Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM Review
This is probably one of the most popular primes ever sold. It is inexpensive, light and quite a sharp when stepped down a little. This lens is also about a quarter the price of the f/1.2.
I have owned a copy of this lens since May of last year and it has opened up a whole new dimension of photography that just wouldn't not have been possible on a standard zoom.
The DoF effect is very very shallow, in fact so shallow that I had trouble at the beginning locking focus on what I wanted. You will be using this lens in Manual focus mode much of the time simply because the AF won't always pick the correct thing to be in focus.
Another benefit is how fast this lens is, I was able to get usable shots at f/1.4 while taking photos during the night safari in Singapore. You are talking about very very low light environments.
Usually it will focus quite fast but there are the occasional issues focusing but it's not very common.
Build quality is good but it's still plastic body with a metal mount.
Pros
- Fast 1.4 aperture which means excellent low light performance
- Excellent DoF effect
- Excellent bokeh when focusing on close objects
- Light and inexpensive
- Metal Mount
Cons
- 50mm on a cropped body is... well weird
- Shallow DoF means hard to focus at times
- Plastic body
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