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Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars with 3560 reviews

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    Rating 4.8 out of 5 stars

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99%would recommend to a friend

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Customers highly value the EF50mm F1.8 STM lens's excellent image quality, sharpness, and affordability. Many appreciate its ease of use and ability to create beautiful background blur and portraits. Positive feedback also highlights its lightweight and compact design. However, some users experienced challenges with the autofocus system's performance in low-light situations.

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  • Pros mentioned:
    Lens quality

    Rated 5 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.

    Best lens you can buy for the price. This should be your first lens after the kit lens

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

    Great all around lens.

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

    This lens has been perfect for landscape and portrait photos and would recommend it!

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

    Great Lens

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

    This is an all purpose fixed length lens that is great for separating background from foreground (portraits, etc). Nothing fancy about it, but it allows a faster shutter speed, which is nice. The ONLY concern I have is that I photograph models with it and at 50mm I have to stand back about 15 or more feet to get a full body shot, and more if she's tall. I don't always have that much room when shooting indoors so beware of that.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Five star

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

    This is a great lens for portrait photos. It's takes sharp n clear pics. Definitely recommend it!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    50 mm lens

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

    Love my Canon 50 mm lens. Works great would recommend pics come out great!!

    I would recommend this to a friend
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    Price

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Good

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

    This is a good lens for portraits and even a greater price

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great lens for portraits

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

    Im a beginner and took some amazing shoots and shots with this lens!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Canon lens

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

    I bought this to use with my Canon Rebel t7i. Takes clear photos at a fixed range.

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

    50 stars

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

    I tried the Yongnuo 50mm and it was okay for a few years, but once the kids got older and started moving faster the autofocus just couldn’t keep up. The Canon version does everything better and doesn’t break the bank. I got mine from Best Buy because I had some gift cards.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Must Have!

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

    Great lens! This is an affordable and classic lens!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Anyone with Camera need one

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

    Anyone with a canon camera needs one of these if they do portraits. Awesome product.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Excellent lense

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

    Using this lense to take portrait pictures and it works great with bokah background.

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

    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.

    Really great lens works amazing I really Recomend to all my friends

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great lens!

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

    used this lens on most of my photoshoot and it's amazing!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    My son love the camera lens great just for him

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

    Great price my son needed a lens for his camera and we drove 1 great to purchase his 1st lens

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

    Nice lens

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

    I wanted a fixed lens to take portraits. Does a great job. Wished I bought it sooner

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

    Rated 4 out of 5 stars

    Great little lens for the price

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

    This 50mm is a pretty awesome little workhorse, the picture quality is impressive SPECIALLY for the price. It does suffer at times from small focusing misses, but when it's on, it is ON. I bought this lens in a pinch and honestly do not regret it.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Love this lens

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

    What else is there to say this is an amazing cheap lens!

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Great lens for price

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

    Shoots very quality photos with a very affordable price.

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

    Rated 5 out of 5 stars

    Awesome

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

    This lens has delivered good quality photos. It's quiet. I like the MF when shooting videos.

    I would recommend this to a friend