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lotus17j
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Registered: May 26, 2006
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Review Date: May 26, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $319.00
| Rating: 9
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Nice construction - non L lens. Fast and accurate focus. I like using this lens more than I expected I would.
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Hood sold separately.
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I really enjoy using this lens. I have no concerns…
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 May 26, 2006
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Review Date: May 26, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $280.00
| Rating: 9
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Sharp. Light. Great Value. Excellent for evening and nights.
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Cant think of any
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Excellent overall lens. Great for portraits. A must have!
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May 26, 2006
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jfk03
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Location: United States
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Review Date: May 25, 2006
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Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Sharp, great color, fast focusing, excellent portrait lens on 1.6 crop camera
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None
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My favorite portrait lens.
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May 25, 2006
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Funnyman
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Review Date: May 25, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $290.00
| Rating: 9
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Good size, great range of DOF, great low-light capabilities with f/1.4, seems like a great deal for the price
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No zoom, but then again it makes me think more about the shot
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This is my first and only lens at the moment. I'm a beginning photographer so I wanted a fast, fixed lens so that I would think about my shots instead of just using the "AUTO" shot mode on my camera. It has been great for that.
I hate shooting with a flash, so the f/1.4 is great for me - I've gotten some fantastic shots in low light using this lens - it really picks up colors well.
One of my favorite shots with this lens can be found at: http://www.michaelmaxwell.info/gallery2/d/1029-1/one+of+many.jpg It really makes me think about my DOF options before I take the shot.
Highly reccommended for both the price and the shot quality. My only gripe is that I need a wide angle lens, but that's my problem... not the lens'!
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May 25, 2006
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edelsolar
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Review Date: May 19, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 10
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Sharp, colors, contrast, size.
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None
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Great overall performer. I like the sharpness, contrast and the price.
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May 19, 2006
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acscardoso
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Location: Portugal
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Review Date: May 12, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $400.00
| Rating: 9
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Cheap, very sharp and fast, easy to carry
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Separated hood
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It is perfect for my indoor pictures
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May 12, 2006
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KETCH
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Location: Italy
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Review Date: May 10, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $284.00
| Rating: 10
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1.4 is fantastic, impossible shoots in semi dark areas with no flash a possibilitie, very sharp, very fast, compact, easy to carry arround all day on your camera.
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The hood, sorry only like petal shape hood.
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This lens was a purchase I did not want to make wrilly, as I only use L grade lenses for many reasons especially becouse they are resistent to the elements and that is very important to me, but I try this lens and the L 1.0 and absolutelly did not find a resonable purchase for this particular L lens so I purchased the 50mm f1.4, anyway I will used mostly indoors so no problem if is not resistent to the elements like all my other lenses, the lens is great the pictures are crysp, sharp the back ground molds in or out with grace as you play w/ the F stop, but the best part of this lens is that will get you great pictures inside very poor light areas with no flash, it makes you look again after you see the picture you just have taken appere in you lcd, it looks as if some one turned the lights on wile you were shooting the picture.
great lens i reccomended, my only negative is by no means with the lens but with the HOOD, sorry I only like and use petal shape Hoods, also not happy with Canon service in this particulare purchase, as I said before all my lenses are L grade so they come all w/hood (petal shape) so for this purchase I ask a Canon representetive to guide me true in order to find the right Hood for this lens other than the ugly round weel, and he suggested the EW-63II wich is of the same 58mm diameter but it thos not scrue in so I got S.
If any one knows a petal shape Hood to fit this lens please let me know thanks KETCHROSSI@MAC.COM
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May 10, 2006
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Perdu
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Review Date: May 10, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 9
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Wonderful portait lens on 1.6 crop. f1.4 low light capability make it a fun lens. Bokeh
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Manual focusing is tricky becuase of the slack in the focusing ring. DOF can be tricky (user error, not the lens)
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May 10, 2006
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Gary W. Graley
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Review Date: May 7, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $314.00
| Rating: 10
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small, sharp, fast focusing
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had to buy the hood separate, but, with Canon unless it's an L, ya gotta...
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Got this for low light work, had some troubles with other off brand lenses and went for the longer 50mm, love it, recommend it highly, fairly sharp at f1.4, very sharp stopped down from there, as you would expect.
Colour seems spot on, not much in the way of post processing with this lens, images are pretty much the same as how you see them in life.
If you've dragged your feet, as I had, then time to pickup the pace and grab one.
G2
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May 7, 2006
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rok3
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Location: United States
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Review Date: May 7, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $195.00
| Rating: 9
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My copy is extremely sharp above 2.0 and gives a usable image all the way down to 1.4. Light, small, decent build quality.
