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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 3587 reviews

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    Rating 4.9 out of 5 stars

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99%would recommend to a friend

Customers are saying

Customers are pleased with the excellent lens quality, sharpness, and overall performance of the product, often highlighting its ease of use and great value. They also appreciate its ability to create good background blur and depth of field, as well as its low weight. The primary concern, however, is that the auto-focus struggles in dimmer light conditions.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Background blur

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Affordable lens!

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I love this lens!!!! I love the sharpness it gives the subject as well as blurring the background to give more of a depth. I'm very happy with my purchase!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Canon lens

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    Posted . Owned for less than 1 week when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Excited for getting the last one from the bestbuy store. Have not tested the lens but will share my experience after a week

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    It’s a hit or miss

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Love the portraits with it. But need a lot of light for it to look good.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome pictures

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    My son has really gotten into photography and requested the purchase of this lens. He really loves how it makes your subject stand out against more of a "blurry" background due to the fixed focal length. I've used it myself a few times and it does a great job for what it's intended to do.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love the improvements

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Yes this is a much needed and wanted improvement over the older model. I take video where I need my lense to be on auto focus and when I replay the footage you can barely hear the lense shift. It's amazing and I'm glad I purchased this as a replacement to my other much noiser 50mm

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Price drop

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I have wanted this lens for several years but the price remained the same, for years, from everywhere, to the penny. I was checking a Best Buy sale e-mail and found it cheaper and decided "today's the day".

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Overall performance

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    For the better

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Im so happy with my canon 50mm lens. Buying it was and will always be the best purchase.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Lens quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great lens for the $$$

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    If you only have the kit lenses that came with your camera you need to get one of these. Good results for day and astrophotograpy.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Exactly as described

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Anyone buying this is probably getting one of their first lenses with a consumer dslr. Congratulations on moving away from the kit lens! This lens works exactly as described and is cheap enough to get you a versatile lens that will allow you to learn a lot about photography.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good product

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Awesome lens. Works perfectly well on my Canon APSC Camera. The only issue I am facing is, this lens is made for Full frame sensor and when I use it on my APSC sensor, this lens turns into a 80mm lens.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Nice Lens

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I am not an expert on cameras. This is my first attempt on this type of camera. I bought this lens to take sharp close ups and this lens does a great job on these type of pictures.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Camera

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    Posted . Owned for 4 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Very nice close up shots. Very good detail. You do have to have a steady hand or else it won’t turn out how you want it too.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Lens quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Awesome lens

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I really love this lens. I have been getting more into photography and this was just the lens I needed and I love the detail I can get with it.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    A classic lens

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    Posted . Owned for 2 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    The 50mm lens is classic lens and must have for all amateur or professional photographers. I learned photography using just this lens

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great lens for tight budget

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    I'm learning about photography for kids and infants and I'm on low budget, so after reading a lot of reviews I decided to add this lens for work. And I got to say, with the $$ I paid, it's big bang for the buck. My pictures turned out great. Can't be happier

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Lens

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    Posted . Owned for 3 weeks when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    This was my first time shopping from best guy and it was an awesome experience.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    great and user friendly lens!

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    Posted . Owned for 1 year when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    game changer for portraits of my friends and just love how the pictures came out!

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    great option for the eos rp

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    got my son the eos rp and this lens focus is quick and it’s lightweight... not to count the price is perfect

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great Lens for the T6

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    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    If you are not going to take far away shots and want to lighten up your Camera weight and size - you can take off the 18mm-55mm lense and put on this one. The only down side to this one is you cant zoom out. You will have to back up away from the object.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Christmas gift for my wife.

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    Posted . Owned for 1 month when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    Got this for my wife for Christmas to complete her Camera bundle from last year. This is great for use with the camera’s video feature.

    I would recommend this to a friend