Review on 📸 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens with Speedlite EL-100: Ultimate Photography Bundle by Boyan Zlatev ᠌

Name: 📸 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens with Speedlite EL-100: Ultimate Photography Bundle
Item: 📸 Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens with Speedlite EL-100: Ultimate Photography Bundle
Rating: 3

July 10, 2023

Not perfect quality, there is a small defect.

In comparison to the branded 50/1.4, it performs better in terms of build quality, sharpness, and autofocus (AF), but it has a worse overall aesthetic. Look elsewhere if you value sketching highly but wish to make the jump from manual to AF. Better to spend your money on something more modern than a 50/1,8 II against STM - a sew on soap. Perhaps a different kind of enlightenment causes those who create "plaster-fiction" to draw more gently. 40stm vs. 50stm - strangely, both offer about the same picture (in terms of color and blur, but not in terms of FR), 40mm can be recommended for crop for everyday, given that this fifty kopeck piece is of little use for the role of a portrait lens exactly according to the sketch. But don't be deceived by the "angle of the human eye;" you'll need at least 43mm for FF to capture that much of a difference (and for crop, normally 32mm; after that, forget about the volume and portraits). My advice is to start with a dandelion, invest in a Tamron or Sigma lens, or purchase a branded "warm lamp" 50/1,4 with a disposable helicoid and an odd motor.

Pros

Positives: cost, lens hood attachment, and overall impression. Is simple to resale. Everything that can be seen in the TDP testing is in sharp conformity with reality. Appropriate for use with any subject matter, building, or anything else requiring a confined opening. More on why the portraits and the artist are so rudimentary below.

Cons

Since unprocessed skinton has a sad aesthetic, practically every frame will need to be twisted in the editor (of which I have the first five). Ugly transition from sharpness to blurriness, inaccurate color reproduction (think: raspberry and beet), and excessive contrast. Only in black and white is the blur pattern not only recognizable, but really bearable. Instead of the customary watercolors, I used felt markers and a painting-by-numbers method. It's fixed by closing the lens's aperture to f/5.6–f/8, which begs the question: why is this necessary, given that such a sharp image can be acquired at any magnification setting? It appears that the depth of field is shallower than with other $50 lenses, and the blur at f/2.8 is comparable to that produced with other 50mm lenses stopped down to f/4. I felt worse for four months until I finally sold it. Neither in terms of performance attributes nor in actuality is autofocus YSM. I shoot with the branded 85/1.8 and have no issues, however switching back to the m42 was less of a hassle than learning to utilize the autofocus on this half-tone.