Right on, Sporgon! But this lens doesn't count because of the low cost
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Meerkat said:This lens is a lot of fun. Small and focuses accurately. Feels very good on a 6D. The out of focus areas look ok most of the time, sometimes ugly... I'm having a great time with it.
In fact, it is easy to see that Canon did ...Marsu42 said:I have to admit the longer I read this thread, the stranger it feels that Canon is - of all things - updating their ancient 50/1.8 with a rather similar version with same optical design after decades.Meerkat said:This lens is a lot of fun. Small and focuses accurately. Feels very good on a 6D. The out of focus areas look ok most of the time, sometimes ugly... I'm having a great time with it.
Marsu42 said:For a full frame camera, an update of their equally ancient micro-usm "hit or miss" 50/1.4 would be what what should have taken place, but obviously Canon marketing vetoed that b/c they want to keep selling their L...
ahsanford said:Perhaps Canon gives up on the non-L IS refresh business for now and focuses on:
- Inexpensive lenses with proprietary (STM) features -- where volumes are high
- Pricey unique items no one else can reasonable build -- where margins are high (i.e. superteles and tilt-shift)
- Brand specific things only Canon can sell, like L lenses, which command a nice margin on reputation and past history.
Just a thought. I could entirely be wrong. I hope I am because I want that 50 f/nooneknows IS USM.
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LonelyBoy said:ahsanford said:Perhaps Canon gives up on the non-L IS refresh business for now and focuses on:
- Inexpensive lenses with proprietary (STM) features -- where volumes are high
- Pricey unique items no one else can reasonable build -- where margins are high (i.e. superteles and tilt-shift)
- Brand specific things only Canon can sell, like L lenses, which command a nice margin on reputation and past history.
Just a thought. I could entirely be wrong. I hope I am because I want that 50 f/nooneknows IS USM.
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Bite your tongue! That would be horrible. I'd pay Sigma Art money for a good Canon 50 with reliable AF... but no other Canon 50 (now that I have the STM coming my way). It would seem very odd for Canon to abdicate a significant portion of the lens range to Sigma. Also, what would they do as the Art line increases? Abandon the 85mm market? Then the 135? Seems like a losing proposition, and they have to realize that.
ahsanford said:Consider: the 24/28/35 non-L IS refresh lenses were a failure from a commercial standpoint -- they were green lit based on an expectation of commanding a $749-849 asking price, which as we all know, they could not maintain. They are currently 549/499/549 at B&H right now. Since that time, the Sigma Art lenses have swooped in with top notch products at mid-level prices.
Marsu42 said:Meerkat said:This lens is a lot of fun. Small and focuses accurately. Feels very good on a 6D. The out of focus areas look ok most of the time, sometimes ugly... I'm having a great time with it.
No doubt it's just fine in an absolute sense for smaller export sizes, but considering the wisdom of "glass first" one could question the combination of a €140 lens on a €1400 camera body.
I have to admit the longer I read this thread, the stranger it feels that Canon is - of all things - updating their ancient 50/1.8 with a rather similar version with same optical design after decades.
For a full frame camera, an update of their equally ancient micro-usm "hit or miss" 50/1.4 would be what what should have taken place, but obviously Canon marketing vetoed that b/c they want to keep selling their L...
zlatko said:Marsu42 said:Meerkat said:This lens is a lot of fun. Small and focuses accurately. Feels very good on a 6D. The out of focus areas look ok most of the time, sometimes ugly... I'm having a great time with it.
No doubt it's just fine in an absolute sense for smaller export sizes, but considering the wisdom of "glass first" one could question the combination of a €140 lens on a €1400 camera body.
I have to admit the longer I read this thread, the stranger it feels that Canon is - of all things - updating their ancient 50/1.8 with a rather similar version with same optical design after decades.
For a full frame camera, an update of their equally ancient micro-usm "hit or miss" 50/1.4 would be what what should have taken place, but obviously Canon marketing vetoed that b/c they want to keep selling their L...
