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CANON RF 50MM F1.8 STM LENS
Key Features
RF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
Aperture Range: f/1.8 to f/22
One Aspherical Element
Super Spectra Coating
STM Stepping AF Motor
Customizable Control Ring
Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm
1 Year Warranty
Canon RF 50mm f1.8 STM Lens
The Canon RF 50mm f1.8 STM Lens is a compact, lightweight, and affordable normal prime lens designed for Canon full-frame mirrorless cameras. Often referred to as the “nifty fifty,” this lens is an essential tool for photographers and content creators looking to upgrade their imagery with a classic perspective and exceptional low-light capabilities.
Key Features
- Versatile 50mm Focal Length: Provides a natural perspective closely matching the human eye, making it ideal for portraits, street photography, landscapes, and everyday shooting.
- Bright f/1.8 Maximum Aperture: Allows for excellent low-light performance and precise control over depth of field, enabling beautiful background blur (bokeh) to isolate subjects.
- Stepping Motor (STM) Technology: Features a gear-type stepping motor that delivers smooth, quiet, and precise continuous autofocusing, which is perfect for both still photography and video recording.
- Compact and Lightweight Design: Weighing only 160 grams and measuring just 40.5mm in length, this ultra-portable lens easily fits into any camera bag for all-day shooting comfort.
- Advanced Optical Structure: Utilizes 6 elements in 5 groups, including one precision-molded aspherical element to suppress spherical aberrations and distortion for sharp, high-contrast imagery.
- Super Spectra Coating: Applied to individual elements to minimize ghosting and flare, ensuring accurate color balance and maintaining high contrast even when shooting in backlit conditions.
- 7-Blade Circular Aperture: Delivers a smooth and pleasing rendering of out-of-focus highlights, creating professional-grade aesthetic backgrounds.
- Configurable Control Ring: Built-in lens control ring allows users to adjust exposure settings directly from the lens, including aperture, ISO, shutter speed, or exposure compensation.
- 0.25m Minimum Focusing Distance: Offers an expanded close-up capability with a maximum magnification of 0.25x, letting you get closer to your subjects for detailed shots.
- Full-Time Manual Focus Override: Provides immediate manual focusing adjustment even while in autofocus mode, without needing to flip a physical switch.
- 12-Pin Electronic Communication: Ensures high-speed data transmission between the lens and EOS R series camera bodies, enabling real-time digital lens optimizer enhancements.
- Superb Cost Performance: Delivers professional-grade image quality at an accessible entry-level price point, making it a valuable addition to any gear kit.
Technical Specifications
- Focal Length: 50mm
- Maximum Aperture: f/1.8
- Minimum Aperture: f/22
- Lens Mount: Canon RF
- Format Compatibility: Full-Frame
- Angle of View: 46 Degrees
- Minimum Focus Distance: 25 centimeters (9.8 inches)
- Maximum Magnification: 0.25x
- Optical Design: 6 Elements in 5 Groups
- Diaphragm Blades: 7, Rounded
- Focus Type: Autofocus
- Image Stabilization: No (Supports In-Body Image Stabilization on compatible EOS R cameras)
- Filter Size: 43 mm (Front)
- Dimensions (Diameter x Length): 69.2 x 40.5 millimeters (2.7 x 1.6 inches)
- Weight: 160 grams (5.6 ounces)
Camera System Compatibility
The Canon RF 50mm f1.8 STM Lens is natively compatible with all Canon EOS R-series mirrorless camera bodies. This includes full-frame options such as the EOS R3, EOS R5 series, EOS R6 series, EOS R8, EOS R, and EOS RP. When mounted on APS-C sensor camera bodies like the EOS R7, EOS R10, EOS R50, and EOS R100, the lens provides a 35mm equivalent focal length of approximately 80mm, transforming it into an excellent, short-telephoto portrait lens.
