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Even cheaper than that pancake lens is the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. And it's much faster. That's my go to lens.
by pkulak 14y ago
Even cheaper than that pancake lens is the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II. And it's much faster. That's my go to lens.
- r00fus 14y agoI totally agree and the nifty-fifty's pricing is unbeatable. However, I find the DoF to be way too shallow for all but portraits, unless I tweak/fix the aperture settings (and fix them so they don't change). If I'm going to be doing f/2.8 or f/4 anyway, I'm happier with the pancake lens - esp. with my APS-C cropped factor, and effective 64mm is much more manageable than a 80mm. And it's just that bit lighter. I'm a big believer in the foot-based zoom approach, and really prefer primes to zooms.
- mrbill 14y agoThat's the one "add-on" lens I bought after lots of review when I figured it was time to add some variety to the kit lens.