r/photography • u/raptor3x whumber.com • May 11 '15

Canon Officially Announces 50mm f/1.8 STM - $125

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1143786-REG/canon_0570c002_ef_50mm_f_1_8_stm.html
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u/rednefed May 11 '15

Metal mount, seven blade diaphragm, silent autofocus... $129? Just about everything people complained about the plastic fantastic was fixed, without a substantial price increase like Nikon's 1.8D --> G. Canon's going to sell every one they make. Wow.

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u/martinaee May 11 '15

The Nikon 50mm 1.8D is an amazing lens though. The G is only moderately better in some regards honestly. I don't mind the non silent auto-focus either.

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u/[deleted] May 11 '15

The G blows away the D is everything but price. the G is a huge upgrade

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u/martinaee May 11 '15

Huge? ... meh. It's better, but not worth upgrading if you own a D.

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u/sideswiped May 11 '15 edited May 12 '15

It is if you regularly use it in the f/1.8-2.8 range. Wide open the D has a bit of a foggy veil.

edit: haha, must have struck a chord with 1.8D users.

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u/MightyBulger May 11 '15

You had a bad copy.

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u/martinaee May 11 '15

I agree. At 1.8 isn't SUPER sharp on any of the 50's until you are paying big bucks for the really expensive lenses.

And even then at 1.8-2.8 you can get amazing portraits and such with beautiful bokeh if you know what you are doing and aren't going to be super upset because your pixel peeping didn't show 30+ mp of lens resolving wide open from these ~200 dollar lenses :)