Review on Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, black by Micha Jwiak ᠌

Of course, the first and main advantage is aperture. It would seem - well, what is f / 1.4 aperture? Only zero point four tenths more than its "brother" - ef 50mm f / 1.8. And this is what: shutter speed or matrix sensitivity (ISO) can be reduced by 1.6 times! (I just compared the metering results with the camera. ) That is, if in low light conditions we shoot at ISO 1000 units with f / 1.4, then with an f / 1.8 lens we will have to set already 1600 with all the ensuing consequences in the form of high noise and distorted color rendering. A sickly handicap of six hundred units is sometimes, oh, how necessary! Sharpness and detail are also commendable. These figures are highest at f/4. For connoisseurs of bokeh - powerfully and beautifully blurs the background. Nice design, on the carcass of 1000d it looks very harmonious, I would even say elegant (but against the background of 50d it is somewhat “lost”). The ultrasonic motor, designed to provide faster (albeit by a fraction of a second), accurate and silent focusing, is also not superfluous. (Although, it can also be classified as a frill to justify the ridiculously high price. ) The focal length - 50 mm - is quite in demand, making portraits on it is a pleasure. And the last thing: it is always on sale, unlike the f / 1.8 fifty kopecks, which are instantly sold out, rarely lying on store shelves. In any case, I have never seen f / 1,8 in my city, I had to buy this one =)).