//// 50 mm

Posted on | June 21, 2010 | 2 Comments

A cheap but very useful Canon EF 50/1.8 II lens is the newest addition in my camera bag. It weighs almost nothing and works so well in low light — so I definitely can forgive the cheap, plasticky build of it. The large maximum aperture lets me play with depth of field, too. Because of the EF-S mount of my EOS 500D the focal length is merely 80 mm (you have to multiply the EF lens focal length by 1.6 when using it with this mount). Still quite useful but bit tricky for indoor full body portraits — some space is definitely needed. But it works awesomely for detail shots — and because of the small size and light weight it will probably be my preferred lens to travel with.

Discussion

HeidiB
June 21st, 2010 @ 8:33 pm

I have the same excat lense and though it’s cheap looking and feeling it’s worth every penny and more. Probaply the best spent 100 euros I’d say.
Kamicha
June 27th, 2010 @ 9:47 pm

Oh, I have admired your good photography — make up is not too easy to capture.

What do you think?

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