Best lens for portraits it is fast and quite focusing I love to clicks form this lens its worth buying

Very fast and effective AF; nice bookeh and shallow dept of field

Struggles to focus in low light

I am very impressed with this lens; pictures are pin sharp as you would expect from a prime lens. Compared to the f1.8 lens the construction is much better you never feel as if it will fall apart (but I still don't recommend that you drop it!).

Consistent Output; Easily Interchangeable; Lightweight; Quick Focus; Rugged

Pros: Cons: Other thoughts: I purchased this lens to give our close up pictures that professional look. The low aperture of this lens allows for that great look, sharp and chrisp portraits with out of focus surroundings.

good item fair price fast delivery, to reduce shipping cost for consumers there should be an option to pick up the items from Q-express for free of costs.. most of the time I pick up my items from Q and still have to pay the shipping costs..

good item; light and small

no pro lens

Great lens overall, decided to upgrade to full frame and purchased this prime to go with it, build quality of the lens is better than most people say, can be a bit slow to focus in auto so best to do it manually Overall it's a great piece of kit for your camera bag

Ive owned this lens for 2-3 years and while its been good for low light with a Canon 5dMk 2, its build quality and reliability has not been good. Problems with focus jamming and rough manual focus was intolarable. I regretted not paying a bit more and buying a Sigma 50mm F1.4.

lightweight and sharp

poor contrast wide open; plastic feel; poor auto focus; unreliable

Overall good for the money. Honestly can't say its worth the extra 150 or so dollars over the f/1.8 version.

Good Sharpness; Great Bokeh and good for portraits and product photography

AF hunts A LOT; Soft at f/1.4 but corrects at f/1.6 and up; even though its USM it is still very noisy in my opinion and doesnt seem to be able to focus at the 1.5' as advertised the closest I can get is 3'; I might have gotten a bad copy, stil testing it may send it to Canon

Great lens, I am very happy with it, and this will likely continue as one of my favourites.

I have had this lens for well over a year and it is great; It is very quick and provides very sharp images - perfect for portraits However, the gain in going to this from the f1.8 version is pretty much negligible.

Too pricey with too little gain from the already pretty good f1.8 version; which is considerably cheaper

I have just purchased my most expensive piece of glass yet. The Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 lens. Before owning this lens, I have owned The 50mm f/1.8 lens. I loved it, I shot my 2012 Graduation with it. However, it is a Prime Lens. So you must only have certain amount of Focal Length.

Beautiful Depth Of Field; Compact; Durable; Easy To Use; Large Aperture; Lightweight; Solid build quality

Expensive