Customer Ratings & Reviews

Great improvement from de kit lenses I had. It is not very heavy nor pricey compared to other alternatives I saw at the store.

Excellent image quality, compact form factor and affordable pricing, but with few minor issues with AF performance. Too be honest for the price you get a great lens. It works great in low light and produces sharp pictures. This lens is excellent in value for just above $100 and the new STM technology definitely makes focus noise quieter, but not as silent as 18-55mm, 55-250mm lenses. Pictures come out sharp and the new version has metal mount that makes the entire lens feel much more premium with a little more weight than the previous version. The 5-blade improved to 7-blades inside the lens and has a more pleasant coating on the lens which is supposed to make light flares nicer. I think it's a little odd that the filter size went from 52mm to 49mm, but no biggie.

This is my first time using a lens like this and I gotta say I love the shallow depth of field that it can give your pictures and the larger aperture that it has is also nice when shooting in lower light places.

GREAT IMAGE!!!! This lense captures images better than a normal lense for the EOS during the day as it takes in a bit more light so your image comes out crisper. The contrast is the autofocus is a tad buggy, however because you cannot zoom in or out it is a fixed length so you will want to make sure you are having a good distance between you and the object or person you are shooting. very happy with it :) Great for the price!

For the price, you're getting a lens that will exceed the cost. The wide aperture will allow for better low light performance and the ever popular shallow depth of field. Great for portraits.

Pictures are great. Price was nice too. Haven’t got to fully try it out but for the few shoots I didn’t there was no issue’s

Very small and light weight. The pictures are very good. I have zoom lenses that cover this focal length but this one is much faster. It works as expected. There's a reason they call this the "nifty fifty".

Great lens, very nice, high quality. It’s great for portrait shots.

Close-up shots focusing on close-range photography.

great photo lens for the price and great for a beginner novice level to experiment with settings. Just starting to take photography classes and this lens helps me take pictures that looks like I know what I am doing.

Amazing lens my absolute go to!! Love what you can do with it

Love this little lens! It’s easy to use and works great. Love the quality & ease of this lens. Everything looks crisp and clear when using this lens.

Always a great classic. Small, compact and powerful. Great but for first time photographers.

I wanted a larger aperture for a better bokeh for portraits, - 1 star because of auto focusing on subjects. Even with the aperture wide open, still needs plenty of light for the result I desired. Ended up using manual (of course) and results were acceptable. I've used this on a cropped sensor and full-frame, and it works best on a full-frame. Still a decent lens to have in the bag, worth the purchase.

Got this for my wife to shoot family portraits of my nephew and my sister. There is not much to lens but its great at what it does. Easy go use and captures clean images. Used in conjuction with a canon 70d.

Great len at a descent price point. My go to store is Bestbuy.

I have always been a fan of 50mm lenses. This one is sharp and really everything you could want in a fast prime. Wide aperture, quick and accurate autofocus, and great depth of field. Even if this is not your main lens, its great to keep in the camera bag as an option. For the price, you really cant go wrong!

I recently purchased this lens to use with my Canon 7D. I needed a lens with a much lower f-stop than a f-4.0 so I grabbed this lens because it was within my price range and I'm satisfied with my purchase. The only con to this lens so far is that there is no image stabilization so moving and filming may be shaky without a proper stabilizer. Other then that it's a great lens for the price.

This is a fantastic lens! Easy to use, gives great bokeh, and the price can't be beat. Everyone should have this lens in their collection.

This is a little wonder! Great quality, silent operation and vivid pictures. I had the previous 50 mm lens f/1.8 but was very noisy and slow to focus. This has a significantly faster auto focus and its so smooth when focusing! I can't describe how happy I am with this lens. It definitely has a very high quality/cost ratio. I would definitely recommend this product for everyone as their default 50 mm lens. Also, recommend a protective UV lens filter. Very minimal additional cost but will help protect the lens. Also very happy with my purchase through Best Buy...