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vivianngphoto
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Registered: Feb 11, 2023
Location: Canada
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Review Date: Feb 11, 2023
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Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 5
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Lightweight, small
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Image quality is not great
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Great STARTER lens for sure, and pretty good for close up portraits. Trying to shoot anything full body or if the person is farther... well that's nearly impossible if you want good focus - usually fuzzy or back-focused.
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 Feb 11, 2023
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ssm9105md
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Oct 3, 2022
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $100.00
| Rating: 6
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works great for starting out
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none at the moment
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A great starter lens. I was able to buy it from Target for $100. I haven't had issues with it and have owned for a few years now. However, i'm sure there are higher quality lenses. I use this one when I need a lower F-stop.
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Oct 3, 2022
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ecphotonola
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Sep 7, 2020
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $150.00
| Rating: 10
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This is such a great starter lens. I used it on a crop sensor camera and I now use it on my full-frame camera. Great price for sharp image quality!
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It is a prime lens, so you need to move around to get closer/farther from your subjects. It is my go-to lens for portraits, but I prefer something with zoom capabilities for events/weddings.
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Great lens! It is always on my camera!
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Sep 7, 2020
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peterstrong
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Registered: Dec 21, 2016
Location: United States
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Review Date: Dec 21, 2016
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Recommend? yes |
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Solid, quick enough, sharp.
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Image quality is really quite good. It's not any better than any other 50 I've had, but in the age of zooms it is easy to forget that this kind of IQ @ 1.8 used to be standard. I wish the DSLR kit lens was 30/1.8 version of this lens, instead of completely blah zoom.
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Dec 21, 2016
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Christopher-J
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Location: Canada
Posts: 320
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Review Date: Jan 23, 2016
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $12.00
| Rating: 8
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Smooooooth Bokeh, Bargain Price, Metal mount.
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Discontinued in 1991. Haha so so long ago.
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I picked up this lens attached to a Canon EOS 750 35mm in a thrift store hoping it would work. My lens being a 1987 date code I was pleasently surprised at how well it works.
The Bokeh at f1.8 is unbelievable. The focus speed is good for its age. Honestly the only downside to this lens is that it was discontinued in 1991 for the MKII.
These lens are pretty collectible these days and sell for near $130 so I am pretty happy with my copy.
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Jan 23, 2016
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drzhao
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Location: United States
Posts: 52
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Review Date: Jun 12, 2014
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $130.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp, cheap, small, light.
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Loud and often slow focusing
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Very sharp little lens. Has the metal mount instead of plastic mount on the mark ii. I felt it's even sharper than 50mm 1.4, but that might just be my copy. Build quality wise, it's not flimsy, but seems that it could break with a small drop, but I've never tested that... It's an awesome lens for film too, since it has the zoom ring.
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Jun 12, 2014
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grizzlywon
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Location: United States
Posts: 250
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Review Date: Oct 4, 2013
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 7
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It's cheap.
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This lens is loud and made of plastic. It's horrible at finding focus especially if you're not outside under the sun. You can't put a quick detach lens shade on it. You have to use a screw in one.
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Save your money for the 1.4 it's way better!
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Oct 4, 2013
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carodani
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Location: United Kingdom
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Review Date: Feb 21, 2013
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Solid, quick enough, sharp.
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none, the used ones are too old and could need a full check
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Bought a second hand one after using the mkII for a while, no real challenge, this one was way better built and the resolution was slightly better, but Canon decided to split their lines to a cheaper 1.8 and a dearer 1.4 (not even mention the 1.2).
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Feb 21, 2013
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scott_scheetz
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Location: United States
Posts: 130
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Review Date: Oct 31, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $179.00
| Rating: 9
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Very sharp wide open, good build quality, accurate and fairy fast AF, inexpensive.
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The AF hunts in low light more than a USM lens. Loud AF motor, and not as fast as a USM.
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The original 50mm f/1.8 is a fantastic lens. The colors and contrast are fantastic, even when shooting wide open. This lens is very sharp. The build quality is much better than the version II of this lens, and the AF is a more accurate as well. The AF does have a more of a tendency to hunt in low light than a USM, but for an AF-D lens, it's very good. AF is a little loud, but it's not terrible. I highly recommend this lens to anyone who wants a 50mm, but doesn't want to spend a lot of money.
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Oct 31, 2012
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charlieboy
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Registered: May 15, 2003
Location: United States
Posts: 1915
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Review Date: Apr 6, 2012
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $75.00
| Rating: 8
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Sharp,metal mount, nice bokeh, price.