From the cynical perspective, everything is obvious. So we know, obviously, that Canon marketing "vetoed" an improved 50/1.4, just as we know that Canon marketing runs the company and can veto anything. So we know that a new 50/1.4 is not about to happen any time soon. And we know that if it were released, it would hurt sales of the 50L, and that would mean less profit. Because we know that there's more profit in selling a smaller number 50L's vs. a larger number of improved 50/1.4's. Similarly, we know that improving the product line (vs. competitors) with a hot new much-demanded 50/1.4 lens does not help the company as much as selling a few more of the expensive focus-shifting much criticized 50L's. All of this is somehow obvious from the cynical perspective.
zlatko said:From the cynical perspective, everything is obvious.
Marsu42 said:No doubt it's just fine in an absolute sense for smaller export sizes, but considering the wisdom of "glass first" one could question the combination of a €140 lens on a €1400 camera body.
Marsu42 said:zlatko said:From the cynical perspective, everything is obvious.
Well, I'm never stating I know what exact reasons are Canon acts upon - on the contrary, I usually write we'll never know but just can theorize or state opinions. But the 50mm "standard" lens lineup has been a point of debate for a long time with two lenses that are rather outdated and an L offering that has some special purpose appeal.
But continuing the cynical reasoning (I'd rall it accepting that Canon is a business), let's hope once Yongnio actually manages to deliver the 50/1.4 clone we'll see a Canon update of their original lens, too ... that's because I guess Yn is (part of) the reason Canon finally did the 50/1.8 update now.
Bennymiata said:I bought one today in Sydney for Aus$166.00 from a bricks and mortar retailer.
This includes a 10% tax, and with today's exchange rate, it's actually a few $$ cheaper in Oz than it is in the US including our tax.
Seems to work OK, especially for the money.
Sporgon said:Lenses such as the 40mm pancake and 50mm f/1.8 are relatively simple but produce stellar results.
neuroanatomist said:I don't think Canon cares all that much about what Yongnuo does.
ahsanford said:You know I agree with you -- I'm just playing Devil's Advocate to make a point about the profits.
Many people on this forum would $899-999 for a smaller-than-50-Art 50mm f/2 IS USM if it was sharp wide open. But would the market at large do the same when the 50 Art is likely to be faster and sharper for about the same money? I'm not so sure.
What I'm saying is that Canon may be giving a re-think to it's value proposition with the non-L IS refresh lenses. Perhaps they need IS + larger max apertures to justify a higher price, or perhaps they settle in at a $599-ish price but try to maximize profits with STM instead of USM to keep production costs down. Now I don't like any of those options, but any way you look at the 24/28/35 non-L IS lenses, their prices plummeted in the first 18 months or so. Canon is probably not so sure they want to go through that again.
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Most on this forum are less likely to purchase the Yonguo 50mm f1.8 lens which whilst cheap looks and feels it also. Ive just bought the Canon 50mm f1.8 STM its only arrived today so will put it through its paces over the coming weekend but at its price point its hardly expensive and moves on from the "nifty fifty". For me its only ever going to be an occational lens I live mainly on the EF 24-105 f4L or on the EF 16-35mm f4L.neuroanatomist said:Marsu42 said:zlatko said:From the cynical perspective, everything is obvious.
Well, I'm never stating I know what exact reasons are Canon acts upon - on the contrary, I usually write we'll never know but just can theorize or state opinions. But the 50mm "standard" lens lineup has been a point of debate for a long time with two lenses that are rather outdated and an L offering that has some special purpose appeal.
But continuing the cynical reasoning (I'd rall it accepting that Canon is a business), let's hope once Yongnio actually manages to deliver the 50/1.4 clone we'll see a Canon update of their original lens, too ... that's because I guess Yn is (part of) the reason Canon finally did the 50/1.8 update now.
The 50mm 'standard' lenses have been a debate here, meanwhile the 50/1.8 II sold like hotcakes. Canon seems to be updating most of their less expensive lenses to STM versions, this seems a logical extension. I don't think Canon cares all that much about what Yongnuo does.
Now I'm salivating for a 20mm F2.8 STM, and want a 85mm STM too. :Meerkat said:Now I want an 85mm f1.8 STM.