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EOS 350D and Canon 50mm f1.8

Started Dec 14, 2014 | Questions thread
Dave Throgmartin
Dave Throgmartin Contributing Member • Posts: 878
Re: EOS 350D and Canon 50mm f1.8
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chits wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I am planning to buy this lens and after searching here saw it has focus issue,

What you guys suggest ? My main purpose is to shot portrait of kids and family on holidays,wedding ( night mainly) , Kindly suggest , Does Sigma or Tamron has good wide aperture lens for 350D ?

Probably next to kit lenses this is Canon's most popular lenses.  Given the very high quantity of this lens they've sold people will complain about things.

The focus accuracy is not as good as some of Canon's lenses with better focus motors, but I wouldn't suggest it is inaccurate or you are guaranteed to have problems with it.

I wish Canon would put AFMA on the Rebel bodies so ALL of their DSLR customers could optimize their lens/body focusing.  Your best bet, if buying from a brick and mortar store, is to try it out in the store and take several photo of the clerk and evaluate for critical focus.

There aren't many other options in the price range you're looking at:

50 f/1.8

40 f/2.8 pancake

24 f/2.8 pancake

Others like the Sigma 30 f/1.4 but it is more money.  Tamron doesn't make any fast, non-macro, primes.  The closest they have if I remember right is a 60mm f/2 macro.  Again, it is more money.

Dave

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