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Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras | 
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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $520.00
Buy New: $331.95
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Rating:  162 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Focal Length: 58
Minimum Focal Length: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 2.9 x 2 x 2
MPN: 2515A003
Model: 2515A003
UPC: 082966213014
EAN: 4960999213019
ASIN: B00009XVCZ
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| Features:
| • | 50mm standard lens with f/1.4 maximum aperture for Canon SLR cameras | | • | 2 high-refraction lens elements and Gaussian optics help eliminate astigmatism | | • | Delivers crisp images with little flare at the maximum aperture | | • | Extra-small Micro USM focus adjustment and full-time manual focusing | | • | Measures 2.9 inches in diameter and 2 inches long; 1-year warranty |
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Product Description
The CANON EF 50MM f/1.4 USM is a standard lens featuring superb quality and portability. Two high-refraction lens elements and new Gaussian optics eliminate astigmatism and suppress astigmatic difference. Crisp images with little flare are obtained even at the maximum aperture. Max. Diameter & Length - 73.8mm x 50.5mm
Amazon.com Product Description
When accuracy matters, the Canon EF 50mm standard lens steps to the plate. The lens offers two high-refraction lens elements and new Gaussian optics, helping eliminate astigmatism and suppress astigmatic differences. As a result, the lens provides an image that's extremely close to how your eye perceives a subject, making it excellent for portraits and images that require a natural depth of field. The lens even delivers crisp images with little flare at the maximum aperture. Compact and affordable, the EF 50mm is the only lens in the EF system to offer the extra-small Micro USM while still providing full-time manual focusing. As with all Canon lenses, the EF 50mm carries a one-year warranty. - Focal length: 50mm
- Maximum aperture: 1:1.4
- Lens construction: 7 elements in 6 groups
- Diagonal angle of view: 46 degrees
- Focus adjustment: Overall linear extension system with USM
- Closest focusing distance: 1.5 feet
- Filter size: 58mm
- Dimensions: 2.9 inches in diameter, 2 inches long
- Weight: 10.2 ounces
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| Customer Reviews: Read 157 more reviews...
 A must have prime lens August 22, 2008
PJ (GTA, Canada)
Set the lens at f/1.4 and you will be rewarded with precise isolation of the subject matter bathed in a buttery bokeh. You won't get that with the more expensive Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM.
The EF 50mm f/1.4 USM is a great choice in low light situations. From f/2.8, the images are sharp edge to edge. No present Canon mount zoom will match the 50mm's resolution at this focal length.
Non L lenses do not come with the lens hood. I purchased a Canon OEM hood online for $25 USD.
So far, this lens is on my EOS 5D more than the EF 17-40mm f/4L USM. That would speak volumes for the 50mm.
My Favorite Portrait Lens August 20, 2008
Rebecca Benson (Meridian, MS)
This is without a doubt the lens I grab first when heading out to a portrait shoot.
This lens has been reviewed accurately a few thousand times online so I won't give the lengthy version. But the highlights:
This lens is extremely sharp for portraits but gives an incredible background blur for a fabulous professional look.
Many people compare it to the f/1.8 at under $100 and wonder why you would spend over 3 times as much for this one but the reason is simple. This lens is built like a tank. The f/1.8 takes very good pictures and if $350 isn't in your budget, it's a good alternative. But if you can afford the price difference, go for the f/1.4. It performs beautifully, even in very low light, and will last forever.
I use this lens on a 20D and a 40D body to take professional portraits, and I love the results. You won't regret adding this lens to your collection.
Fast lens! August 8, 2008
J. Buell (St. Louis, MO)
Canon's 50mm f1.4 is a great lens for the price. I'd recommend stopping down to about f1.8 or 2.0 to gain sharpness, but that still allows for fast shutter speeds even in low light. It can be a little hard to focus at its widest apertures, but that is to be expected with any lens with such a shallow depth of field. There aren't many surprises with this lens. The simplicity of a prime lens is nice, and I tend to keep this on my camera for much of the photojournalistic work I do.
Celestial Lens August 7, 2008
Alison Livingston (Crazy Town)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The first time I used this lens was on a wedding shoot. I read some in-the-mouth advice somewhere that said every photographer needs a 50mm prime lens to be happy. So I thought to myself "I'm every photographer!" And plopped down the $300+ for this.
I was beginning to regret the decision until I used this puppy.
Pictures so crisp and clear and beautiful came out of my camera that day. Pictures that need no sharpening, no photoshopping, no curves adjustments or contrast adjustments. Just honest to goodness dead sexy clar pictures.
I was so happy with the pictures that I composed a poem about this lens on the spot! It goes:
Oh I think that I shall never see
a lens so ripe with clarity
Then the 50mm which sits abreast
Upon my camera's lovely chest.
I now don't mind 'walking around' more, or ditching a zoom lens. This lens is Empyrean.
The one prime you should have August 2, 2008
C. Franz (Zurich, ZH Switzerland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Why get a prime (fixed-focus) lens? Because they usually beat variable-focus ('zoom') lenses in performance and image quality. And if there is one prime lens you should have, it should be a 50mm one. This is because the image you get is pretty much the same as the eye sees it, making taking pictures very intuitive. The images you can snap with these lenses are just great.
Yet, even with prime lenses there are huge differences even at the same focal length. Canon currently has three different lenses at this length: the f/1.8, f/1.4 (the one I'm reviewing here), and f/1.2L. They have vastly different prices, and the question is if the difference shows. The f1.8 lens is a very affordable (it costs less than a high-end circular pol filter), very good fixed-focus starter lens, and is already very sharp. So, is the f/1.4 at almost quadruple the price worth it?
This rather depends on what you intend to do with it. Generally, image quality of the f/1.4 is better than the f1.8, and the bokeh (background blur) is much, much better (although this seems a trivial point at first, try it at low light, and you'll easily see the difference). For me, however, the most important advantage it has over it's more affordable sibling is the much improved low-light capabilities, and the incredible sharpness this lens exhibits at f/1.6 (and even stunningly at f/1.8 and above). You'll wonder how you ever got by without it. For example, at f/2.8 it really puts to shame my (much more expensive) 17-55 f/2.8 lens (at 50 mm), which is renown for it's image quality.
As a lens, I enjoy its small size and light weight. It feels nice and much sturdier than the f/1.8. I don't know if the f/1.2 is worth the additional price, as I never felt it necessary to try it out -- there just may be a reason why this lens is one of the most favorite for professional photographers (which I am decidedly not - I am still an amateur). The capabilities of this lens lie past my current capabilities, and I happily await the time when I graduate to the L. Until then, this lens hits the sweep spot between starter and professional. There is no better prime lens, and if you have started with primes, make this your next one.
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