Must have lens for low light and portrait work - 
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Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Review
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This lens is excellent. The large aperture helps when working with low light conditions. The DoF is clearly visible. Autofocus functionality is extremely fast and when used with AI Servo candid moments are rarely missed. The one drawback to this lens is that it is extremely difficult to manually focus.
Uses: Portraits, photojournalism, low light
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Good fast lens - 
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Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Review
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Before I purchased my EF 50mm 1.4 usm lens I heard only good things about it. I was thinking about going with the EF 50mm 1.8 but the reviews said that it was not as good. I had a chance to take many pictures with this lens and can't believe how much fun it is to shoot with. There is nothing like a fast lens. At F 2.0 everything is razor sharp. You can shoot without a flash in poorly lit rooms and still get usable photos. This lens really captures a lot of light. I think everyone should have one of these in their camera bag.
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Best Lens Purchase Possible -
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Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Review
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I was thinking about getting the 50mm f/1.8 but once I went to the store and saw it I changed my mind. It already felt like a plastic toy that was going to fall apart in my hands. The manual focus ring is non-existent. The 50mm 1.4 on the other hand is a beauty. It really feels nice in the hand especially with a metal mount I can rely on. The full time manual focus is great even though this camera isn't a true USM. The low light focus ability of this lens is decent. Although the lens has somewhat of a soft focus at 1.4 is gets sharp at 1.8. All in all great lens. It id definitely worth paying extra over the f/1.8
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Excellent Lens -
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Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Review
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Great lens, worth the money. Very, very sharp, amazing low light capabilities, great bokeh, smooth and fast auto focus. What more can you want?
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watch your sensor size "crop factor" -
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Canon EF 50mm f1.4 USM Standard & Medium Telephoto Lens for Canon SLR Cameras Review
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I totally love the lens. It has been reliable for the past year. Canon has pretty much admitted that their lenses have focusing problems... That's why the D50 camera body now has memory auto focus adjustment so you can adjust the autofocus and have the camera remember the lens to automatically adjust the focus.
Actually though, my lens always focused perfectly. The color and clarity are superb. You can't beat a prime lens (no zoom) for picture quality. This 50mm lens is not suitable for candid photography around the house if you are shooting a Rebel or any other camera with the smaller sensor area because of the "crop factor" associated with the smaller sensors- you can't get far enough away to frame a good shot. But for posed portraits and macro, I'm totally satisfied with this lens. Hopefully I will not fall victim to the build quality problems that other reviewers have noted. It seems to be quite sturdy enough to me.
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