Canon Introduces New EF 50MM F/1.8 STM Lens
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Re: Canon Says Same Optical Formula
For me, the main drawback of the 50/1.8 II is/was the build quality - but not the "plastic fantastic" characteristic, but the extended barrel when focusing.
This has been mentioned before, but this makes the lens *very* fragile. No problem if you're just shooting your aunt's birthday indoors, but if it's for street or outdoors you're bound to bang into something sooner or later - and there go your $125 (but you can keep the $35 lens cap
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Disclaimer: I'm sure lotsa people will be just fine with this lens as STM or USM probably is a matter of preference and how important FTM is to you.
Thank you, Yongnuo!
Does anybody seriously believe Canon gracing us with this constant price and update just now is a coincidence?
Crosswind said:
For me, the main drawback of the 50/1.8 II is/was the build quality - but not the "plastic fantastic" characteristic, but the extended barrel when focusing.
This has been mentioned before, but this makes the lens *very* fragile. No problem if you're just shooting your aunt's birthday indoors, but if it's for street or outdoors you're bound to bang into something sooner or later - and there go your $125 (but you can keep the $35 lens cap
).Disclaimer: I'm sure lotsa people will be just fine with this lens as STM or USM probably is a matter of preference and how important FTM is to you.
ahsanford said:
Thank you, Yongnuo!
Does anybody seriously believe Canon gracing us with this constant price and update just now is a coincidence?
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scyrene said:neuroanatomist said:DamnBollocks, now you went and made me hungry for some boiled meat.
I dunno if you could handle our meat, it's not pumped full of antibiotics ;P
Why that's downright un Merikan!
(fwiw, neither is ours/mine)
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dboris said:Please if someones finds any kind of more sample/reviews, post it here
There are a bunch of sample photos in the page linked in this post:
http://www.canonwatch.com/more-canon-ef-50mm-f1-8-stm-sample-pictures/
When you get to the page, click on the images for full size.
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dboris said:
Fascinating. Those side by sides look more like three nifty fifties and less like two nifty fifties and a pancake. I recognize the physical height is similar, but now I see the front element baffle... it really looks more like a more efficiently packed 50 f/1.8 II than a standalone design.
Now we know that it's the same optical formula, this shouldn't surprise me (but it still kind of does).
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SpuTTer said:
Bokeh looks surprisingly fine, though there aren't tricky elements (like branches or grass leaves) in it that produce these artifacts on the old 50/1.8. And of course it's all fine for web size, the question is how this will perform on 20mp full frame on 100% crop...
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SpuTTer said:
It's hard to determine how much noise it makes because there's so much background noise (intentional to hide the motor sound?). It's obviously quieter than the mkII, but if you listen closely it makes the 40mm STM, Robocop-like noise while focusing. A bit off topic, but do all STM lenses make that noise? How about the 24mm STM?
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slclick said:
The ES-68 bayonet mount hood is unique to this lens. No other Canon hood will fit. None of them share the same 68mm internal dimension.
Well there is the the EW-68A and EW-68B, but those are clip-on hoods and will not fit the bayonet hood mount of the 50mm 1.8 STM. (clip-on hoods barely fit the lenses they were designed for)
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msowsun said:
And no other 3rd party hood? Ok, that's the last straw (until a lens hood clone is there) for me, I'm definitely not going to pay $35 for a 35ct piece of plastic :-\ and a lens hood is simply required when shooting outdoors for protection from flare and damage.
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bereninga said:
The 55-250 atm is truly silent and very, very fast, at least on the wide end. The 24 is supposed to be the same as the 40 which is not as fast or silent.
It's a shame, a really wanted the 50 to get the faster version of stm. I'll still get it though, unless the af is inaccurate.
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