Yongnuo YN EF 50mm AF / MF F/1.8 canon fit

any good

  • no

    Votes: 2 50.0%

  • yes

    Votes: 2 50.0%

  • maybe

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    4
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Thinking of getting one of these for a spare camera to use in a van to take landscape pictures in winter ...
Are these any good as cheap as chips on ebay less than £40 ...
any input or views would be helpful
 
I watched the digitalrev video and the images looked pretty s***.
 
  1. This a poor copy of the previous Canon lens. Now that Canon have a new stem version, the old one should be quite cheap (it's pretty cheap anyway), and much better quality.
 
I'll go against the grain here and say that I bought one on a whim a while ago and it was actually slightly sharper than my Canon 50mm 1.8 at wider apertures - I'd still have it and happily use it if it hadn't met an unfortunate end due to an encounter with a brick wall. Seems quality control is nonexistent though and some are pretty terrible, so they're only really worth buying if you either get a good one from the start, or are prepared to return a few.

I'd not recommend buying one, but did enjoy the one I had, if that makes any sense at all!
 
Fuzzdog said:
I'll go against the grain here and say that I bought one on a whim a while ago and it was actually slightly sharper than my Canon 50mm 1.8 at wider apertures - I'd still have it and happily use it if it hadn't met an unfortunate end due to an encounter with a brick wall. Seems quality control is nonexistent though and some are pretty terrible, so they're only really worth buying if you either get a good one from the start, or are prepared to return a few.

I'd not recommend buying one, but did enjoy the one I had, if that makes any sense at all!
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Completely agree.
My copy was superb however a friends wasn't.. If you get s good copy then it's worth it and is superb! If not then it's a little bit of a waste.
 
Could buy a batch off alibaba keep the best and sell the rest on :)

I think we have some interesting things ahead for yongnuo.
 
not looking good so far ....
 
Assuming your going to have it on a crop body I personally wouldn't want a 50mm as a general purpose lens I had one as the only lens on my 30d for a while and found it very frustrating! I'd be looking at the 24mm STM pancake on a crop a lovely lens a great general purpose field of view equivalent and not particularly expensive stick it on a used 450d and you have a great cheap dslr setup!
 
a1ex2001 said:
Assuming your going to have it on a crop body I personally wouldn't want a 50mm as a general purpose lens I had one as the only lens on my 30d for a while and found it very frustrating! I'd be looking at the 24mm STM pancake on a crop a lovely lens a great general purpose field of view equivalent and not particularly expensive stick it on a used 450d and you have a great cheap dslr setup!
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Something to think about as missus is after a canon dslr & she takes photos of everything just walking around with the kids ...
 
Why not just get the 50mm STM? You can get this new for £80 and its a stellar lens.

The Yongnuo is not a good lens.
 
graycbr said:
Something to think about as missus is after a canon dslr & she takes photos of everything just walking around with the kids ...
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Old 450d and the 24mm STM would be pretty good for that I quite often take my m and 22mm out with my son.

If it was full frame the 50 would be OK but for me it's pretty limiting on a crop it's just to long.
 
a1ex2001 said:
Old 450d and the 24mm STM would be pretty good for that I quite often take my m and 22mm out with my son.

If it was full frame the 50 would be OK but for me it's pretty limiting on a crop it's just to long.
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Yep will be on crop body thinking of the 60D
 
60d is a nice camera much maligned at the time of release as it effectively killed the xxd as a prosumer range but it has some nice features as isn't to bulky.
 
a1ex2001 said:
60d is a nice camera much maligned at the time of release as it effectively killed the xxd as a prosumer range but it has some nice features as isn't to bulky.
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I hope so as said to the missus that's the camera I'm getting her :)
 
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