HERE COMES THE BRAND NEW EF 50mm f/1.4

[Goldename]

...the knockoff one from China, I mean

First Chinese-built AF Lens with Extra-large Aperture YONGNUO LENS EF

Specification：

Focal Length 50mm

Lens Structure 6 sets; 7 pieces

Aperture Blade 8 pieces

Minimum Aperture 22

Minimum Focus Distance Approx. 0.45m

Maximum Magnification Approx. 0.15x

Driving System DC motor

Filter Diameter 58mm

Maximum Diameter & Length Approx. Φ75×58mm

Weight Approx. 239g



Features:

First Chinese-built auto focusing lens;

This lens is equipped with 1.4 extra-large apertures which makes the subject delicate and soft; meanwhile, easily blurring out the background and brings you more fun in photography.

Supports AF (Auto Focus) mode and MF (Manual Focus) mode;

This lens carries full-time manual focus function, which makes it easily to fix focus position even in automatically focusing.

This lens supports M/AV/TV/P and other camera shooting modes. The aperture data will be displayed in EXIF;

Supports full frame camera and APS-C frame camera;

This lens adopts 2 pieces of high refractive lenses which can effectively reduce the dispersion.

http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detaily.php?ID=353

 

[Antono Refa]

That is the sound of inevitability.
- A Smith


That is a 20 years old lens. Any relevant patents have expired, some Chinese are adept in making knockoffs, and some of the parts were probably made in China to begin with.

My guess is (a) Canon was aware this is going to happen well in advance, (b) it played a part in upgrading some of the older primes, and (c) is at least one of the reasons Canon is working on a new mount.

 

[Chosenbydestiny]

I wonder if it will be cheaper than the 50 1.8 ^^

 

[jthomson]

The year of the lens! :-[

 

[Maximilian]

WOW!

At first glance I was thinking about a someting photoshoped.

I wonder how that "DC motor" for the AF will sound and perfom. :

And at least the plastic mount and the position of the screws is different. ;D


Edit: Hopefully this will push Canon a little bit further to bring a new 50/1.4. Who knows...

 

[Marsu42]

...the knockoff one from China, I mean

I had to check it isn't april yet, but thanks for the link! This thing has even full time manual - take that, Canon 50mm/1.8 :-o

Probably I even might even end up buying one for far in between low light situations when my f4 gear cannot cope. If the Yn is as cheap as such a the "first Chinese-built auto focusing lens" should be and usable wide open, the lens will be a success given the mediocre or overpriced Canon versions.

 

[AvTvM]

YES, YES, YES! Good on ya, Canon!
Highly likely that even the Yongnuo AF drive will be better than the medieval, fickle, prone to break Original Canon AF in the EF 50/1.4.
And luckily I sold my 50/1.4 two months ago.
Will be interesting to see how cheap and good the Yongnuo is. And when it will really become available. ;-)

 

[Maximilian]

... Yongnuo AF drive will be better than the medieval, fickle, prone to break Original ...

Will be interesting to see if they'd copy that, too. ;D ;D ;D

 

[AvTvM]

... Yongnuo AF drive will be better than the medieval, fickle, prone to break Original ...

Will be interesting to see if they'd copy that, too. ;D ;D ;D

from the sounds of it .. YES. ;D

Supports AF (Auto Focus) mode and MF (Manual Focus) mode;
This lens carries full-time manual focus function, which makes it easily to fix focus position even in automatically focusing.

 

[infared]

I wonder how much melamine it contains? 8)

 

[AvTvM]

btw: is the Yongnuo EXTENDER EF 2x III also new or already well-known?

http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-detaily.php?ID=350

 

[Bullwye]

And they also have Speedlites: http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-ourproduct.php?category=1.Flash

Looks familiar...

 

[AvTvM]

And they also have Speedlites: http://www.hkyongnuo.com/e-ourproduct.php?category=1.Flash

Looks familiar...

wow .. they've put it on the website! The YN600EX-RT is overdue for more than 6 months by now. Wonder, whether it will finally become available. ANd wehter they've been able to get their copycat RT-radio system to work at last. Reliably, that is.

 

[Antono Refa]

They have a lot of flash stuff...

http://yongnuo.photography/

Yongnuo is known for it's flashes in Israel.

 

[AvTvM]

They have a lot of flash stuff...

http://http://yongnuo.photography/

yes. all of that is known. News are the 50/1.4, possibly the TC 2x III and certainly the YN600EX-RT, shich was announced first in October 2013, but has been delayed forever.

So far, Yongnuo is the only chinese company I know of, that dares to copycat the Canon RT radio wireless flash system and seems to get away with it. Their YN-ST-E3RT has been available sind late last year, but did not prove to be reliable enough at roughly 2/3 of the cost of original Canon gear.

 

[Sporgon]

I wonder if Canon have sold them the rights/tooling for this lens because Canon are about to introduce a new one, which will be much more expensive of course.

 

[ajfotofilmagem]

I even gave up long wait for Canon and bought Sigma 50mm Art. :
Canon, move your ass out of the chair now! :-[

 

[Marsu42]

Looks familiar...

Wrong thread (this is about the 50mm/1.4), but anyway - interesting they finally added this product to their site. Let's see when it'll be actually available and how the radio reliability will be. After so many people forcing to beta-test their rt controller, they've probably improved now esp. since a large flash can incorporate a bigger antenna...

 

[AvTvM]

btw. on a german camera forum I found a posting dated 09/17 http://www.dslr-forum.de/showthread.php?t=1481973 including photos showing Yongnuo displayed the following lenses at their Photokina stall:
* 50/1.4
* 50/1.8
* 35/2.0
* Extender EF 2x III

According to the german poster all three lenses shown were apparently very close copies of the respective original Canon EF lenses and did even register as such when attached to a Canon camera ... and DXO software automatically used the respective Canon lens correction profiles.

Some dealer lists the Yongnuo 50/1.4 at USD 299,- ... I don't think it will become a sales success at that price.
http://www.135shot.com/lens-accessories/standard-medium-telephoto-lens/yongnuo-yn-ef-50mm-f-1-4-usm-standard-medium-telephoto-lens-for-canon-slr-cameras.html

 

[AcutancePhotography]

Be interesting to see images and data from this lens.