Canon Standard EF II Lens

jdepew from VA

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Purchased this lens for use on both a Digital Rebe ...

Strengths:

Excellent Bang for the Buck! Prime lenses tend to be sharper by nature than zooms

Weaknesses:

Lack of USM drive. Lightweight - I prefer my equiptment to feel more solid.

Posted Apr 27, 2004 - Purchased this lens for use on both a Digital Rebel (EOS 300D) and a Rebel 2000 35mm (EOS 300). With the 1.6x multiplication factor on the 300D this lens has a focal length of 80mm rather than 50. But, this is a tremendous prime lens - It's fast f/1.8 allows for fast shutter speeds or low light action. While it tends to be sharper at f/3 and up, you can't purchase many lenses even at f/3 let along f1.8 for $70. If you bought the kit lens with your EOS body, this is the second lens you should pick up - if you can find it! Third, take a look at a 28-105 or 28-135 to get a little longer range, then work from there. The 50mm will really work with you to focus on the subject not the equipment. Enjoy!

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TGE from LA

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Best Value Lens

Strengths:

Low price, great quality, light weight.

Weaknesses:

Poor background blur, cheap construction, a bit noisy.

Posted Aug 16, 2006 - The Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II is by far the best value lens available. For a cost of around $75 dollars, you get a lens that is fast and sharp. In fact, this lens is extraordinarily sharp at and beyond f/2.8. Its weaknesses include a poor foreground-background blur, a cheap construction that includes a plastic lens mount, and a noisy focusing mechanism. Overall, the quality of pictures that this lens is capable of producing is superb, especially for the price. This lens is so cheap that there is no excuse not to own it. In addition, the risk you take is all of $75 - a rather negligible amount compared to how much other good lenses will cost you.

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techdog

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At the recommendation of other users on a popular ...

Strengths:

Easily affordable cost; sharp photos in low light.

Weaknesses:

occasionally has trouble focusing in very low light, but hasn't been a significant issue

Posted Sep 30, 2004 - At the recommendation of other users on a popular online digital photography site, I bought this lens to go along with my new Canon 300D Digital Rebel. I am not a professional photographer and this is my first SLR camera, but I was able to achieve some amazing results with the lens. I have taken mostly indoor shots of cats and the lens lets me shoot in low light without having to resort to the flash. It also gives some beautiful pictures with shallow depth of field. For the price, you can't go wrong!

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digitalrebel from NY

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The Canon 50mm f1.8 lens II autofocus lens is one ...

Strengths:

sharp, lightweight and inexpensive

Weaknesses:

none

Posted Nov 29, 2003 - The Canon 50mm f1.8 lens II autofocus lens is one of the best values around. This inexpensive and lightweight standard lens can be used for available light photography and can capture wonderful candid shots. Although not a zoom but a fixed focal length lens, this issue is more than made up for its sharp images.

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kungpaojake from IL

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this was my first lens purchase for my canon digit ...

Strengths:

cheap, fast

Weaknesses:

cheap (in a construction sense), autofocus kinda noisy

Posted Aug 20, 2004 - this was my first lens purchase for my canon digital rebel. right now i only have the kit lens and this one and i'm often finding myself using this lens in situations where i don't need zoom or a wide angle. the autofocus is abit iffy...sometimes it takes abit to get a lock...and it's not exactly the quietest thing in the world...but if sound isn't an issue (or if you're like me and don't really like using autofocus anyway) then it's not a problem. as for the cheaper plastic construction, it really is not such a big factor if you are careful enough with your camera. it feels like it's pretty solid...but not to the point where i'd feel comfortable dropping it at any height (not that you would be dropping your lenses i hope) my only caution is that while this is a normal lens for regular 35mm slr's, be careful since certain digital slr's have a zoom factor (i forget if it's 1.6x or something) so just keep that in mind. for the price for such a wide aperture, it is pretty much a no brainer if you're just begining to dip into the slr field.

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ppmd from AZ

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You really can't complain too much about the lens ...

Strengths:

Price, light weight, 1.8 f-stop, low cost, good portrait lens, great first lens for the Canon 10D

Weaknesses:

Glass, lack of lens hood, autofocus a bit loud

Posted May 31, 2004 - You really can't complain too much about the lens given the very affordable price. Made about 1000 pictures with it. Auto focus is a bit loud, but fast. Not sharp at f1.8, but good at higher aperature. I am biased because I now own a 16-35mm L USM (> $1,200). You really get what you pay for. For less than $80, the 50mm lens is very affordable. Should be the first lens you get if you only bought the camera body and want to start experimenting. Great portrait lens for the Canon 10D.

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tcollect2000 from DC

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This is the lens that every Canon EOS camera user ...

Strengths:

Inexpensive, actually one of the most inexpensive Canon EF lens. Becomes 80mm/1.8 on 300D, good for portrait. Big aperture. Very Sharp and Very good opotical quality. Lightweight.

Weaknesses:

Nothing much at this price. Difficult and slow focusing in dark.

Posted Oct 27, 2004 - This is the lens that every Canon EOS camera user should have. DSLR makes it even sweeter. Considering its price, it is really difficult to justify purchasing 50mm/1.4U. Yes it is not USM, which makes it not suitable for some situation, but for most situation, it is well enough. And its image quality is better than a lot of lenses much more expensive than it.

