Review on Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II Fixed Lens - Discontinued by Manufacturer by Kiyoshi Sakade ᠌

Thinking out loud like an aspiring amateur photographer on a budget. 1. imho this lens is a must-buy for all beginners in the world of photography (which I myself am). Very affordable price for such a fast lens. Unlike the 18-55 kit zoom, this 50/1.8 fix really makes the photographer think. True, with him sometimes you have to run around the subject, choosing the right angle and distance. But that's just the beauty of it. With him, I mastered and experienced depth of field in practice at various shutter speed and aperture settings. Ideal for 1-2 people close-up shots (family photos). It now stands as a staffer and fits in 90% of cases, the kit has been on the sidelines for almost a year and is convenient only when traveling to shoot landscapes and architecture. 2. Sometimes indoors you want a wider angle (at least 35mm) when you want to shoot a group of people, but you need to remember that this is a fix 50mm and it is more convenient for portrait shooting. It makes no sense to expect universality (wide angle) from it - kit 18-55 is suitable for this, which is enough for daytime shooting on the street. For indoors, you can a) buy a flash for a whale b) fork out at least for a Tamrov zoom F2.8 c) or a fix from a canon or sigma by 28 / 35mm for 15-25tr. I have a 1.6 crop, maybe on FF it would be enough for a wider angle. 3. At the expense of inaccurate autofocus - there is a suspicion that the cause of blurry pictures (with open apertures and shooting people from the hand) lies in a very short depth of field (several centimeters) and the displacement of the photographer himself or the subject during the seconds that the photographer focused, shifted angle, pressed the trigger. 4. I don’t consider the lack of an image stabilizer (IS) to be a disadvantage, because I did not notice blurry frames when shooting handheld. Yes, he is imho not needed here, because the main photo is portraits and people, where there are simply no short shutter speeds less than 1/60 -1/30, where you would have to hold the camera motionless for about a second. More marriage comes from focus inaccuracies.