Customer Ratings & Reviews

Do you own a Canon camera with an RF mount? Then you probably want this in your bag. I don't make the rules, I just know a prime 50mm is an incredibly fun and useful lens, and Canon makes a pretty decent nifty fifty. I know, because it's become my default lens. Are there better 50mm on the market? Yeah, probably. But not at this price. And you're getting a great Canon product.

Love it captures what want when I want to use that lens

Small, super light. I use this if I'm traveling with a larger zoom lens like a 200-500 mm lens to allow for close shots but I want to keep my pack light. Its compact enough that its hardly noticeable in my camera bag.

Perfect for when I need a focal length between 35mm and 85mm. At f1.8 it provides a close enough feel to f1.4 that you would never notice. It is lignt and compact enough to not weigh my camera bag down.

The absolutely perfect lens for headshots. Affordable and perfect quality. Just make sure your lighting is right.

This lens is a great value for the money. The 1.8 maximum aperture is wide enough me and costs a fraction of the RF 1.4L. Images have excellent detail. Auto focusing is extremely fast. I only gave 3 stars because I do a lot of manual focusing and this is where improvement is needed. Unlike other lenses that have a separate manual focusing ring this lens uses the control ring for electronic manual focus. You have to enable manual focusing in the menu and set AF mode to One Shot. Once set up correctly you can manual focus using the control ring while pressing the shutter release half way. When manual focusing you feel vibration in the lens. The vibration can be annoying. I would like to see Canon add a manual focus ring to this lens.

I am very new to the photography game. The 50mm is a great entry level lens. I love the quality of my photos and videos. Furthermore, it is easy to attach and detach from my camera. Canon provides a lot of covers to protect the lens from any damage. Very good purchase!

Powerful little lens! Love this lens for doing video it's lightweight for my gimbal but great quality image.

I really like this lens! It’s an affordable lens for those starting off in photography and the images are pretty sharp too! Highly recommend for beginners on a budget.

This lens is awesome. I mean it is a nifty fifty! Its sharp, simple to use, lightweight. I have been using it for portraits and everyday shots.

This is really a great Canon prime lens. The STM motor focuses fast and the pictures are great. I highly recommend this lens, and the price is awesome for this 1.8 lens. Nice background blur as well. The 1.2 is nearly ten times the price, and I can barely tell the difference in the pictures (except in very low light).

Lens is user friendly and great at capturing beautiful moments.

The nifty fifty is back and better than ever! Compared to the EF version, the build quality is way nicer. The lens feels good in your hand while still being light for a great walk around option. As you’d expect, focus is a little slow compared to the faster 50mm options, but still faster (and quieter) than the EF version of this. Focus hunting has been reduced as well from the EF version with this lens nailing focus more often, even wide open. At all aperture ranges the lens is sharp, even wide open, but I notice the closer you get to 1.8 you’ll start to see a bit more chromatic aberration. Overall highly recommend for the price! 4/5 just due to the CA and slower / missed focusing in low light. (Again, still way better than original nifty)

Compact, Light weight, small lens Fast f/1.8 aperture Small filter size Plastic but Industrial quality plastic No Image Stabilization (IS) Great lens for Beginners, travel photography , Portrait alternative etc

They don't call it the nifty fifty for nothing, phenomenal lens even on an APS-C camera, use it every day.

Great lens for portraits. Definitely recommend for anyone

Best affordable prime lens ever! I recently start photography, photography was my dream hobby all my life. Couldn't get the opportunity or luxury in life to start it until now! This lens can take beautiful portraits with great boka background! Dont just buy expensive lenses , start from a cheap one. Trust me this one wort buying for your first prime lens!

Considering the price, this lens is actually pretty good. Since the lens was so much cheaper than other lenses, I thought it may not be all that great; but I’m impressed. An L glass lens would probably be a lot better, but the pictures do come out great and you can’t beat the price. The build quality of the lens seems fairly cheap, but I’d imagine if you take care of your stuff in general then it’ll be fine. If you’re looking for a decent cheap lens, I’d definitely recommend.

For the price point this is an amazing starter and intermediate lens without spending 1k+ on the 1.2 version. The most versatile prime lens you could own and ultra compact, Sharp and beautiful images produced by it, definitely worth adding to your kit.

I bought this lens for the lower aperture when shooting bands or in other situations indoors, where I cannot use a flash. It has worked well so far and it is nice and little so it is easy to add to my bag.