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Canon - EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Standard Lens - Black
Average Customer Rating:
4.5
Rating breakdown 81 reviews
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84%of customers recommend this product.
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Customer Reviews for Canon - EF 50mm f/1.2L USM Standard Lens - Black
Customer Rating
5
Canon is number 1!!!!!
on January 7, 2018
Posted by: MikeskiTV
from Woodbridge, VA, United States
This is my favorite lens hands down! And i own quite a few
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
astonishing
on January 1, 2018
Posted by: gfree
from Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Montreal
I've had this lens for a number of years now. I've read reviews critical of its ability to focus. This is not a newbie lens, nor does it matter how many years a person has been shooting if those years do not include experience with lenses this unique. Success with this lens hinges entirely on the user's ability and understanding, especially of focus shift at close ranges and wide apertures which is endemic in lenses of this type. This lens is capable of is astonishing images.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
It put most of my other lens on the shelf
on December 5, 2014
Posted by: Freddo
I am not a one to write reviews but this one made me do it. After seeing pictures that I took with this lens I am having hard time using any other of my lens. I was looking for something that would make my portraits sweeter and dreamier and this lens surpassed expectations. Maybe next step will be 85 1.2 (no, definitely) but for now I have or know of no other lens for my gear that gives so much color and dreams and character to my pictures. What I was looking for. If you need sweet smiles with sparkling eyes looking out of a creamy bokeh and surrounded with outstanding outdoor colors, that is it.
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Customer Rating
5
Great Images
on August 29, 2014
Posted by: adamh
from Northwest Indiana
I upgraded this lens from my 1.4 for a trip to France where I assumed (correctly) that flash would not be permitted in museums and churches. I am extremely happy with the images captured; I have great images inside the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris while all those around me were struggling with their 3.5 - 5.6 zooms. OK, it's a heavy and expensive lens, but the images are perfectly clear and have a warm and personal feel. Haven't tried serious portraiture with it yet so can't comment on Bokeh, but I sure like the build and feel of the lens. My 1.4 was good, but this lens is a real keeper.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, Superior build quality, Super-sharp images
Cons: not cheap!
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Great Lens
on February 2, 2013
Posted by: Liberty
from Missouri
I've been putting off purchasing this lens for a while because of it's back focus (focus shift) problem which occurs only when photographing at extremely close distance using the center focus point of the camera.
However, once I found out that this back focus problem can be overcome by simply using a different focus point, I went for it and bought the lens.
I absolutely love the lens and I'm very happy with my purchase. I simply love the contrast and sharpness this lens produces. And the bokeh is so beautiful.
At 1.2 f/stop, the images are a bit soft because of the extreme width of the aperture, however, the lens gets sharper as you stop down.
I've taken some great image at 1.2 f/stop that look beautiful and sharp, and contrasty.
Pros: Superior build quality, Super-sharp images
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Minimum Lighting & Maximum Coloration
on September 25, 2010
Posted by: Tim
from Honolulu Hi
The Canon 50 f/1.2 exceeds my expectations for detail and coloration: It is also difficult for me to focus at night in low light conditions. At night the auto-focus searches, manual focus is better but far from easy to accomplish. I have had best results at night using manual focus, f/1.2, ISO auto, the U/V filter removed to avoid lens-flare, and this is on the 5D MII. This lens works well in the daylight with the normal daylight f-stops. Using a B+W circular polarizer will add a nice depth to daylight shooting while hiking. The images from this lens seem to be of a higher quality than those shot at the 50mm setting on either the 24-70mm L, or the 24-105 L lenses. Canon prime lenses are worth the trouble of renting and examining in your individual shooting conditions: I found them of value to me as a landscape photographer.
Pros: exceptional detail
Cons: exacting to focus at night
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Beautiful Rendering
on November 16, 2017
Posted by: Asiafish
from Bakersfield, CA
I've had this lens for about 18 months and just love it. I've long been a fan of fast 50mm lenses, and own a number of them. This is, by far, the best autofocus fast 50mm I've ever used.
I also own and use the Leica 50mm f/0.95 Noctilux M, so my standards for super-speed lenses are very high. Yes, the Leica lens is better, but for what it costs it should be, and of course that one does not have automatic focus.
On a 5D mk III this lens focuses quickly and accurately with any focus point, though in very low light the center point is best.
My copy was dead-on accurate right out of the box and required no AF microadjust on my camera. I've seen others complain of focus shift at smaller apertures, but I've had no such experience.
This lens is expensive for a Canon 50mm, but you really do get what you pay for. Just remember f/1.2 there is very shallow depth of field and it takes practice to learn how to shoot at such wide apertures.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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Customer Rating
5
Top-flight piece
on February 26, 2012
Posted by: NotAnselAdams
from Chicago
This lens has performed well. Photos in low and in available light have been outstanding, and substantially lower to free of the noise I have encountered with slower lenses (e.g., f/3.5). Photos of city streets and scenes at night are finely captured. No AF issues to report. Rendering of out-of-focus areas is as expected--excellent.
I would recommend this to a friend!
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