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Canon - EF 50mm f/1.8 II Standard Lens - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.2
Rating breakdown 87 reviews
5 Stars
43
4 Stars
30
3 Stars
6
2 Stars
1
1 Star
7
85%of customers recommend this product.
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64 out of
75)
Customer Reviews for Canon - EF 50mm f/1.8 II Standard Lens - Black
Customer Rating
3
Got stuck to my Rebel.
on February 16, 2010
Posted by: archietf
from Des Moines, IA
Got stuck to my Rebel XT. Tried forcing it to come out and it ended up breaking. Unfortunately it damaged the sensors in my camera and now I'm out of a lens and out of a camera. Definitely spend the extra bucks and buy the f/1.4.
Other than the quality of the build, the lens did help me take some excellent portraits of my two kids.
Other than the quality of the build, the lens did help me take some excellent portraits of my two kids.
Pros: great for portraits
Cons: Poor build quality
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
1
The lens broke.
on July 21, 2011
Posted by: Todd
from Oregon
The photos are excellent but after 5 months the lens froze up and is no longer working. The lens will be returned.
Pros: Super-sharp images
Cons: Poor build quality, it broke.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
3
Frustrated with auto-focus
on August 13, 2009
Posted by: Ashley
from Pennsylvania
If you are trying to focus this lens while in the vertical position, good luck! I could not get it to take a picture to save my life in the vertical position with the autofocus. I had to use the manual focus, which doesn't work out too well because I am near-sided. However, it does take fantastic pictures every other time. The picture quality is amazing.
Pros: Super-sharp images
Cons: Poor build quality, Slow auto-focus, terrible auto-focus on vertical shots
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
4
Amazingly great lens
on January 14, 2015
Posted by: rickymare
from Portland, OR
I am new to photography and I was just using the 18-55mm lens and thought that was great. Until I received this lens! It is great for indoor and low light situations. I live in the Pacific Northwest and we hardly ever get light so this has been ideal!
my only gripe would be the build quality, could be better. aside from that, its wonderful!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
1
Awful lens
on May 9, 2009
Posted by: SPW
from Columbia SC
I had this lens and tried hard to get decent photos from it on both my XT and my 30D. It never ever seemed to be able to focus sharply. Focussing was slow, inaccurate and the lens was a haze magnet. I'm saving up for the 50mm f1.4.
Cons: Semi-sharp images, Poor build quality, Slow auto-focus, plastic lens mount, no lens hood
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
3
Stuck on Camera
on September 19, 2011
Posted by: mr_earl
from Memphis, TN
The lens got jammed when the camera was dropped. It otherwise continued to work ok. I was not able to change lenses until my daughter dropped it again, this time breaking the lens. Her boyfriend then was able to remove the lens. The camera is OK, and I may buy another one.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
that's really good to me
on February 15, 2011
Posted by: naraboja
from va
good quality
i satified everything
cheapest lens
lightly using
i satified everything
cheapest lens
lightly using
Pros: Superior build quality
Cons: Poor build quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com