hi guys welcome back to the channel in this video we're going to be talking about the type of lens
that every photographer should have in their camera bag yes we're talking about a nifty 50.
but what happens if you don't have over £200 plus to spend on an oem 50mm lens
this is where Yongnuo come in with their budget YM f 1.8, 50 mm lens if you are a Canon
user then you can pick these lenses up for under £50, us Nikon users aren't quite so lucky
and if you're a Sony user I'm afraid you can get rinsed for a little bit more
that said these are an amazing bargain compared with the prices of the full Canon, Nikon and Sony
equivalent lenses. I have read and watched reviews on the Canon versions of this lens and one of the
criticisms is that the mounting on these lenses is in fact plastic, luckily for the Nikon user
these are metal, I'm still not sure what the Sony equivalent is like, however, it's likely that it's
also metal and that's possibly the reason for the increased cost. I've owned my own particular
Yongnuo lens for about two to three years now and it's been pretty good but there have been a few
issues as you'd expect with the budget lens for the most part the lens works well and it's easy to
achieve attractive shots with nice background blur ideal for portrait photography. I've actually used
this lens a lot for automotive photography and it gives different results than I would get with the
typical Nikon lenses that I have for the camera. If you've watched recent videos you'll notice that
I've used this lens for some woodland photography and also for doing some macro photography where
I've used it in conjunction with the Raynox 250 macro adapter. There have been a few issues
one of the issues is a communication error between the camera body and the lens. What
often happens is you get a message on the back of the camera saying that there is no lens attached
but it's a simple fix simply switch off the camera unmount the lens mount the lens back on
switch the camera back on and all is good again, luckily this is a fairly rare occurrence but all
the same it's quite annoying when you're out in the field doing some photography.
Second issue I have with the lens is quite often the autofocus hunts around quite a lot
so it's much easier to actually flick it into manual and just take a shot like that
One last concern with this lens and it may be down to this particular example
is that I've noticed that sometimes if I'm stood in front of something very symmetrical like the
front of a car you'll take the photograph and one headlight will be perfectly sharp and the
other one slightly out of focus and I don't know if it's just the fault on this particular
lens or whether defects of the ones as well.
Those issues aside I'm really happy with the results I get with this lens
and I think it's still worth the investment. Yes, I'm sure that the Nikon or canon
equivalent of this lens is probably far superior optically but when you remember
that this lens is a quarter of the price of the Nikon f 1.8 lens then this has got to
be the ultimate budget 50mm lens for a hobby photographer without a lot of money to spend.
this video is not sponsored by Yongnuo, I just think that this little lens offers great value
for money and it's a great addition to any photographer's camera bag. If you like content
like this then please give me a thumbs up and I'll see you again in a future video bye for now