Comments on: Review: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Lens

By: greentin

greentin — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:11:45 +0000

This lens is a must have. I used it primarily for party photography the high sensibility let me use it without any flash! My second best buy since my 70-200 f/4 IS!

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:05:31 +0000

[quote comment="34937"]Would this work with a Canon XTi?[/quote]
The great thing about Canon is that all their “EF” lenses work with all of their DSLRs, no exceptions. If the lens is an “EF-S” Lens it is compatible with all “EF-S Compatable” bodies, which as of now are the 350D(digital rebel XT), the 400D(XTi), the 30D, and the 40D.

By: fanny

fanny — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:34:00 +0000

Hi Glenn,
I just love your blog. Perfect for the techie I pretend to be.

Regarding that lens, I really like it for food photography – the high aperture allows to shoot in dark conditions and gives a lovely depth of field.
And it’s is sooo cheap, it would be a crime not to buy it.

I also love the 100mm f/2.8 macro USM. I just got it a couple of days ago but it seems to be stuck on my camera already.

fanny xxx

By: Dustin

Dustin — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:19:06 +0000

[quote comment="34978"][quote comment="34966"]Cool. What about the new canon’s (the 40d i think)?[/quote]

Definitely. It will work on all of Canon’s DSLRs.

By: EDIT-XTREEM

EDIT-XTREEM — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:02:30 +0000

[quote comment="34966"][quote comment="34937"]Would this work with a Canon XTi?[/quote]

Yes.[/quote]
Cool. What about the new canon’s (the 40d i think)?

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 23:08:34 +0000

[quote comment="34937"]Would this work with a Canon XTi?[/quote]

Yes.

By: EDIT-XTREEM

EDIT-XTREEM — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 21:13:33 +0000

Would this work with a Canon XTi?

By: Tim Allen

Tim Allen — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:20:43 +0000

What a retard.

By: Lennart

Lennart — Thu, 20 Sep 2007 17:20:00 +0000

@Tim: i’m german. and this is the internet. do you really care? or is it just a little too much culture and you get pissed when people fucking curse on your screen?

@Glenn: and again. everything you write seems to be copied from people who don’t know shit. i’ve read their stuff. if they don’t know shit, you probably know less than shit i suppose. this is my little poor poor opinion and you are not, in any fucking way, supposed to understand or care.

i know people have problems with criticized without obvious reasons. so now to the positive criticism…

hey glenn. i would be so lovely if you could concentrate more on macintosh and other apple hard- and software and care less about sharing thought on topics that don’t seem to interest you too much.
thank you very much

poor lennart from poor poor germany

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:19:04 +0000

[quote comment="31844"]shit mate. be happy with what you know something about! stop writing such shit about photograph!!! you don’t know anything about it!!!

and yes mate. i do. not everything. but more than enough to know that you are a faker.

too bad this comment will be deleted. or maybe not, to prove how fucking nice you are. gosh.[/quote]

It’d be lovely to hear some reasons why I’m a “faker.” How do you know I have no idea about photography, do you know me? Didn’t think so. I have no problem with criticism, as long as it’s positive.

[quote comment="31852"]Poor Lennart, knows everything except how to write properly…[/quote]

At least there were no apparent spelling mistakes ;-)

By: Tim Allen

Tim Allen — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 21:07:19 +0000

Poor Lennart, knows everything except how to write properly…

By: Lennart

Lennart — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:13:10 +0000

shit mate. be happy with what you know something about! stop writing such shit about photograph!!! you don’t know anything about it!!!

and yes mate. i do. not everything. but more than enough to know that you are a faker.

too bad this comment will be deleted. or maybe not, to prove how fucking nice you are. gosh.

By: Rafa Biancardi

Rafa Biancardi — Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:33:00 +0000

I’ve been using 50mm Nikon lens in my studio for a long time.. and is one of my favorites!
Enjoy shooting!

By: Dirk

Dirk — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:54:52 +0000

I’ve got this lens also for my 350d and i really love it. The quality was very suprising.
I recomend this lens to everybody.

By: Craig McDiarmid

Craig McDiarmid — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:42:20 +0000

I just started saving for a Canon 400d and can’t wait to get it. Should have it in about a month or so.

Good review Glenn. I might get this lens once I have the camera. Will have to save for a little while though.

By: Tim Allen

Tim Allen — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 17:39:25 +0000

So much for the Sigma 10-20 I mentioned, it’s going straight back to the shop as it’s dire. Sigma just can’t seem to make autofocus systems that work in my experience.

By: Bartosh

Bartosh — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 14:42:33 +0000

I’ve also recently got myself 50 f/1.8 for my 400d. Great lens for that price, looking forward to get something wider, maybe Canon 24 f/2.8 prime.

@Glenn: Is it worth to get the ES-62? Does it make great difference to shot with it?

By: Tim Allen

Tim Allen — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:42:40 +0000

Yup, the 50mm is a great lens. I can also recommend the Canon 28-135 IS USM as a great ‘everyday’ lens, and I’ve just bought the Sigma 10-20 which so far seems to be a very nice wide angle piece of glass.

By: rmaspero

rmaspero — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:36:16 +0000

thanks for the advice i am looking to bu some stuff of my camera

By: Glenn Wolsey

Glenn Wolsey — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 05:31:52 +0000

[quote comment="31039"]I’m a Nikon user, and the 50 primes are pretty much the same (1.8 is plasticly and 1.4 is better). But I like wide angles and having the ease of an all in one. So I purchased the beast of all lenses, the Nikon 17-55mm DX, for $1300 and it was worth every penny![/quote]

Very nice. Both primes and zooms have their place in the bag depending on what you’re shooting. I look forward to purchasing some more glass in the future.