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Review on Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, black by Virot Mon ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Overall good, but expected more.

This lens is excellent in everything except one - workmanship, from which all other shortcomings stretch - focus misses, back / front focus, jamming of the af ring. I had 2 such lenses, 10 more pieces were reviewed when buying a used one and reviews from other photographers - everything converges to the fact that the lens does not withstand prolonged regular use. Probably we will never see version 2, otherwise 50 1.2 will not make sense to buy at all. Alas, Canon's most popular focal length does not have a clear favorite - 50 1.2 is expensive and with a very slow af, sigma art is sharp, fast, but terribly large and heavy, and the picture is "flat", the rest are either cheap toys or manual masturbation, which not an option for commercial shooting. So you have to look for a compromise where to take 35, and where 85, and of course 24-70 ll glass for any occasion.

Pros
  • Light, fast, fast focus, good picture.
Cons
  • Reliability, reliability and more reliability.