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Review on Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM lens, black by Ada Stasiak ᠌

Revainrating 4 out of 5

No minuses as such, comfortable to use.

Nice technical fix. Someone may not have enough "artistic drawing", but for such purposes, the old manual fifty dollars, which are a dime a dozen on the secondary market, are perfect. There are almost no competitors among AF half-tones, except for Sigma, which is much better in design, but weaker in terms of sharpness at the edges on covered apertures. Accordingly, in terms of shooting style (and purpose), Sigma is closer to the Kenon 50 / 1.2 than to 1.4.

Pros
  • Inexpensive. Compact. Sharpness from f / 2 is very decent, and at f / 4-5.6 it is generally excellent throughout the field, and here many much more expensive fifty dollars lose to it. Fairly decent focusing speed. 8 aperture blades.
Cons
  • There is no full ring-type USM. Very flimsy design. Bending the inner focus ring is just elementary. I have had the lens for 7 or 8 years already, but over the past three years I have worn it for service three times, with the same breakdown, despite the fact that I use it very carefully.