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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:
    Lens quality

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great lens for anybody

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

    This is a great purchase. I would recommend it to anybody.

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

    Best lens

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

    Best lens for cheap. Love it. Depth of field. Great.

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Ease of use

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Wonderful lens for beginners

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

    Easy to adjust and focus, but doesn't have a zoom feature

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good Lens

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

    Very good lens for basic all around use for cannon camera

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

    Spifty Nifty Fifty for the Money

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

    Pretty darn good lens for $99 buck. My first prime, nice experience working with fixed focal length. Hard to argue that this should be in pretty much anyone's bag (except for pro or consumer pro users). Note that it is an STM and if you use AF, you will hear noise.

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

    Great product

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

    Live this item it will connect your other canon lense that don't fit this camera does a great job

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

    What cool lens

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

    This lens is so awesome! Perfect for the depth to field look

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

    Great Portrait Lens

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

    Amazing prime lens for portraits and amazing blurred photography. Perfect, and cost efficient addition to your photography arsenal

    I would recommend this to a friend
  • Pros mentioned:
    Price

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great lens for the price

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

    This is an excellent lens for the price! Great for indoor shots

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

    Amazing

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

    Used this over by my grandparents and was easy to use

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Nice pics

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

    Nice pics. Not sure that much different than stock lens

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

    Lens

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

    I enjoy the new lens I bought. I am no pro ate photography but I have been trying out this lens and am pretty impressed with it.

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

    Ok lens

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    Posted . Owned for 5 months when reviewed.
    This reviewer received promo considerations or sweepstakes entry for writing a review.

    One of my favorite lenses. Resolution comes out great with each use and comes with a lens hood!

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

    Portrait lens

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

    Nice extra lens for the camera bundle for close up photos.

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

    Very happy

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

    This little lens is amazing and very fun to use. I was told however when buying it could zoom in and out and that is not the case it's a fixed lens.

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

    good entry-level lens

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

    My wife wanted to buy her first 50mm lens and was looking at one that was in the $400 range, but I talked her in to trying this one first. For the price, the performance is excellent with her Canon SL1. Only downside is that Best Buy does not carry 49mm UV filters in stores. No problem if you buy online, as they offer a good selection of them.

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

    Perfect for beginners!

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

    If your just starting out and looking to buy your first lens, but don’t want to spend so much, this would be your best option.

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great lense

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

    This is a great lens for taking professional type of photos!

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

    Potrait time!

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

    This lense is for potraits and I love the effect it give the background as it blurs it out and only focuses on the person your taking a picture of...

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Good for basic use

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

    Good lens for the price and gets the job done. ...

    I would recommend this to a friend