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| Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $520.00
Buy New: $304.99
You Save: $215.01 (41%)
New (41) Used (1) from $299.99
Avg. Customer Rating:  183 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: No
Maximum Focal Length: 58
Minimum Focal Length: 50
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 2.9 x 2 x 2
MPN: 2515A003
Model: 2515A003
UPC: 082966213014
EAN: 4960999213019
ASIN: B00009XVCZ
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent choice January 9, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I have used this lens with a Digital Rebel XT/350D Canon camera. I found the lens especially useful for portraits and close-ups of natural objects - where focused detail becomes very sharp (such as individual hairs on the head), and background blurring produces a beautiful effect at low apertures. Unlike the kit lens, you can use this lens to take indoor photos in natural light; setting the camera to ASA 800 or 1600 allows flash-free photography at dusk, in museums et cetera, often with nice results. However, such indoor photography will be dependent on low aperture numbers, so focusing can be a challenge (if the camera focuses on the ears, then the eyes will become blurred and so on). In all, a 50mm low-aperture lens is a must to fully enjoy your camera and offers new opportunities. The 1.8 lens is probably also a good alternative.
Great lense January 4, 2007
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
I love this lense. It is an excellent portrait lense. I use it anytime I am around my grandchildren. I sit on the floor near them and shoot away. I can blur the foreground and background with a very narrow depth of field. I can shoot three pendant lights from a 45 degree angle with the first one blurred, the second on tightly in focus and the third one blurred. The large aperture makes all the difference in a photograph and a stunning photograph. You can make the subject definitively stand out. There are all kinds of creative photography uses for this lense. Provides a very clear and professional look.
 Better build quality than the 50mm f1.8 January 3, 2007
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I am quite happy with this lens. It's reasonably sharp and lightweight. Build quality could be better, but the 50mm f1.4 is noticeably better built than the 50mm f1.8. The f1.4 has additional aperature blades over the 1.8, which gives more pleasing bokeh. On a 1.6x crop camera, this is a nice portrait lens.
If it felt a little more solid, I would give it five stars, and Amazon won't let me give it 4.5.
 Images not sharp. December 28, 2006
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
After reading all the rave reviews, I decided to buy this lens for lower light environments. After taking a large number of pictures, I noticed that none of the images were sharp. I photograph everything in raw mode.
For an experiment I put the camera and lens on a tripod, locked the mirror, used delayed shutter release so neither I nor the camera were introducing camera shake. The inanimate object was photographed in a diffused sunny room with autofocus on. I photographed the static object with aperatures from 1.4 to 4.0. All photographs were shot in raw mode.
I then shot the same subject with a Canon zoom lens at the same focal length, also on autofocus. The results from the zoom lens were always sharper than the 50 mm lens regardless of aperature.
I tried this experiment several more times in different rooms with varying light situations. In each case, the photographs from the zoom lens were obviously sharper and less noisy.
The photographs were examined using Photoshop's Camera Raw at 300% magnification. Sharpening turned off on all images.
I had expected a prime lens to have performed equal to or better than a zoom lens. Maybe I got the one bad lens from Canon.
This is just superb! December 18, 2006
10 out of 14 found this review helpful
This 50 mm 1.4 lens is so superior to what shipped (the 18-55mm) with the Rebel XTi (which I just LOVE), that it makes the 55mm seem like a toy lens. I'm very familiar with lenses from my 35mm days and this lens looks and feels just like a fine 35. It has a narrow depth of field but that can be corrected with camera settings. We're not talking snap shot photos here. This is probably being read by camera buffs who know just what I'm talking about.
This is providing me with profession results. A few years ago, who would have thought this possible from a digital camera? Technology....
It is very fast and for most situations, it is the perfect lens. The 1.2 might be better if you can see to spend the bucks for it.
I'd suggest buying just the body of the new Rebel and than adding this lens, if it is right for your situation. I just wish that I had done that.
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