Very good quality for this money

Still a bit noisy even with USM

I've had my EF 50mm 1.4 lens for many years. My Canon 6D normally carries a 24-105 L series lens. The 50mm is used when I want to lighten my load or shoot photos indoors with natural light.

Just received it and it's amazing! Even if I ordered a used one, it works perfectly and the image quality is SO impressive! I took this shot with the canon rebel t5i. Very satisfied!

I used to do my general photographic work with a 35mm film Nikon with a 50mm f1.4 lens, so I needed to get the same for my Cannon Rebel Digital. It's the best for the kind of picture I take.

When shooting at f1.4/1.8 the sharpness leaves a lot to be desired. Even at f2 it is only good. Not until you get to f 2.2 and more does it really start to shine. Might as well buy an f 2.8 lens. I tried two different versions of this lens and they both were identical in performance.

Produces very crisp and vibrant photos. Great for low light photos. Easy to use

The overall build quality is very decent with a metal mount and an outer barrel made of good quality plastics. Manual focusing feels quite smooth albeit not damped. The broad, rubberized control ring is certainly a plus compared to the tiny focus ring on the EF 50mm f/1.8 II.

I use this lens all the time for portraits in the studio. Absolutely brilliant, clear and focuses brilliantly on the subject. Works well at night/ less light situations as well. I would totally recommend this lens to any photographers.

I'm waiting for Canon to deliver a new 50mm II, this one its to old, optics quality aren't that good, corners specially, Af its not precise or accurate on any camera.. I have use a few all the same.. at this moment I would recommend a Sigma Art or Tamron 45mm...

- USM is fast the majority of the time but does have some hunting issues - Decent quality lens with good build quality - Looses sharpness when shooting at f/1.4 but gets sharper as the aperture increases - Very high presence of chromatic aberration and some flaring when shooting in brighter,...