what is going on you guys my name is daniel and welcome back to the channel we're going to think
mirrorless canon cameras in this video we're going to be going over the 50 millimeter rf 1.8 stm
and this is a very capable lens and let's jump into some of the
goods the bads the sharpness and some of the photos let's go into it so if you're thinking
about picking up this lens don't forget to go and check out the link to purchase this on amazon
down below it really helps out the channel so thank you for checking that out the lens although
being very capable is also very cheap and for a cheap price point you just can't get everything
so what are you sacrificing for the small capacity and the price point that this lens comes in at
well the very first thing you'll notice just like the ef glass is that there is
vignetting insurance around it i wish this is one of the things that they would have changed
and actually fixed but they didn't most people add vignetting anyways and it's easy to plot and post
but nonetheless it is still there that leads us to our next thing this lens is very very soft at
1.8 which is kind of the purpose of having a 1.8 lens so you can have that blown out background
the overall sharpness is very very soft and it only focuses in a small area in the very center
the build quality is an upgrade from the ef version however it does not have any of the
weather sealing that comes with many of the other rf lenses it does however have a coupling that is
made of metal so that's a plus it does come with an stm motor in it to get focus and it does kind
of struggle in some situation i have a video over here where i was trying to take photos of
our dog and it just wasn't keeping up while the dog was moving like the other lenses did
uh it was kind of a tricky situation and for the most part it does do the job but it makes it a
much more casual lens while i was able to get some wonderful photos and the addition of having
a very close range that this lens can shoot at really does help to create some nice bokeh
it does however struggle in some situations and i did get photos that i enjoyed out of it
but it was more of a struggle to get those and kind of like cherry pick the best ones
the photos and the bokeh do have problems as it does have a harsh transition that kind of looks
a little muddy as it goes from the bokeh area to the sharp area and back into the bokeh area
as well the overall creaminess of the bokeh isn't quite what you'd get out of a more expensive lens
which is once again it's a 200 lens so you can't expect everything it is very good for just getting
up and going and having a small package look how small that is it's perfect for just carrying
around in a bag whereas having a much larger lens is not as favorable to doing something like that
my biggest complaint with some of these photos that i took was that they just looked very
iphony even though they did have the background blur where everything kind of has the harsh
edge to it and just kind of flat feel even if there was bokeh involved that was very nice
everything that is better on the rf 50 millimeter 1.8 stm and then the ef version and it's upgraded
quite a bit for starter let's do with the build quality the build quality is significantly
better than the all plastic ef version it has a metal coupling here for better long-term use and
better coupling in general insurance it however does not have any of the weather sealing around
it it also has a very nice um almost aero not aromatic but like space age looking matte finish
to the outside of it that's a much better plastic than the former it does not come with a focus ring
which is alright because it has a switch on the side for focus which you can use the control ring
for or you can set the control ring to just be the control ring you have to switch it over
into manual inside the camera but this reduces the amount of space that it takes this lens is almost
half as much as what i remember the ef versions being not to mention when you adapted the ef
version onto the eos r platform and the rf mount you would have to have the adapter and then the
lens so it almost felt like having a much larger like it really was almost twice the size of what
it needed to be and this fixes that problem now when i was shooting with the ef 50 millimeter 1.8
i could often run into the problem of chromatic aberration and what this is in general is as
light bends around objects it will hit the lens or it will hit the lens and then the sensor at
different speeds than the rest of the photons in the image creating a green or a purple or
sometimes yellow around the outside of the edges of the um subjects and trees and whatever it was
and this version of the rf 50 millimeter 1.8 has fixed almost all of those problems if you really
really really push this lens you will find them but you can do that with most lenses despite their
cost the motor on this is much quieter than the ef and much more precise as the ef i could not use
it for video with a mic mounted on top however this one i do feel comfortable doing that with
as well the focusing distance on this rf 50 millimeter is a lot better and a lot closer so
just by virtue of shooting closer to your objects you can make it feel like it has a lot more bokeh
and a lot smaller focused area for a package of 200. this is a very good go walk around be very
casual with lens and it fulfills that purpose very well lens is a very very compact small and
if you can see in comparison to one of these lenses it is a very very like light small lens
it's very good for just stuffing in a bag taking to wherever you're going on a hike casual photos
if you're going to the cafe and you don't want to have a massive lens
because it's just not that serious for your own uses this is the perfect lens for that
it makes carrying around the camera feel much more touristy than professional which can be very
nice on your wrists and if you have it strung around your neck for a hike then on your neck
the 50 millimeter is a wonderful focal length that will get pretty much everything that you
want to get done you can do a little bit wider with the 50 millimeter and you can do portraits
with the 50 millimeter as well as everybody knows this is about the focal length that your eyes see
at this lens really works for video better than photography if you ask me and i think this is a
perfect studio lens for a beginning channel that it plans on upgrading later into better gear
this is good for any type of casual video it will get the job done and it's a good all-around focal
length the motor inside of it isn't too loud so as long as you have a good mic on the top
you won't end up hearing this lens i will give this lens a 50 50 on portraits as it will get
the 1.8 look that you're looking for but it does come with some of the drawbacks of being a cheaper
more compact lens i find that sometimes they look a little iphony even though the
background is blown out and the transition from the bokeh area to the sharp areas of the picture
can be a little bit more jagged than what i would like it to be we will be comparing the sharpness
of the 50 millimeter to the notorious 28 to 70 f2 for its sharpness the similar class 35 millimeter
1.8 and the incredibly sharp 50 millimeter 1.2 now obviously
these are not at all the same price point the same class or anything but i just want to show you the
sharpness distance difference because if i just show you the sharpness of this lens
it doesn't really give a solid comparison to anything so let's look at first i've taken a
picture of this carpet right here and we're going to show you how it looks for sharpness i have
gone and done some stuff in photoshop to show you exactly where the sharp bits are in this photo
now as you can see the f2 at this 28 to 70 has sharpness a little bit deeper than the other
ones because it is not a prime lens and then it also has this really really sharp area in
the center that goes to almost the edges and it has a little bit of softness on the far sides
but for the most part this is sharp all the way through this right here is the rf 35 1.8
and as you can see the sharpness goes through a lot more through this one it is also a different
set it is at 35 millimeters rather than 50 but it is sharp almost all the way through with it
only dropping off significantly at the edges this one right here is the 50 millimeter 1.2 at f 1.8
as you can see the line comes right through here and it is the sharpest through almost the entirety
edge to edge on this lens where it only ever so slightly drops off at the very edges
and it is incredibly sharp as you can see there's so much more edges right there where this line
goes and that literally goes from edge to edge on this lens and here is the exact same things
for the 50 millimeter rf 1.8 as you can see it is incredibly soft at wide open 1.8 which is pretty
much the purpose for using this the only point in this lens that is sharp is the exact exact
center of this lens there is almost no sharpness towards the bottoms and the bokeh area or the
edges of this lens i would say only the inside 35 of this lens is as sharp as it should be so
this is just something to be aware of for anyone that's going to be recomposing their images from
the center of this lens now while this might seem absolutely terrible and in a way it is you
have to remember that this is only a 200 lens and it is a much more casual walk around do
beginner channel youtube videography work with it it does its job for what it is but
you should be aware of the limitations when it comes to sharpness on this lens
so if you're thinking about picking up this lens don't forget to go and check out the
link to purchase this on amazon down below it really helps out the channel so thank you for
checking that out so my name is daniel and don't forget to like and subscribe to the channel so
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