Description

The EF 50mm f/1.8 STM replaces the popular EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens which was affectionately known for giving outstanding picture quality at an affordable price.

This latest version gives the same stunning photo quality but with a fast, near-silent focus motor and a more robust build. It’s also, A wide aperture lens for high quality portraits and low light photos with the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens you can easily produce more artistic and impactful photography thanks to a wide f/1.8 aperture that produces sharp focus on your subject and a beautiful blurred background. However the 50mm on full-frame cameras, it's an excellent prime lens for portraits, action, even nighttime photography. Its bright maximum aperture of f/1.8 helps it not only to excel in low light, but also to capture gorgeous, sharp images and movies with beautiful background blur thanks to its circular 7-blade design.

An updated lens arrangement with new lens coatings helps render images with excellent color balance, plus minimized ghosting and flare. Performance is brilliant, 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 best in movies and stills, it's a fixed focal length gem—the perfect lens for photographers and moviemakers to expand the creative possibilities with their EOS cameras.

Key Feature

Portrait

Perfect for capturing expressions on the faces of friends and family, ideal for weddings, events and parties

Low-light

Perfect when you find yourself in darker conditions capturing nightscapes, firework displays or interiors.

Real-Time

Capture life as it happens in front of you from the circumstances you’re going through to streets of your town to capturing the emotions of events.

Artistic and impactful photography

The wide f/1.8 aperture of the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM gives you the ability to bring your subject into sharp focus and blur the background. Photographers refer to this as a ‘narrow depth of field’ and makes your subject stand out which is great for portraits, as people become the clear focus of your shot.

Let more light in

The wide f/1.8 aperture lets in more than 8x the amount of light compared to the standard zoom lens that is provided with your EOS*. This results in sharper images with less motion blur and reduced need to use flash in dimly lit conditions so you can easily capture the atmosphere of a low light environment.

For portraits and everyday use

The 50mm focal length allows you to fill the frame with your subject from a comfortable distance making it a great lens for portraits. A similar perspective to the human eye and its compact size make the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM a great everyday lens to always carry with your EOS camera.

Sharp focus for photos and videos

The near-silent STM (Stepping Motor) technology focuses extremely quickly when shooting photos, so you can react suddenly to capture fleeting moments. Creating high quality movies is easier with STM as it delivers steady and quiet continuous focusing, so your movies are smooth, and soundtracks only capture the surrounding sounds and not the noise of a focusing motor.

A classic re-born

The EF 50mm f/1.8 STM replaces the popular EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens which was affectionately known for giving outstanding picture quality at an affordable price. This latest version gives the same stunning photo quality but with a fast, near-silent focus motor and a more robust build that belies its price.

Benefits

50 millimeter focal length and maximum aperture 0f f/1.8
Great for portrait action and nighttime photography
Stepping motor (STM)delivers near silent, continuous move servo AF and smooth AF stills
Minimum focusing distance of 1.15ft(0.35meters )and a maximum magnification of 0.21x
80 millimeter effective focal length on APS-C cameras,50 millimeter on full frame camera Lens construction 6 elements in 5groups.
Manual focus Override
Metal Lens Mount
Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm
Minimum Focus Distance 14’’

What's in the Box?

E-49mm Lens cap
Lens Dust Cap E

General Specifications

Canon EF 50mm
Focal Length 50mm
Maximum aperture f/1.8
Minimum aperture f/22
Diaphragm Blade 7 rounded
Autofocus

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