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Hunts in really low light even with a 1D series body.
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Apr 6, 2012
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PJ Fish
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Location: Denmark
Posts: 18
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Review Date: Dec 4, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $100.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp ,sharp sharp superbokeh, good colours fast lens = absolutely best buy-
optics made in japan (good quality control) this lens is far better than the mk2 version on par with or better than the 50mm 1,4!! plus metal mount ring.-i simply like it-it has the real Canon spirit in it...
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that the lens is out of production ! its supergood and i dont understand why canon dropped the production?
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This is one of the old Canon jewels and if you can find one used ; buy it.
- I see,that some of the used one sells for more than you paid from new !?
and for good reason: the Canon 50mm 1,8 mark 1. is supersharp ,superbokeh,with better colours and good all over compared to both the 1,4 and the new 1,8 mk 2 -
im very happy with the results,especially for FF.
i have recently used it for a client with my 5d2 and the pix and results was great shown in the magazine.
I like the metalmount as well -but you have to take care as the rest is too plasticky,but i still like this Canon 50mm 1,8 mk 1.:-- it has this special Canon Spirit inside...a joy.
This is my best buy so far.
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Dec 4, 2010
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iomega
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Location: Belgium
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Review Date: Jul 4, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
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| Rating: 10
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Fast, Sharp. Color, Contrast.
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Not weather sealed.
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I had the F1.4 version and started comparing both in the field with no flash and in low ligth subject. Considering the 5 pentode flare comparing to the 7 blade flare of it's bigger sister F 1.4 there's no question about price difference. But hey... who needs 7 blade flare ghost instead of 5 ????
I sold my F1.4 and NEVER LOOKED BACK!!!
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Jul 4, 2010
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Lance Lee
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Location: Canada
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Review Date: Jun 19, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $125.00
| Rating: 9
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IQ, well made, very small and light.
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Not full time manual focus.
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If you spend a lot of time with your primes, this doesn't make sense. I use mostly zooms, and it is nice to have a faster lens when I need it. I've recently switched to a 1.3 body, and I'm finding it more useful than on a 1.6 body.
Image quality is really quite good. It's not any better than any other 50 I've had, but in the age of zooms it is easy to forget that this kind of IQ @ 1.8 used to be standard. I wish the DSLR kit lens was 30/1.8 version of this lens, instead of completely blah zoom.
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Jun 19, 2010
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haringo
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Registered: Oct 7, 2009
Location: United States
Posts: 12
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Review Date: Jun 3, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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CHEAP and one of the best lenses for the money!
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people don''t seem to believe that they can get a good lens under $100.
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You bought an DSLR, right? I guess you bought DSLR camera and not a point and shoot because one day you will want to take off the ugly kit lens, right? This is the right time. Don't hesitate and buy this lens!!! You can't get better lens under $100! There is nothing to think about! (You may want to pay a little bit more and buy the 50mm 1.4. Maybe...It is three times more expensive though.) You will be surprised by the quality! You can find some example pictures in my wedding photography blog: www.haringphotography.com
Buy it! Hit the "SUBMIT" button and order it!!! 
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Jun 3, 2010
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mahonet
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Location: Finland
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Review Date: May 9, 2010
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Very good image quality, accurate af. Good structure compared to
II-version (as good as with 35mm f2 or 50mm f1.4)
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compared to price nothing.
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What a positive surprise this lens is! I have used Canon 50mm f1.4, 50mm f1.8II, Sigma 50mm f1.4, Carl Zeiss 50mm ze and this Canon I-version. Af is more accurarate than that of f1.4, structure is of the same level. All in all I like this older light model most of the Canon 50mm versions. For better bokeh and portraits I use Carl Zeiss 50mm ze. I found this unused copy from eBay.de.
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May 9, 2010
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surly
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Posts: 1005
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Review Date: Feb 27, 2010
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: $80.00
| Rating: 6
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Pretty sharp as one would expect from a normal prime.
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Slow, noisy, slow, noisy focus. No USM. Worth build of any Canon lens I have seen to date.
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This lens is just not worth it. If you have to eat rice or potatoes for a month and get the 1.4 instead. Using this lens was annoying enough I gave it to a friend who didn't have a fast prime and bought the 1.4.
This lens provides the worst user experience of any I have ever used.
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Feb 27, 2010
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