New 50mm f/1.4 lenses are metal throughout?

[kev8d]

I'm selling my 2011 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens, and a person interested in the lens has asked me if it's all metal. Mine has a metal mount but plastic body.

The potential buyer claims the "new" 50mm f/1.4's are all metal. Is this true? I follow Canon rumors and other sites daily, and I've never heard of a new all-metal 1.4...

 

[bdunbar79]

I'm selling my 2011 Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens, and a person interested in the lens has asked me if it's all metal. Mine has a metal mount but plastic body.

The potential buyer claims the "new" 50mm f/1.4's are all metal. Is this true? I follow Canon rumors and other sites daily, and I've never heard of a new all-metal 1.4...

When you talk to him next you get to go, "Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzt! Wrong! Thank you for playing. Please play again!"

 

[Mt Spokane Photography]

Only the old FL/FD lenses were metal. his friend may have them confused with the EF.

 

[kev8d]

Thanks for the info! I'm glad to know I wasn't crazy for doubting the existence of a new, all-metal 50. (Though it'd be great if Canon would make one!)

Have a good weekend, all!

 

[Menace]

Thanks for the info! I'm glad to know I wasn't crazy for doubting the existence of a new, all-metal 50. (Though it'd be great if Canon would make one!)

If Canon made an all metal one, I'd get it in a heartbeat!

 

[PhyloGuy]

OK, I can't help myself:

How do you see through an all metal lens?

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[keithfullermusic]

Why does everyone want a heavy metal lens that would cost like 3 times as much?

 

[Rat]

Why does everyone want a heavy metal lens that would cost like 3 times as much?

Because heavy metal makes everything awesome!

Proud participant in the I-can't-help-myself-movement.

 

[Marsu42]

Why does everyone want a heavy metal lens that would cost like 3 times as much?

Because Canon figured that you can also sell plastic lenses (100L, 24-70ii, ...) for a price you'd expect a sturdy metal lens to have :-o

 

[TexPhoto]

Thanks for the info! I'm glad to know I wasn't crazy for doubting the existence of a new, all-metal 50. (Though it'd be great if Canon would make one!)

If Canon made an all metal one, I'd get it in a heartbeat!

If they can make one without glass, I will buy one too.

As this lens was introduced in June 1993, it seems a bit much to call it new.

 

[RobPan]

Yes indeed, the lenses are all metal. The point is, the newest Canon sensors are too sensitive for glass lenses. At ISO 1000000000 and above you would need a shutter time of a millionth of a second or faster. The simple solution is to make a titanium lens. With that and a recent sensor you can take lovely pictures of black cats in dark rooms. Success!

 

[Ellen Schmidtee]

Yes indeed, the lenses are all metal. The point is, the newest Canon sensors are too sensitive for glass lenses. At ISO 1000000000 and above you would need a shutter time of a millionth of a second or faster. The simple solution is to make a titanium lens. With that and a recent sensor you can take lovely pictures of black cats in dark rooms. Success!

Cats are lazy & slow. A good camera should be able to take shots of black bats racing through dark caves, with the autofocus system & lens tracking the bats as they fly.