Canon F/1.8 STM 50 mm Standard Lens

Canon EF50MM F/1.8 STM Lens for Canon DSLR Camera

The lightweight, compact EF 50mm f/1.8 STM is the perfect entry level offering from Canon’s prime range of EOS lenses. With an 80 mm effective focal-length on APS-C cameras, 50 mm on full-frame cameras, it is perfect for portraits, night-time photography, and even action sequences.

Circular 7-Blade Design

Its vivid maximum aperture of f/1.8 not only excels in low light, but also capture gorgeous, sharp images and movies with beautiful background blur and bokeh thanks to its circular 7-blade design. Its latest lens arrangement with new lens coatings helps render images with outstanding colour balance, and minimised ghosting and flare.

Compact and Fully Equipped For Movies

The EF 50mm f/1.8 STM’s performance is outstanding, with a stepping motor (gear-type STM) to deliver near-silent, continuous Movie Servo AF for movies and speedy, smooth AF for stills. A restructured exterior with enhanced focus ring placement makes manual focus adjustments exceedingly simple and easy. Canon's most compact 50 mm lens, the EF 50 mm f/1.8 STM has a rugged metal mount, plus an improved minimum focusing distance of 1.15 ft. (0.35 m) and a maximum magnification of 0.21x. Offering enhanced performance for the best in movies and stills, it's a fixed focal length lens makes it perfect for photographers and moviemakers who want to expand the creative possibilities with their EOS cameras.

Perfect Portrait with Beautiful Background BLUR

The EF50mm f1.8/ STM is a great choice when you want to instantly change the look of your portraits from good to great. The 50 mm focal length allows you to fill the frame with your subject stand out in the frame. The wide f/1.8 aperture gives you the ability to bring your subject into sharp focus and makes it easy to defocus the background in photos. It also results in a creamy, visually-appealing bokeh. It can be difficult to get the same kind of quality and effect with a kit lens. In Addition, as it has a wide-open aperture of f/1.8, it is also great for photography in dark locations.

Silent and Smooth AF

The EF 50mm f/1.8 STM deploys a gear-type stepping motor (STM), which is very quiet AF motor when shooting photos, so you can react suddenly to capture fleeting moments. The greatest advantage is while doing video shoot the focus will be quick and smooth and the built-in microphone will not pick-up the operating sound of the motor as its very silent.

Get Close to Your Subject

The closest focusing distance is 35cm on the EF50mm f/1.8 STM. This increases the maximum magnification offering by 0.21 times, making it an even better choice for closeup shots. This lens will come in handy when you want to move a step closer to the subject and keep the auto focus still working.