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Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Image Gallery

Dustin Abbott

May 29th, 2015

If you are looking for a gateway prime to try out what a large aperture fixed lens can do on your camera or are just looking for an inexpensive yet competent 50mm price, then you need to take a long look at the new Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM.  It is an improvement in every way over its predecessor (the “Plastic Fantastic”).  It’s actually a very nice little prime lens, and I will be sharing videos about it and photos from it here.  You can the full review here:

Here is a video that shares a first look at the lens and some early thoughts about its focus and build:

First Look at Canon's New "Nifty Fi...
First Look at Canon's New "Nifty Fifty"

This second video looks at one major difference – the shape of the aperture and the bokeh highlights when the lens is stopped down to smaller apertures (f/2.8, f/4, f/5.6)

Finally, here is the full video review of the lens:

Here are some photos of the lens itself:

Here is a gallery of images taken with the lens with minimal or no processing:

Full Size Image Samples (Right Click and select “Save As”) to view full size images.

Nifty Fifty

Full Size f2 Portrait

Gear Used:

Canon EOS 6D DSLR Camera (Body Only)
Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens
Adobe Lightroom CC Software for Mac and Windows (Boxed Version)
Adobe Photoshop Creative Cloud 1-Year Subscription
Alien Skin Exposure 7 (Use Code “dustinabbott” to get 10% anything and everything)

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You can also get it from Amazon.ca  here in Canada.  Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

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