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Canon 50mm f1.8: Optical Performance

26 positive · 14 mixed · 43 critical mentions across 83 sources.

Zer as you can see it's possible to pick out some resolution but it really is fairly soft overall with ghosting and low contrast the sharpness remains about this good throughout most of the image frame but image quality in the Far Corners completely falls apart stop down to f1.4 for a little more…
— Christopher Frost (source)
the frame it's really hard to notice a difference between these two lenses maybe the guy on the left which is the 51.8 is a little bit softer like those blacks look a little bit more washed out now keep in mind I didn't adjust exposure I'm not applying any presets this is how they look straight out…
— Anthony Gugliotta (source)
today I will show you some results that may surprise you I compared the sharpness of two 50 mm prime lenses made by Canon they are very popular the first one is the Canon EF 50 mm f1.8 STM a cheap lens that costs around $125 the second one is the Canon EF 50 mm f1.4 USM this one is
— Aperture Atlas (source)

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