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Review on Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, black by Mohd Yusri ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

No complaints, I recommend to buy.

In general, for studio shooting of any scale - a great option. For shooting dynamic scenes, it is not very suitable because of autofocus, and aperture, let's say so, is useless for the reasons I have indicated. To enjoy sharpness at 1.4 and a more interesting bokeh pattern, I recommend looking at a similar sigma (50 / 1.4 EX), since it costs almost the same. But only if you have a cropped camera! For full-frame, the best fifty dollars is this one.

Pros
  • This lens is one of the sharpest lenses Canon has ever produced. Simply unimaginable resolution even on a 22 megapixel brand. But here's the problem, this sharpness starts only from aperture ~ 4 and reaches a razor-sharp value at 8k. Well, USM and all that - it is important not even that it is silent, but that you can correct the aiming with the handles at any time.
Cons
  • F / 1.4 soft shamelessly (there is no sharpness and everything seems to glow). Suitable only for close-up portraits - this soft effect is appropriate there as it makes the skin smoother. F / 1.8 is also not a gift. F / 2.8 is still nothing. Because of this soft effect, autofocus also works extremely poorly, until you align the body-lens pair. It is necessary to align with Arsen, the built-in 5d mk II / 50D adjustment does not help much, and must be paired with a carcass. Bokeh, as a consequence of the high sharpness, is rather unpleasant only if the background is fairly uniform.