Nice set of filters for protecting my expensive 50mm F/1.4 lens. Easy to put on, can be added on top of each other to create nice effects if desired

Got this for my Canon 5D IV and Canon 50mm 1.4 lens combo, and it does not impede any image quality. Pretty happy with the results, and glad that I can keep dust and fingerprints away from the actual lens.

I ordered the 52mm filter because the 30mm f1.4 sigma lens for sony e-mount cameras has a 52mm thread but after lens arrived, I couldn't fit it on.But after-service support was pretty helpful in telling me this

Original Canon's nifty-fifty was already very good optically (I used to have both Mk I and Mk II of the 50mm f1.8 EF), but mechanical and AF shortcomings forced me to sell the lenses when I got a fast standard zoom (Sigma 17-50mm f2.8 OS) for my APS-C sensor camera, as pretty much redundant.Not so with the newest re-incarnation of the lens, the STM version. Apparently optically the same, it incorporated the lacking features - faster and more accurate autofocus, better OOF rendering (thanks to more aperture leaves, with rounded shape), and metal bayonet.Given the very low price (got it for 130$ CAD on sale at amazon.ca), size and weight, this lens would be a very welcome addition both to the beginner's kit (in addition to the kit zoom; great as a portrait lens with shallow DoF), and to a prosumer's kit who already has fast f2.8 zooms (very sharp when stepped down to ~f8, from the center to extreme corners - significantly sharper than my Sigma fast zoom in the corners; makes it great for large group portraits, studio full height portraits, landscape and architecture). It is very sharp center to corners even at its closest focusing distance (corresponds to magnification 0.2:1).You should also get a lens hood ES-68 - strictly speaking not necessary for photos, but serves as an extra protection for the lens. No need to get the expensive brand-named hood, the one I got from ebay for 2.30$ CAD with free shipping works perfectly fine.

I've had the Canon 50mm 1.4, and now this lens. and I can honestly say this one is better. This one focuses fast, it's small, looks great, is bitingly sharp, even wide open. and can easily be used professionally. I bought this just to have a lens, any lens on the front of my Canon 6D, but it's amazing. I'll be keeping this one. My 50mm 1.4 USM lens had major, major backfocusing problems, which I've read is not uncommon for that lens. I ended up selling it, even though it was a sharp lens. The focusing was terrible. This one is dead on, sharp, and contrasty. It's also probably the cheapest lens you can buy. If shot wide open, it's VERY sharp in the center, and there is definitely some slight vignetting (although it looks good in portraits, which is presumably what you'd be shooting wide open), and a "swirly" quality to the bokeh. I was taken aback by it, but it's cool. Almost Lensbaby-ish. Definitely get this lens!!!

Let's be clear, this is NOT the best 50mm prime you can get. It's not even great in comparison to them. Arguably, that crown sits atop the new Sigma 50mm F/1.4 Art. Having used the sigma a bit (admittedly, not a lot), it's at least 200% better. Maybe 300% or more, but you'd have to be really adamant about some of the particulars. Make no bones, the Sigma is a tremendous lens. The thing is, it's also an absolute STEAL compared to the former champion, the Canon 50mm 1.2L, $400 more expensive at $1350. If you're following the math, I'm saying this lens is possibly 1/3 as good as a lens that costs nearly 8 times as much, and is already a bargain at that price. There's a reason it's the best selling lens on the market, for any camera system.Yes, your kit lens has 50mm in its range. But F/1.8 opens a whole new world of artistic expression for the beginning or intermediate photographer over the F/5 or F/5.6 that lens opens to at 50mm, and for the price, you'd be insane not to go for it if that even interests you in the slightest. And if $125 is too much to ask for your budget especially if you're a student, get a body $125 cheaper to make room for this lens.

I bought this as a add on for my 50mm 1.4f Nikon lens and it is a must have for a natural light photographer. It definitely helps with glare and is a great add on that doesn't distort picture color. Even if you have a lens hood; I would still recommend getting the polarized lens cover as it provides anti glair far better than the lens hood.

I was thinking whether to invest in 50mm F/1.4 but I am happy that my investment for F/1.8 is value for money. Excellent lens to capture portraits