50mm Lens For Canon - You Can Get One On A Budget
Finding a good cheap 50mm lens for Canon DSLR cameras has been the quest of many a photographer
. Read on because you might be very amazed.
The understanding is that if you are an SLR owner, then you should also own a 50mm lens. This is not a wives' tale, it is the "old" industry standard. However, since the strong development of zoom lenses, having a 50mm lens is not necessarily a "requirement" any longer.
Considering image quality, however, photos produced by a prime lens will win the contest over zoom lenses nearly every time.
In particular, the Canon 50mm prime lenses have been developed to a point where they are technologically sound and nearly perfect. Therefore, every photographer really ought to think about having one in their camera case.
It's a logical conclusion when you really think about it. Changes in focal length that happen during the "zoom process" necessitate much more complex technology to deal with unwanted effects like barrel distortion or vignetting. Thus, the already great 50mm lens just gets better as glass quality improves.
There are 3 models of the 50mm Canon lens.
** 50mm f/1.2 L - expensive but fantastic (it's an L lens)
** Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM - the mid-grade lens with excellent image quality and a very competitive price point
** Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II - very affordable (cheap even) but produces excellent image quality
They look pretty much the same in a list. The differences are in build quality and aperture. At the top of the list is the most solidly built lens, in fact the top two have a better build quality, and the also contain more glass elements than the third one. But that does not mean the image quality is a whole lot different. This is especially true for someone who views your images with a "normal eye" .
Canon has essentially taken the great technology and used some less expensive "wrapping" in the form of plastic casing to make the 50mm f/1.8 lens really affordable for virtually every Canon DSLR owner.
Aside from producing really good images, this cheap 50mm lens for Canon cameras has another really distinct advantage for photographers who are just entering the digital SLR market with cameras such as the Rebel or the newest mid-range 60D model. Because of the 1.6 "crop factor" of these cameras, the 50mm lens length becomes the same as 80mm on a regular 35mm camera. This is the perfect length for doing portraits and other similar photo jobs that require a medium telephoto lens.
Here is the plain truth. Buying a zoom lens for the same money that will get you the
cheap 50mm lens will get you a cheap lens with poor quality images. Wouldn't you rather spend the same $100 on a cheap 50mm lens and get really excellent image quality?
The main gripe about this lens is that is feels cheap, and while this may be true, the resulting images do not look cheap at all.
Even a lens built like this can last for a long time if proper care is taken.
by: Wayne Rasku
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