highly recommended.

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Ive owned this lens now for about four months and it continues to blow my mind with each use, regardless of the price (which only makes it more mind boggling). From portraits of my family to action shots of my dog and wildlife/nature photography, this lens does it all and makes the rest of my kit look like a waste of space. The f/1.4 setting takes simply beautiful photos but its a bit prohibitive due to the extremely shallow depth of field. If I focus the lens on my dogs nose, her eyes are totally blurred out. This makes it a great setting for artistic use (especially awesome when capturing insects, flowers and other macro images) but not as useful when taking photos of people or scenery. Crank it up to around f/2.5 or so - still below almost any other stock lens available - and the options explode. Kids, animals, bugs, flowers, wildlife - the photos are beautiful, the depth of field is still dramatic enough to assist with making your photos subject stand out clearly against the fore/background and the lens still lets in enough light to take crisp, low-noise photos in low-light environments. It also has very little lens and color distortion compared to the lenses that came with my camera. I strongly, strongly recommend this lens and shooting exclusively in RAW. The photos you get after a bit of post processing will be suitable for 3-5 wide canvas prints. For the price, theres no excuse not to own this lens. Buy it and youre guaranteed to love photography even more than you already do. FYI I have a Canon T3i body and until this lens used a stock/kit 18-55mm zoom and 55-250mm zoom lenses. Neither compare to this one, though I still have to use the 18-55mm when I need the wider angle (family shots indoors mostly). Thats the only real "con" with this lens - which you know youre getting if you know what a 50mm lens is - it is very difficult to get complete shots indoors. This is not the lens you want if youre taking photos at a party or taking a lot of family photos indoors.

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Im a new dad and wanted a camera so that I could take better shots of my baby than what is available on my phone, despite it being a great phone (use it for 4K video). Im a noobie without the slightest clue about photography at all. Didnt even read the manual on my camera OR the lens. My sister in law has a canon and a canon lens with great shallow depth of field (something I can do in Adobe but it is time consuming and not as natural looking). She let me use her Canon t2i camera when we were in the hospital, and thats why I got my camera. When I realized I couldnt get my much more expensive t6i camera to do what hers did, I realized I needed a better lens than the kit lenses I had. People said in order get that bokeh look, (shallow depth of field), look for a low f-stop and 50mm. Okay. I dont know what that means, but I know it was how to get that artsy look I wanted for my daughter. So I got this lens. It doesnt zoom, it just does bokeh and does it well. Sharp enough for my general purpose. Got this with a clear circular polarized lens filter at 58mm diameter. Again, dont know what that means. Dont care. I know what it does. Its a picture gooderizer. It gives me much more natural contrast without being harsh. I notice it especially in my custom black and white settings. If youre a sound guy, its like adding air to a mix with a clariphonic or Maag eq. Thats how I took the picture below. Im now mad that I didnt do this years ago. I love taking pictures but I always used point and shoot cameras. Good ones, but there is no comparison. You can spend more, but if you are a noob with an ASC sensor camera like the canon t series, this is your lane. If you are a pro, its not a bad lens to have. Not too big or small, well built, and not so expensive youre scared to use if out doors or leave it on your camera around your neck. Theres a smaller one, but splurge a little. Expect to become addicted to buying lenses and filters and budget accordingly.

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I had the canon 50mm 1.8 before this lens, which worked good and I had gotten used to all of its problems. This lens though is way better! It did take some getting used to, but I am very happy with it. This lens pretty much lives on my camera. Things that I had to get used to: Its AF is a tad slower then I would like, especially when I am taking pictures of little ones. It also isnt very sharp past 2.0, which for little ones or anything that could move on me I usually keep it over 2.8 anyways. Once you get used to any little things with this lens it will end up being one of your favorites.