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No hood included. Seems to over expose on my Elan 7N a bit but is spot on on my EOS 3. *shrug* Haven't noticed this with other lenses.
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Lives on my EOS3... sure it's not as convienient as a zoom lens but being able to shoot with almost any available light is worth it. Plus it makes me consider the composition of the scene more than a zoom does. Love this lens.
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May 7, 2006
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bebonham
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Location: United States
Posts: 18
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Review Date: May 2, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $330.00
| Rating: 10
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price, sharpness, speed, size
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it's not lux like an "L" lens. Hood is extra.
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After about 1 year:
One of my favorite lenses to use. I normally keep it on my camera when I travel around with it because it is light and small.
It is very good in low light if you don't have anything below f2.0 which rules out pretty much anything more telephoto than 85 f1.8. Of course it is less telephoto than 135 2.0 and bokeh can be somewhat similar in intensity (some qualities are different though) due to its wide 1.4 aperture.
It is very fast to focus, good at small apertures, so it is equally as good at isolating something as it is at keeping almost everything in focus as would be needed in a landscape.
It is easier to use at shutter speeds below 1/60 sec (I've had success with 1/30 sec with some luck even using an APS sensor) because of its small size. I don't think there is a faster lens that is smaller and weighs less in canon's line-up. This is very important when not using a tripod unless you are made of iron.
I have not used the 50/1.8, but you can use the 1.4 and 1.6 and they are both different from each other and the 1.8 aperture settings of this lens.
I have started replacing my slower lenses, and if you are planning on having a nice collection of canon lenses someday, than this one will never be replaced. This lens is perfect for what it is.
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May 2, 2006
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zanussi
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Registered: May 2, 2006
Location: Poland
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Review Date: May 2, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 9
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Bokeh, sharp at 2,0, weight, built quality
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Ca at 1,4 and not so sharp
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Nice bokeh, good built quality, not so big in size. Little noisy, Af is fast enough... max. apperture 1,4 it makes me happy 
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May 2, 2006
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snowboard9
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Location: United States
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Review Date: Apr 30, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $264.00
| Rating: 10
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Wonderful brokeh, very fast AF and sharpness ; well built
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No hood. It's really offensive that canon does not include a hood with this premium priced 50mm lens. I guess they know they can sucker another $30 out of a fair number of buyers for this type lens.
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I purchased this lens refurbished from Canon. That was the only reason I bought the f/1.4 instead of the f/1.8.
However, I'm glad I did. The USM, twice the light vs f/1.8 and full time manual turned out to be mor important than I thought. The other reason is that the 50mm focal length is perfect for my indoor picture taking which is virtually all portraits - this is a keeper lens. Finally, I am just thrilled with my Canon 30D and would have been disappointed to attached a cheap f/1.8 lens to it.
Bottom line is, if you know you like 50mm and will use if often, just buy this one instead of the cheap f/1.8 (never seen it but I hear it's badly built).
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Apr 30, 2006
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tellingthm
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Location: United States
Posts: 334
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Review Date: Apr 28, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 10
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iq, f/1.4, size, value
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not ring usm
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Image quality is what you'd expect from Canon's best "normal" lens. Colors look like L glass, images are sharp, just the right amount of contrast.
f/1.4 is nice and fast. AF speed is pretty good, although not quite up to snuff as lenses with Ring USM (we're talking fractions of a second here, though).
If you don't shoot with the 50mm focal length all that often and/or money is tight, I'm not sure I'd recommend this lens over the cheaper 1.8 versions. But if you do, or if you want 2/3 stop faster, far better build, faster and MUCH quieter AF, and slightly better images, go for it. It's hard to make a bad 50mm lens these days.
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Apr 28, 2006
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comradeTJH
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Location: Switzerland
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Review Date: Apr 20, 2006
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Recommend? no |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 6
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Fast, nice bokeh, small
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not usable at 1.4, EXTREME vignetting on fullframe :-(
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Im not sure if it's just me but this lense has an EXTREME vignetting on my D5 - rendering it virtually unusable for me :-(
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Apr 20, 2006
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Ahamed Iqbal
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Registered: Apr 15, 2006
Location: United States
Posts: 360
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Review Date: Apr 19, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $320.00
| Rating: 10
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Light, Very fast, Very quiet focusing, Compact, Very sharp, Nice close focusing distance
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Fixed focal length
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This was my first USM lens and one I used to cut my teeth in photography. A great starter lens as on a full frame camera (film, 5D) it is the normal view of what you see.
The optics are excellent and I've used this lens in all sorts of situations.
Great depth of field with the large aperture as well.
On a 20D this ends up being a very fast 80mm lens which is great for portraits.
Would highly recommend this lens as a general use, walkaround lens. The small size and weight make it easy to carry.
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Apr 19, 2006
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