Canon - RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens | Compact Standard Prime with Bright f/1.8 Aperture + More - Black
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The Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM is a compact and lightweight normal-length prime lens that delivers exceptional versatility and image quality in a small, affordable package. Designed for Canon’s full-frame RF-mount mirrorless cameras, it offers a natural field of view that closely matches human vision, making it perfect for everyday shooting, portraits, and travel photography. Its bright f/1.8 maximum aperture provides excellent low-light performance and enables stunning background blur for artistic depth of field control. The optical design features a precision-molded (PMo) aspherical element that minimizes spherical aberrations and distortion, ensuring images remain sharp and clear across the frame. To enhance color fidelity and contrast, Canon’s Super Spectra Coating reduces flare and ghosting when working in harsh or backlit conditions. Autofocus is driven by a smooth and near-silent STM stepping motor, ideal for video recording as well as still photography. The lens also supports full-time manual focus override for fine adjustments. Adding to its versatility, a configurable Control Ring lets users quickly change key exposure settings such as aperture, ISO, or exposure compensation without navigating camera menus. Despite its compact size, the lens is solidly built and delivers professional-quality results. A rounded seven-blade diaphragm contributes to smooth, attractive bokeh, making the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM a must-have, everyday lens for both new and experienced Canon RF shooters.Manufacturer Items Include:Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (Canon RF)Canon E-43 Lens CapCanon Lens Dust Cap RFBundle Items Include:Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (Canon RF)Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS RShoulder Bag64GB Memory Card
Feature 1
Canon USA Authorized. Items Include: Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (Canon RF), Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS R, Shoulder Bag, 64GB Memory Card
Feature 2
The Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM is a compact, lightweight, and affordable normal prime designed for full-frame RF-mount mirrorless cameras. Its versatile 50mm focal length delivers a natural field of view, perfect for portraits, street scenes, and everyday photography, while its sleek form makes it ideal for travel and casual shooting.
Feature 3
The bright f/1.8 maximum aperture enables shooting in low-light environments and allows for creative depth of field control, producing beautifully blurred backgrounds and subject isolation. This fast aperture also enhances handheld performance, reducing the need for flash in dimly lit situations.
Feature 4
Incorporating one precision-molded aspherical element, the lens effectively reduces spherical aberrations and distortion to maintain crisp detail and accurate subject rendering. Canon’s Super Spectra Coating minimizes ghosting and flare, ensuring vivid color accuracy and strong contrast in backlit or bright conditions.
Feature 5
The STM stepping motor delivers smooth, near-silent autofocus that’s ideal for both stills and video recording. A customizable Control Ring provides direct access to exposure adjustments like aperture, ISO, and exposure compensation, while the rounded seven-blade diaphragm produces pleasing, soft bokeh.
- Lens Mount CompatibilityCanon RFLens TypeStandard PrimeMinimum Focal Length50 millimetersMaximum Focal Length50 millimetersMaximum Aperturef/1.8
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The Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM is a compact and lightweight normal-length prime lens that delivers exceptional versatility and image quality in a small, affordable package. Designed for Canon’s full-frame RF-mount mirrorless cameras, it offers a natural field of view that closely matches human vision, making it perfect for everyday shooting, portraits, and travel photography. Its bright f/1.8 maximum aperture provides excellent low-light performance and enables stunning background blur for artistic depth of field control. The optical design features a precision-molded (PMo) aspherical element that minimizes spherical aberrations and distortion, ensuring images remain sharp and clear across the frame. To enhance color fidelity and contrast, Canon’s Super Spectra Coating reduces flare and ghosting when working in harsh or backlit conditions. Autofocus is driven by a smooth and near-silent STM stepping motor, ideal for video recording as well as still photography. The lens also supports full-time manual focus override for fine adjustments. Adding to its versatility, a configurable Control Ring lets users quickly change key exposure settings such as aperture, ISO, or exposure compensation without navigating camera menus. Despite its compact size, the lens is solidly built and delivers professional-quality results. A rounded seven-blade diaphragm contributes to smooth, attractive bokeh, making the RF 50mm f/1.8 STM a must-have, everyday lens for both new and experienced Canon RF shooters.Manufacturer Items Include:Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (Canon RF)Canon E-43 Lens CapCanon Lens Dust Cap RFBundle Items Include:Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (Canon RF)Canon Mount Adapter EF-EOS RShoulder Bag64GB Memory Card

Some items like your keys or wallet you just take everywhere you go because you just never know. For anyone with an EOS R series camera, add the RF50mm F1.8 STM lens to that list. As part of the EOS R System, it’s nice and compact thanks to its RF mount so you can shoot – and get a great shot – anywhere and anytime. Size isn’t all though. As a fixed focal length lens, it lets you be creative with composition and can be used for a wide range of scenes from snapshots to portraits, landscapes to low-light situations and more. Those images will stand out, too, just like you intend whether on social media, or when sharing or printing, thanks to impressive optical features like a PMo aspherical lens to suppress aberrations, Super Spectra coating to reduce flaring and ghosting, and a large f/1.8 aperture for low-light shooting and beautiful bokeh. Pick it up and use it one time and you’ll see for yourself, and you won’t be able to leave the house without it.

Expand your photography and videography potential with this 35mm Canon Macro lens. Its light weight and compact form make it an easy carry-along companion, while the 0.5x magnification ratio and five stops of image stabilization ensure versatility. This Canon Macro lens has a control ring on its barrel for simple adjustments to settings.

The RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM medium telephoto lens expands on the versatility of bright, macro, IS equipped prime lenses built for the EOS R system. With a focal length of 85 millimeters and a bright, maximum aperture of f/2 for beautiful bokeh, this versatile lens is a great choice for portraits and street photography, as well as low light scenes or during concerts, and with the addition of macro capability, even close-up and macro photography will provide stellar results. The RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM is a lightweight, affordable lens that boasts high image quality and an impressive optical image stabilization system offering up to 5 stops of shake correction ideal for low-light scenes or when recording video, and featuring Hybrid IS enables stabilization when focusing on macro, close-range subjects. Like the RF35mm F1.8 Macro IS USM, it also includes half-size macro functionality allowing for a minimum focusing distance as close as 1.15 ft. With a built-in customizable control ring and a fast 12-pin communication system, the RF85mm F2 Macro IS STM is an ideal travel companion for your portrait, macro, low-light, and video needs.
| Pros for Canon - RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens | Compact Standard Prime with Bright f/1.8 Aperture + More - Black | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| There were no pros for this product— | Image Quality, Price, Aperture, Ease of use, Size | Image Quality, Aperture, Price, Weight, Macro | Image Quality, Price, Weight, Bokeh, Portrait |
| Cons for Canon - RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens | Compact Standard Prime with Bright f/1.8 Aperture + More - Black | |||
| There were no cons for this product— | Chromatic Aberration | Weather Sealing | Focus Speed |
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