Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens

Product Description

The wide f/1.8 aperture allows greater than 8x the quantity of sunshine in comparison with the usual zoom lens that’s provided along with your EOS. This leads to sharper images with less motion blur and reduced need to make use of flash in dimly lit conditions so you’ll be able to easily capture the atmosphere of a low light environment. The 50mm focal length means that you can fill the frame along with your subject from a cushty distance making it an incredible lens for portraits. An analogous perspective to the human eye and its compact size make the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM an incredible on a regular basis lens to at all times carry along with your EOS camera. The near-silent STM (Stepping Motor) technology focuses extremely quickly when shooting photos, so you’ll be able to react suddenly to capture fleeting moments. Creating prime quality movies is simpler with STM because it delivers regular and quiet continuous focusing, so your movies are smooth, and soundtracks only capture the encompassing sounds and never the noise of a focusing motor. The EF 50mm f/1.8 STM replaces the favored EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens which was affectionately known for giving outstanding picture quality at an inexpensive price. This latest version gives the identical stunning photo quality but with a quick, near-silent focus motor and a more robust construct that belies its price.

From the Manufacturer

EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

Compact and light-weight—an impressive walk-around lens Canon’s EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is an incredible 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 a superb prime lens for portraits, motion, even nighttime photography. Its brilliant maximum aperture of f/1.8 helps it not only to excel in low light, but additionally to capture gorgeous, sharp images and flicks with beautiful background blur due to its circular 7-blade design. An updated lens arrangement with recent lens coatings helps render images with excellent color balance, plus minimized ghosting and flare. Performance is sensible, 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 perfect in movies and stills, it’s a hard and fast focal length gem—the right 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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50 millimeter focal length and maximum aperture of f/1.8
Great for portraits, motion, and nighttime photography; Angle of view (horizontal, vertical, diagonal): 40º, 27º,46º
Minimum focusing distance of 1.15 feet (0.35 meter) and a maximum magnification of 0.21x
Stepping motor (STM) delivers near silent, continuous move Servo AF for movies and smooth AF for stills
80 millimetre effective focal length on APS C cameras, 50 millimetre on full frame cameras. Lens construction: 6 elements in 5 groups