Canon EF 50mm F1.4 USM
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16 years ago
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Review
Available at a fraction of the price of its f/1.2 brother, how does this sub-￡300 prime compare. Read the WDC Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM review to find out.
Pros:
- Fantastic MTF figures
Cons:
- AF is slightly unrefined
16 years ago
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Review
Canon users are blessed with a choice of three 50mm primes offering maximum apertures of f/1.8, f/1.4 and f/1.2. The middle lens is reviewed here, but Canon also sent the f/1.2 lens so it too has been commented on in passing.
Pros:
- Fantastic MTF figures
Cons:
- AF is slightly unrefined
16 years ago
Great all purpose lens
I just love this lens on my 5D Mk II. It is lightweight and very sharp. It outperforms my two L lenses, and I am always amazed at the resolution it gives my pictures. I find myself using this more and more since it is so much lighter to carry when I want to shoot all day.
16 years ago
Canon EF 50 mm f/1.4 USM
A 50 mm lens is one of the most classic devices in the assortment of every advanced photography enthusiast or every professional photographer. In days of analogue photography it was an instrument which gave you the same picture scale as the human eye does so it was commonly added to amateur reflex...
Pros:
- good frame centre sharpness (apart from the maximum aperture)
- very good frame edge picture quality on APS-C
- good frame edge picture quality on full frame
- well corrected astigmatism
- low chromatic aberration
- lack of distinct geometric deformations at frame edges
- fast
- silent and accurate...
Cons:
- by f/1.4 the image is distinctly „soft"
- very high coma
- susceptibility to flares
- visible distortion on full frame
- very high vignetting on full frame
16 years ago
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM review
The Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 is a pretty unassuming-looking lens. It's not big, it's not flashy and it's not particularly expensive for a fast prime lens. Indeed, the light weight and the plastic finish do give it a faintly cheap feel.
16 years ago
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM Lens Review
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM should probably be considered the best alternative among Canon's four 50mm lenses (in terms of value for the money, overall performance and capabilities). While not as fast as its more expensive 50mm f/1.2L USM variant, this lens performs as well (if not better) pretty much...
17 years ago
Tack sharp images
This little beauty shines! I have owned the $100 50mm F/1.8, and it is a usable and good starter prime. I have also shot with the 50mm F/1.2 L, which will run you $1600. I purchased this lens as a fine cost/value compromise.
Pros:
- Immaculate image quality without "L" investment
Cons:
- you will want to pick up a lens hood.
17 years ago
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM - Full Format Review / Lab Test Report
It is no surprise that the Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM is a very popular choice among Canon users when it comes to choosing a standard lens. It offers probably the best compromise between quality and price here. That said it's not a flawless lens when used on a full format DSLR.
17 years ago
Canon's 50/1.4 is a bit heavier than the 50/1.8 but it gives you simultaneous AF/MF because of its USM focusing motor . It is one f-stop slower than the 50/1.0 but much lighter weight and less than one-sixth the price.
17 years ago
The pictures below illustrate the angles of view on 35mm full frame and APS-C camera bodies:
Pros:
- Excellent image quality when stopped down
- Essentially no lateral chromatic aberration
- Fast and accurate autofocus with full-time manual override
Cons:
- Distinctly soft and 'dreamy' at wider apertures (F1.4-F1.8
- Bokeh chromatic aberration
- most visible at wide apertures
- Vignetting at wide apertures on full frame (essentially disappears by F2.8
- Somwhat susceptible to flare
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