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Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF STM (0570C005)

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Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF STM
Lens type
fix
Main function
portrait
DxOMark rating
35
System
Canon
Mount
Canon EF
Focal length
50 mm
Aperture value
f/1.8
Min. diaphragm
22
Minimum focus distance
0.35 m
Maximum zoom
0.21
Sensor size
full frame/APS-C
Autofocus drive
stepper motor / stepper /
Internal focus
Design (elements/groups)
6 elements in 5 groups
Number of diaphragm blades
7
Filter diameter
49 mm
Dimensions (diameter/length)
69x39 mm
Weight
159 g
Added to E-Catalog
May 2015
P/N
0570C005

Excellent colour rendering. High sharpness. Fast and quiet autofocus stepping motor. Compact size and light weight.
Non-working aperture f / 1.8.
E-Catalog UK editor, Camera Lenses
Anton Chijik, edited 07.05.2024
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Model overview based on user reviews  
The Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF STM lens is highly praised for its affordability and quality, making it a popular choice for both beginners and professionals. Users appreciate its sharpness, color accuracy, and fast autofocus, although some note that the autofocus can occasionally miss. The lens is lightweight and compact, with a metal bayonet mount that adds to its durability. While the maximum aperture of f/1.8 is not always considered fully functional, stopping down slightly improves sharpness significantly. The lens is particularly favored for portrait photography due to its pleasing bokeh and precise focus. However, it lacks image stabilization and a lens hood, which some users find necessary. Overall, the Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF STM is seen as an excellent budget-friendly option with a few minor drawbacks, offering great value for its price.
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20 December 2024 
The best budget model! Suitable for beginners (especially after a kit lens) as well as for professionals (you can shoot everything with it!).
Quality, price, weight, sharpness, color, versatility.
they can't be at such a price.
Olga Tkachenkouse Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF STM more than year
great model, love it
16 October 2020 
Good lens, worth the money. I advise everyone
Quality, price
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Oleguse Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF STM few months
great model, love it
12 May 2016 
Robiv photo shoots and 50 (1.4) practically no difference. Like a portrait painter of miracles.
Cheap, clear, good rose.
good like a portrait painter no more. Not good for landscapes.
Boris Yacenkouse Canon 50mm f/1.8 EF STM month or more i recommend it should buy
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Video reviews

The successor to the legendary Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens has received a number of useful improvements to keep up with the times, since this version of the lens was released back in 1990.

Innovations

Perhaps the main innovation is encrypted in the name of the “fifty kopecks” — the STM symbols in its marking indicate the use of a fast and quiet focus stepper motor. With the new drive, the lens began to accurately focus in almost all cases, and the percentage of autofocus misses inexorably crept down (compared to its predecessor). Equally important was the appearance of a metal bayonet mount instead of an unreliable plastic one, as well as an increase in aperture blades (from 5 to 7), due to which objects in the blur zone acquired more rounded outlines instead of not always appropriate "nuts".

Picture

In the process of shooting, it is advisable to cover the aperture of the lens to f / 2.2-2.8, because the maximum open hole cannot be called a working one. And if you cover up even more (up to about f / 5.6-8), then even the most severe critic will not be able to find fault with the sharpness of the image. Also, the lens is not subject to chromatic aberrations and is not particularly afraid of light. In general, the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM produces a picture with excellent colour reproduction and characteristic harsh bokeh.

Demand

The fix is equally well revealed both on Canon cropped DSLRs (with an APS-C format sensor) and on full-frame cameras from the Japanese manufacturer. Its resolution is enough even to work in tandem with the multi-megapixel "monster" Canon EOS 5DS. But what potential owners of the lens may not like is the “proboscis” that leaves when focus, sucking dust into the structure and somewhat limiting the use of filters. In other respects, the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM does not raise any complaints, which, together with a reasonable cost, elevates the lens to the rank of one of the most sought-after fixes of our time.