New Canon 50mm Coming? [CR1]

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A new 50mm lens on the horizon?
Over the last few days I have received a lot of hints that a new EF 50mm lens is coming down the pipeline. There are even reports of people shooting with the new lens and that it may have appeared on an updated Canon price list (I would love to see the price list). The retail price is said to be $849 on an “EF 50 f/1.4 II”.

We recently reported that an IS version of the focal length exists in prototype form. It’s pretty normal to have multiple versions of a lens.

There’s always a risk with price lists and typos, and we have seen a lens appear on a price list before it was announced. The announcement came 6 months later, so this may not be an imminent thing. The good news is that there is a lot of chatter about the focal length going around.

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[Haydn1971]

Ouch !  at that price, surely IS would be included ?

[stephan]

Looking back at the last few updates I don't think so. Canon used the last updates to raise prices, as seen on the 5D3 and 24-70.

[spinworkxroy]

The price is a real turn off…
I really hope it's nothing like that…BUT looking at the new 24 and 28 IS prices..i'm sure this would be similar or more…

[Etienne]

I just bought the EF 50 1.4 at US$369.
I am normally reluctant to buy older equipment, but for my needs this lens is fine.
I may upgrade if a replacement comes out and if I find I am using the 50 a lot, but why wait.

[Ellen Schmidtee]

For $849, I'd expect a 50 f/1.4 to either have Zeiss class build & IQ, or the abilities to make coffee and <self censored>

[MaddScientiskt]

First Post on the forums.  Lots of Nice people here!  Glad to be among you all.  The 50mm 1.4 is selling at $369 currently, I'm amazed at the $849.  Just seems a bit unreasonable.  In my line of work we tend to reduce cost of production over time.  To increase the gap of profit to cost.  But the consumer pays the same or even less in some cases.   I just feel a little used with these new prices.  Just me though.  2.3 times the price of the current lens 

[dshipley]

I would expect any Canon prime over $700 to be either an L lens or to have IS, however, in the case of Canon's 50mm lenses I wish they would take a hint from Nikon. If Nikon can release a good 50 1.8 for just over $200 and a good 50 1.4 for $400-$500 I would expect Canon could do the same (and in this case I wish they would).

[RLPhoto]

Canon will make a fortune if they do this right but they've been doing alot of stuff wrong lately.

Until then, the 50L is my choice 50mm.

[Quackator]

All of Canons 50mm lenses lack something, maybe except for the 1.2L (which is in turn quite expensive).
The 1.4 is built way under par, and the dramatic difference between image center and corners makes it
easy to hate it. The 1.8 is an insult in its build quality, and the optically well performing 2.5 compact macro
is in desperate need of a better drive.

So yes, there is a lot of need for a new 50mm.

I still have a 1.8/50mm MkI, and I have the 2.5/50 compact macro.
The 1.8 is good enough for low light, and the 2.5 is good for general work.
Both are way from perfect.


1.8/50 with the mechanical build quality of the 1.2L at a price point of 350 USD or below would be a no-brainer.

Let's see what canon comes up with.

[dshipley]

All of Canons 50mm lenses lack something, maybe except for the 1.2L (which is in turn quite expensive).
The 1.4 is built way under par, and the dramatic difference between image center and corners makes it
easy to hate it. The 1.8 is an insult in its build quality, and the optically well performing 2.5 compact macro
is in desperate need of a better drive.

So yes, there is a lot of need for a new 50mm.

I still have a 1.8/50mm MkI, and I have the 2.5/50 compact macro.
The 1.8 is good enough for low light, and the 2.5 is good for general work.
Both are way from perfect.


1.8/50 with the mechanical build quality of the 1.2L at a price point of 350 USD or below would be a no-brainer.

Let's see what canon comes up with.

For the cost of the 1.2L it should be outstanding without any issues, but it isn't as there is a widespread issue of focus shifting and other focus issues.

I would love to see Canon release a decent 50 1.8 (~$250) and 50 1.4 (~$450) with good build quality and ring USM. Hopefully they'll come up with something along those lines.

[RC]

All of Canons 50mm lenses lack something, maybe except for the 1.2L...

And that is why I don't own one.  However If I had my FF, I'd likely cough up the bucks for the L.   So Canon, please bring on the new 50s. 

[Random Orbits]

For $849, I'd expect a 50 f/1.4 to either have Zeiss class build & IQ, or the abilities to make coffee and <self censored>

LOL!  AF is extra.

[hippoeater]

All of Canons 50mm lenses lack something, maybe except for the 1.2L (which is in turn quite expensive).
The 1.4 is built way under par, and the dramatic difference between image center and corners makes it
easy to hate it. The 1.8 is an insult in its build quality, and the optically well performing 2.5 compact macro
is in desperate need of a better drive.

So yes, there is a lot of need for a new 50mm.

I still have a 1.8/50mm MkI, and I have the 2.5/50 compact macro.
The 1.8 is good enough for low light, and the 2.5 is good for general work.
Both are way from perfect.


1.8/50 with the mechanical build quality of the 1.2L at a price point of 350 USD or below would be a no-brainer.

Let's see what canon comes up with.

For the cost of the 1.2L it should be outstanding without any issues, but it isn't as there is a widespread issue of focus shifting and other focus issues.

I would love to see Canon release a decent 50 1.8 (~$250) and 50 1.4 (~$450) with good build quality and ring USM. Hopefully they'll come up with something along those lines.

How many times does this misinformation go around? I thought it wasn't an issue of focus shifting problems as it's part of the design to not contain a floating rear element to improve bokeh quality.

Anywho - I've owned the canon 50mm 1.8 II, 50mm 1.4, zeiss 50 1.4 and now the canon 50mm 1.2 - I can easily say that the 1.2 is my favorite out of the bunch with the zeiss coming in second (love that MF ring and build quality).

I'm not going to freak out on the 849 price just yet - we don't know if it's final, we don't know what that lens is including in-terms of build, optics, IS, etc - what's the point of freaking out just now?

I'm excited to see them finally updating it and I look forward to seeing what it brings.

[pdirestajr]

The 50mm f/1.8 mkI is the way to go. <200$, metal mount, focus ring, focus scale, made in Japan.

I don't even need USM. Just give me a metal mount, great optics at a good price!