Canon EF 50mm F-1.8 II Camera Lens Review

The canon lens was the first lens that I purchased after my kit lens, and I'm extremely happy with my choice. Below is a review of canon lens to date.

Build Quality

Canon EF 50mm

The build quality of the 50mm 1.8 feels pretty cheap and doesn't feel like a quality lens at all. Everything from the outer shell to the mount is made from plastic which will wear and tear if you're changing this lens around a lot. The 50mm is canon lens and because of this the plastic doesn't have to be that strong to hold everything together.

Canon EF 50mm F-1.8 II Camera Lens Review

There is not much to this lens, you have one switch which controls whether you want to shoot in auto or manual focus and there's also a focusing ring which is barely usable because of its small size.
The autofocus on the 50mm f1.8 is pretty fast but not HSM (Hyper Sonic Motor) fast; however for under 0 you can't really expect it to have this feature. The autofocus is also a little bit noisy but not unbearable by any means and probably wont put any one of from using this lens.
Image Quality
You may be thinking at this time that the lens sounds terrible and I would have to agree, however the redeeming feature of this lens is that the image quality is very sharp, even stopped down to 1.8 the sharpness of this lens is excellent but shooting from 2.8 or a little above will give you even sharper images, slightly even sharper than Canons professional lens the 24-70mm f2.8 which retails for around 00.
Another redeeming feature is the Bokeh effect that you can get from shooting at a small F stop of f1.8. If you have ever wondered how the professional photographers get those blurry backgrounds then this is one of the main ways they do this. The Bokeh on the 50mm 1.8 is excellent, obviously it is not as good as the f1.2 however the f1.8 is 0 cheaper.
Another advantage of using the 50mm 1.8 is that it has a 52mm filter size, filters this small are very affordable and you should get one to protect your lens from scratches and even cracks in the front glass.
Conclusion
Overall the Canon EF 50mm f1.8 camera lens is an excellent upgrade from the kit lens or suitable for anyone wanting to shoot low light photography such as in a church, gym or even music concerts where flash isn't allowed. Sure there are draw backs to this lens but the advantages outweigh them, and I don't know of a better lens for 3 to 4 times the price.
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