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Amazing Quality lens!!! I am a newbie to the photography world and was told by my professional photographer friends that this was the lens to get. I have both the 50mm F/1.8 and the 50mm F/1.4 and I really like this one best. I have captured some very nice shots of both animals and people using this lens. The clarity is awesome when using this lens and once you fully understand the lighting triangle when shooting the possibilities with this lens are endless. Its not a zoom lens so get ready to move those feet :) This is a very nice prime lens and if you are a beginner like me, this lens should definitely be in your collection.

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After reading through the reviews here on Amazon and the Canon website there was a clear trend. People either totally loved the lens or thought it was complete junk. I got to feel both sides of that. The first copy I received was blurry out of the box. Attempting to micro adjust on my 7DII I needed a very large + 16 adjustment just to get it to focus. Was going to live with it but worse than that in AI servo mode of a still object and a 5 frame shot it could not find focus for 3 of the 5 images. Threw in the towel on that lens and returned it back to Amazon. Fast forward to today and WOW ! What a difference in the second lens. Crisp focus with zero adjustment needed and AI servo through 10 frame run and all spot on in focus. Did the same test with large camera movement and still spot on. Havent got to run it through all the motions yet but am very impressed so far with the image quality at this price point with a good copy of the lens. Would definitely recommend this lens.

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I bought the canon 50mm 1.4 and while it takes nice pictures and has a fast focus it miss focus too many times for me to be happy with. I have a canon 6d and have a little above moderate knowledge on photography and I know my camera very well. I always focus on the eyes and yes even with the center focus and the canon 50mm 1.4 sometimes does not focus accurately wide open and the center is kind of soft with noticeable light fall off in the corners and lens distortion which the last two are not a big problem because I shoot raw and easily fixed in lightroom . Now the canon 50mm 1.4 I bought brand new in amazon some time ago and take very special care with because I know the USM motor is very sensitive and gets damaged with any little bump and if you twist to hard on a filter you can damage as well . So I protect it with a lens hood and a B&W (007m) UV filter . So thats my background and with that being said I still like the lens and its great for low light. Now that lens left me with wanting something better something that did not make me lose my mind when I got the perfect picture with the perfect natural light of my beautiful 4 year old daughter and the autofocus did not focus properly and now the perfect light is gone my daughter wont sit still now ect I know some of you share my frustration. I recently bought the 50mm macro 2.5 strictly on the review of Ken Rockwells site and was he right . This lens is excellent for portraits and close up photography ! Its phenomenal blows the 50mm 1.4 right out of the water the auto focus is accurate wide open and the eyes are tact sharp and also everything else thats in focus. Now I will add the autofocus is a little slow and the depth of field is very shallow so you have to be careful as well but its extremely accurate. There are no chromatic arbitration no lens flare . Now Im basing this on that I just got the 50mm macro 2.5 on thursday and shot with it on saturday for an early mothers day BBQ I did with all the family and today Im looking at all the pictures and processing them and they look great . No need for a lens hood on this one because the way its made the lens element its pretty deep in the housing. I strongly recommend the 50mm macro 2.5 vs this one I hope this helps I know it would have helped me when I was shopping for a reliable 50mm .

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I had this len for years, but I always had issues with the autofocus. It was always a hit or miss with it. The performance would be amazing outdoors, with great lighting, but once you indoors, the issues are very apparent. Now the autofocus stop working completely and this is s KNOWN ISSUE with these lens and the repair will set you back another $100+ to fix. Not cool Canon. Right now I’m just relying on manual focus because this len is super expensive, and I want to get the most out of it. It takes amazing pictures but I’m so disappointed with the autofocus on this len.

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Ive only just begun to use this lens but I like it a lot so far. I considered buying the much more expensive Canon 1.2L 50mm, but decided to try this 1.4 lens at one-third the price first. Im impressed. Autofocus is slower than the L lenses Ive used but fast enough for portraits and general use. The included image is at f1.4 using ISO 100, and a shutter speed of 1/8000 on a Canon 7D Mk II. The soft bokeh is very pleasing, so Im sure this lens and I will get along just fine.

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