EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Update, Or Lack Thereof

[msowsun]

Here are some new photos of the mystery 50mm 1.8 STM in Hanoi.

 

[Gnocchi]

Here are some new photos of the mystery 50mm 1.8 STM in Hanoi.

hmmm interesting. What do we make of this? Metal mount is good news..

 

[Gnocchi]

Here are some new photos of the mystery 50mm 1.8 STM in Hanoi.

hmmm interesting. What do we make of this? Metal mount is good news..

thanks for posting these photos to btw. Much appreciated.

 

[msowsun]

Want to add something to this; The 2nd picture where somebody thought that there's a missing IS switch... This is no IS switch, it looks much more like a focus index slot like from the 50 1.8 mk 1. Then there's no indication of an IS on the front of the lens.

Looks a lot more real to me now that we got all those pictures.

Seems like a modern but simple 150-180€ lens with STM. Perfect "all-around-lens"... Lightweight, small (not too small like a pancake) and affordable... Just hope it's not too prone to focus motor damage like the 50 1.4.

Here is the latest photo. No IS, and no focus distance window.

 

[jeffa4444]

Wait a minute: just 4 answers in the thread concerning the heir of Canon's best-selling lens (excluding kit) and >30 answers about the 1200mm @ 180.000 $?
Maybe I have to move to a less aristocratic forum. :-[ :-[ :-[

Back to topic: if I was tired of waiting for a 50mm (presumably without IS) F/1.8, would it be a good idea to buy an (used) 50mm F/1.4 which is considered good from F/2.0 on? What do Canonrumors' popular masses think?

I think that lenses like the Canon 1200mm are like the famous top models ... We talk about them they, and have desires, but we know that are out of our reach.

Speaking of lenses, I had Canon 50mm F1.4 USM, and it was a good lens to be used in F2 or narrower. I waited many years for a Canon 50mm decently sharp when wide open. I gave up waiting and replace my Canon 50mm for Sigma Art, which I love. The Sigma Art is not as sexy as the Zeiss Otus, but Sigma was within my reach.

Desires ...

Yeah she looks like that in the morning when she makes my breakfast