What can you do with a cheap lens? 1: outdoors

Finally, some shots from theatre rehearsals:

She was moving pretty fast here

The ritual death of St. Patrick (don't worry, he comes back to life, with the help of beer).

An enraged Scottish giant, ranting about freedom and whisky (no 'e' the way the Scots spell it).

So. my thoughts about this lens are that it is a no-brainer to buy. I've owned three versions of the Canon 50 F1.8, and the 50 F1.4. This is the best of them. It's also tiny, light, and cheap. I can fit it in the outside pocket of the sling bag I use to carry my R with 24-105L attached (I can also fit the equally tiny 16 F2.8 in an inside pocket of that bag). It's sharp wide open at least as far out as the rule of thirds points, and maybe a bit beyond (the main improvement over the EF 50 F1.8 STM). In good light, it's very sharp indeed. So much so, that I find myself sometimes softening pictures of people (the ones I know will complain about too much detail in their faces!). I'm very glad that it is available for the RF mount. If I were restricted to something like the optically better (but would I ever actually see the difference? almost certainly not), but bigger, heavier, and more expensive Nikon 50 F1.8, I would probably not have bought it, and if I had, I would almost certainly not use it anything like as much. Why? Because I can take this tiny RF 50 with me anytime I take my R. The extra size and weight is simply negligible. If I had to either take a bigger bag, or choose between my 24-105 and a 50, I probably just wouldn't have the 50 with me nearly as often.

Different people have different priorities. Some hate the fact that Canon has this 50 and the big heavy and expensive 50 F1.2, and no 50 in between. I'm fine with it, because I would have bought this one, and not the in between one anyway. I hope, for the sake of those whose lives are blighted by the lack of the in-between option, that Canon comes out with what you want at some point. I'm happy with this one. And with the other affordable RF primes. Live and let live.