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robideau from IL

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I bought the lens to go along with my 300D. The f ...

Strengths:

Price, Size/weight, Canon Glass, Fast Lens

Weaknesses:

None for the price

Posted Jun 30, 2004 - I bought the lens to go along with my 300D. The fast lens is great for indoor or low light conditions. It is also great as a general purpose lens or even for portraits. Have shot a few hundred images using it and am very pleased. Retailing at under $80, this is a great addition to any Canon lens collection. A solid product and excellent value. Rated as 4 only because auto-focus mechanism isn't Canon's best, as is expected at this price, but works perfectly well. No problems whatsoever.

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kjaskot from IL

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Great lens for the money. I use it with my Digital ...

Strengths:

Price!, light weight, good low light lens

Weaknesses:

not found yet

Posted Jun 29, 2004 - Great lens for the money. I use it with my Digital Rebel (300D) mostly indoor conditions. Nice clear pictures even without flash. I've bought my Digital Rebel as a kit with it's new Canon EF-S 18-55 lens but immediately realized that I need more bright lens. Canon EF 50mm with its f/1.8 is fast enough and gives you really neat pictures.

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deletemail from VA

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I bought this lens for my digital rebel. I regret ...

Strengths:

1. You can not get f1.8 on zoom lens 2. decent optical quality

Weaknesses:

Plastic mount.Flimsy.

Posted Aug 4, 2004 - I bought this lens for my digital rebel. I regret that I did not buy it earlier. I can make picture I could not before. Digital rebel has a 1.6X factor so this 50mm lens is equivalent to a 80 mm lens on digital rebel. It is a perfect lens for portrait. The f1.8 aperture can create a very short depth of view and make your subject stand out. The f1.8 aperture coupled with digital rebel's ability to go up to ISO1600 means you can shoot most indoor pictures without flash. The optical quality is great. I see very little disortions and the picture is sharp even when the aperture is wide open. This is a simple lens built very cheaply. The mount is plastic and probably will not survive a fall mounted on a heavy body. In short, a decent cheap lens.

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qahwah from IA

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This is a very good lens with low cost (under $80) ...

Strengths:

Sharp, light, small, inexpensive comparing to other lens with similar quality.

Weaknesses:

Not found yet.

Posted Jun 11, 2004 - This is a very good lens with low cost (under $80), a must-have for amateurs. It works perfectly fine with my Canon Digital Rebel. Buy one, you won't regret it.

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kevinv033 from PA

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Great glass for CHEAP!!

Strengths:

Lightweight. Price. Sharp images. Great bokeh.

Weaknesses:

Build seems very delicate. Adaptor ring spins so don't think of using a polarize filter. A bit noisy.

Posted Oct 30, 2005 - This is such a great lens for the price!! I bought this at the same time as my 350D and I can tell you I use this more often than the kit lens. The picture quality form this lens is unbeatable for under $100. All of my images have great color and are extremely sharp. I was amazed. The lens focuses fairly fast. The aperture opening up to f/1.8 is great for low-light indoor shooting—I think I am just regurgitating some of the previous reviews, sorry if I am. The only thing that takes a few points off is the build quality. It feels extremely delicate. Most of the contruction is a cheap feeling plastic, including the lens mount. You get what you pay for. This is a great lens for the price. I recommend this lens to anyone who owns a Canon EOS camera. You won't be sorry spending on this lens at all!

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gobears

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Great standard lens. It produces very clear images ...

Strengths:

Cheapest but best

Weaknesses:

not durable

Posted Dec 1, 2003 - Great standard lens. It produces very clear images. very light and small. If you don't have large burget, I think it's perfect lens to start.

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Leviathan_Ul... from CA

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Good for This Cheap Lens

Strengths:

super sharp, super fast focus

Weaknesses:

prime lens (Can't zoom), 50mm = 80mm on Rebel XT. No IS, plastic mount

Posted Feb 14, 2007 - Super sharp lens. I did comparisons on the quality of this lens vs my stock 18-55mm and this lens definitely is a lot better. I notice that my 18-55mm tends to darken the picture and the 50mm is brighter. This might be because of the filter that I was using. I used Hoya for my 50mm vs a cheap china filter for the 18-55mm. Never the lest, the 50mm is a lot sharper than my 18-55mm. I do see blurriness if I shot at slow ~1/30s shutter speed. This is probably because of my shaky hands. But with a tripod, this lens will rock!!! At this cheap price, it's worth spending for an extra lens. I added pictures to compare.

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Cheap and Good

Strengths:

Sharp Images, Cheaper & light weight.

Weaknesses:

Tough to focus.

Posted Jul 26, 2006 - Good lens and good value for money. Good for Potraits. For nearby objects, Autofocus is not effective. The focus ring is tough to use for manual focus. Takes a while to get used to this lens.

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50mm, F/1.8 - MPN: 2514A002

Purchased this lens for use on both a Digital Rebe ...

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At the recommendation of other users on a popular ...

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I bought the lens to go along with my 300D. The f ...

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