Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens

(357 Reviews)

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  • Deb

    > 3 day

    Bought as a gift for someone else. Arrived quickly and on time. He is very happy with it.

  • A. Magnus

    > 3 day

    Bought it as a gift for a friend. He LOVES it. Its quieter and faster than his original 50mm.

  • Denise F

    > 3 day

    I was looking for an inexpensive Canon lens to give me a nice bokeh effect for my photos and this lens was perfect for that. For a beginner, my photos now look so much more professional and Im finding I can get them to look even better with different lighting. This saves me time because for the most part I like taking pictures that dont require much touch-up and thats what I get with this lens.

  • Matt Schroeder

    > 3 day

    Ive been using this lens for a few months, and I am extremely pleased. Ive used the previous model of this lens extensively in the past, and I used to always recommend it to people and claim that it was the best lens you could get in the $100 price range. Since trying this newer model I was blown away! Canon has improved the lens dramatically while keeping it at the same price! What you get with this lens is great picture quality, an excellent aperture range (a low aperture number like f/1.8 is what allows you to get shots where one thing is in focus and the background is extremely blurry), a very handy fixed focal length, superb autofocus thats relatively quiet, all packaged in a lightweight body. The only downside I can think of with this lens is that when shooting in live view mode the autofocus can be a bit slow, but thats the case with most lenses. If youre looking for a lens that would be great for low light photography, portrait work, headshots, film, or street photography this is THE lens you need to get. If you are looking for something that would be great for landscape photography I suggest checking out Canons similarly priced 24mm STM pancake lens, and if youre looking for a medium they also have a similarly priced 40mm STM pancake lens. Those two lenses will not have the same aperture range though. I can not stress enough how amazing this lens is, for both the beginner and the expert. If youre even mildly thinking about getting it, DO IT, you will not be disappointed.

  • Michael Stephens

    05-06-2025

    probably not going to get a better lens for this price.

  • Kevin D

    Greater than one week

    Great lens! I love it. So easy to take pictures especially portrait. A must have lenses

  • Gazlind

    Greater than one week

    Comprato da Amazon Warehouse,consegna rapidissima e prodotto senza graffi o problemi. Top.

  • Vinay Pandya

    > 3 day

    Value for money

  • Marek Marchelewicz

    > 3 day

    I have a few Canon L lenses, costing 10 times the price of this.

  • Antonia

    > 3 day

    amazing

The wide f/1.8 aperture lets in more than 8x the amount of light compared to the standard zoom lens that is provided with your EOS. This results in sharper images with less motion blur and reduced need to use flash in dimly lit conditions so you can easily capture the atmosphere of a low light environment. The 50mm focal length allows you to fill the frame with your subject from a comfortable distance making it a great lens for portraits. A similar perspective to the human eye and its compact size make the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM a great everyday lens to always carry with your EOS camera. The near-silent STM (Stepping Motor) technology focuses extremely quickly when shooting photos, so you can react suddenly to capture fleeting moments. Creating high quality movies is easier with STM as it delivers steady and quiet continuous focusing, so your movies are smooth, and soundtracks only capture the surrounding sounds and not the noise of a focusing motor. The EF 50mm f/1.8 STM replaces the popular EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens which was affectionately known for giving outstanding picture quality at an affordable price. This latest version gives the same stunning photo quality but with a fast, near-silent focus motor and a more robust build that belies its price.

From the Manufacturer

EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

Compact and lightweight—an outstanding walk-around lens Canon"s EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is a great entry into the world of EOS prime lenses. With an 80mm effective focal-length on APS-C cameras, 50mm on full-frame cameras, it"s an excellent prime lens for portraits, action, even nighttime photography. Its bright maximum aperture of f/1.8 helps it not only to excel in low light, but also to capture gorgeous, sharp images and movies with beautiful background blur thanks to its circular 7-blade design. An updated lens arrangement with new lens coatings helps render images with excellent color balance, plus minimized ghosting and flare. Performance is brilliant, with a stepping motor (gear-type STM) to deliver near silent, continuous Movie Servo AF for movies plus speedy, smooth AF for stills. A redesigned exterior with improved focus ring placement makes manual focus adjustments a breeze. Canon"s most compact 50mm lens, the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM has a rugged metal mount, plus an improved minimum focusing distance of 1.15 ft. (0.35m) and a maximum magnification of 0.21x. Offering sharp performance for the best in movies and stills, it"s a fixed focal length gem—the perfect lens for photographers and moviemakers to expand the creative possibilities with their EOS cameras.

Specifications
  • Focal Length & Maximum Aperture: 50mm f/1.8
  • Lens Construction: 6 elements in 5 groups
  • Diagonal Angle of View: 46°
  • Focus Adjustment: AF with full-time manual
  • Closest Focusing Distance: 1.15 ft. / 0.35m
  • Filter Size: 49mm
  • Max. Diameter x Length, Weight: Approx. 2.7 x 1.5 in. / 69.2 x 39.3mm, Approx. 5.6 oz. / 159g
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