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Canon - EF50mm F1.4 USM Standard Lens for EOS DSLR Cameras - Black
Average Customer Rating:
3.7
Rating breakdown 112 reviews
5 Stars
46
4 Stars
22
3 Stars
15
2 Stars
17
1 Star
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63%of customers recommend this product.
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65 out of
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Customer Reviews for Canon - EF50mm F1.4 USM Standard Lens for EOS DSLR Cameras - Black
Customer Rating
1
It broke.
on June 2, 2014
Posted by: Dan in MN
from Minneapolis, MN
Used very rarely for about 24 months. It spent most of its time in a professional case. It was very well cared for. The focus is now not working. No manual focus. No auto focus. This highlight an extremely poor build quality on this lens that is well known, and manufacturing on this lens has not changed.
For the days that ti worked, it had a difficult time finding focus among the 9 points on my camera.
Images that were focused looked acceptable.
Pros: excellent paper weight
Cons: Slow auto-focus, Poor build quality
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
Best bang for the buck EF mount optic
on August 7, 2009
Posted by: EOS4me
from Los Angeles, CA
The Canon EF 50 1.4USM is possibly the best bang for the buck in the entire EF mount lens system! Fast, quiet focusing and when stoped down two or three stops nothing short of my old EF 135 2L USM or EF 200 1.8L USM lenses are sharper on film or FF EOS 1Ds mkXX bodies. If you can't produce incredible images with this lens get a point and shoot.
If you do not use a 50mm prime regularly the EF 50 1.8 II lens while not quite as sharp when stopped down to optimum aperture is very, very close. You will need an EOS 1Ds mkIII or 5D mkII and/or fine grain chromes to see the difference though.
The down side to the EF 50 1.8 II is noisier, much slower focusing and really cheap construction which shouts "HANDLE ME VERY CAREFULLY OR YOU'LL BREAK ME." I mean REALLY cheap. I've owned several examples of both the EF 50 1.4USM, EF 50 1.8 mkI and mkII lenses and they were all excellent shooting lenses. I currently only have an Ef 50 1.4USM for its great image quality, lens speed, much better focus speed, low noise and construction quality. I use it all the time on my EOS 1N, EOS 1D, EOS 1Ds/MkII bodies.
Pros: Super-sharp images, Fast auto-focus, very shallow dof if a bit soft, very fine bokeh, cheap!
Cons: only moderate build quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
4
Great until USM focus goes bad...
on December 10, 2009
Posted by: Havok
from San Jose, CA
This was the first lens I purchses for my camera and it was hands down my favorite lens. The pictures that I got from this lens were fantastic! The only problem was that after a few years, the Auto Focus stopped working. not clear as to why but it seems like others folks have had issue with this as well. I've switched to using an "L" series Zoom but I would still have preferred using this 50mm prime on some occasions. I don't know if it's worth the out of warranty repair costs or if I should just pick up an 50mm 1.8 since I heard that the difference may not be too bad in terms of image quality. For now, it sits in storage but is operable as a manual focus lens.
Pros: Super-sharp images
Cons: Poor build quality
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
2
Luck of the draw
on March 24, 2013
Posted by: Canoniser
from Los Angeles
It was my fault for never fully testing the lens I got till it was too late to return it. Horrible CA, could not make it focus reliably. I have micro focus adjust on my camera but couldn't cope with the focus problem. It bounced between +15 close-up subjects (2-3ft) to -10 on 6ft and out. Stopped down, the focus issue becomes less dramatic but then why buy an F1.4 lens? Will be trading it in for a used 50mm F1.8. I KNOW those work. Maybe I got a bad copy.. but it's not my job to play QC.
Pros: Fast auto-focus, price
Cons: Semi-sharp images, horrendous ca, wortheless at 1.4
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
5
Great for low light Photography without a Flash.
on August 27, 2017
Posted by: ERIC
from Florida, United States
Great for low light Photography without a Flash. The big 1.4 Apager lets all kinds of photo's at night without the use of a Flash. A must have for every ptogerafer's Camera bag.
I would recommend this to a friend!
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
3
Canon 50 mm f/1.4
on December 4, 2011
Posted by: ronnag
from SF Bay Area
It works for a few months and than you're stuck with a manual lens. Manual is OK, but you pay for an autofocus. You have to wonder why Canon still knowingly produces a lens that has such a short life, without fixing the problem.
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
3
Save your money. It was great while it worked!
on February 28, 2012
Posted by: jess
from TN
Save your money for the L 1.2 instead. This one has serious focusing issues and started not wanting to focus at 6 months old. Then just after a year it has stopped focusing completely. I can't even focus it manually. I will be sending it in for repairs.
On the bright side I loved it for the first 6 months. Hope it last longer after the repair!
Pros: sharp
Cons: focus issue!, cheaply made
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com
Customer Rating
2
on May 4, 2009
Posted by: Pat
At first the lens worked great. Super sharp images, great depth of field, fast auto-focus. But, after a few months the auto-focus is off by several feet in front of or behind of the subject of interest. I thought it might be my camera but all of the other lenses focus properly. Not sure if accidentally turning the focus ring manually in the wrong direction may have loosened something or if the USM is going bad.
Pros: Super-sharp images, Fast auto-focus
Cons: Poor build quality, auto-focus +/- 5 feet
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Written by a customer while visiting usa.canon.com