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What is the lifespan of an EF 50mm f/1.4 USM?

Started May 25, 2016 | Discussions thread
OP Digital Imaging Technician Regular Member • Posts: 313
Reporting back, it broke after 1 month

Digital Imaging Technician wrote:

I have a bunch of photographer friends that shoots Canon. All of those that bought the 50mm f/1.4 has had the same problem: the AF breaks down within a couple of years. Were they just unlucky or does this lens have some serious quality issues? Searching the web doesn't make me more sure about buying it. Should this lens be seen as a consumable?

I wonder if someone has actually had the EF 50mm f/1.4 for, say, over 7 years and still has a working copy.

Just reporting back, mine held for 1 month before the AF broke went kaputt. It can now only AF objects at a close distance, but not objects that are far away. What a joke.

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