Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM: On the Street

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Photographer Dustin Abbott takes a fresh look at the cheapest lens in the Canon RF lineup. Does the Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM work for street photography? | Visit bit.ly/lethelightinTV for the new channel | | Read the Text Review bit.ly/RF50STMreview | Visit the Image Gallery bit.ly/RF50STMimages | Purchase a Canon RF 50mm F1.8 STM @ B&H Photo bhpho.to/3qoFUQF | Camera Canada shrsl.com/2qft0 | Amazon amzn.to/35Qq61j | Amazon Canada amzn.to/3ieOdvo | Amazon UK amzn.to/3qqJgCG | Amazon Germany amzn.to/3qqddTm | Ebay bit.ly/RF50STMda
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0:00 - Intro
3:00 - Photo Breakdown
11:00 - Conclusion and Pricing
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@davecarrera 2 жыл бұрын

I have the "RF Niffty Trio" 16,35 and 50mm and enjoy what each lens gives me. Very light set of lens to walk about with and fast to change if need be. RF 16 gives a great look on cityscapes for me. But like you I do enjoy, and often use, the 24-105mm f4 for walk about and street photography my R6. Wishing you well sir.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice feedback.

@williamgoss4691 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely little review and images from the 50 1.8 with a good critique of the lens’ strength and weakness’. Thks DA.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@peterebel7899 2 жыл бұрын

Some nice shots with the 50 1.8! The 24-105 4.0? Yes, it is a great general purpose lens! With all other lenses you set more focus on special interest in sujets. I purchased it as kit lens as entree into the RF system. And I am happy with it - even as Dustin Abbott told us not being a fan of this kind of lenses some years ago. In the last years traveling light started to mean for me a lens of special interest for this trip (may it be a prime, macro, telephoto, ultra wide, ...), one body and the 24-105.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@Sefev_ 2 жыл бұрын

Thank for sharing! This lens is great for money. I picked up the lens hood and that fits well too.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear!

@goodbokeh 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful review, thanks. I'm going to take my 50/2.5G with me to London in May.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@sfkevlar 2 жыл бұрын

It would be great if Canon made a cheap fast RF pancake lens like the EF 40mm f2.8 or the EOS-M 22mm F2.0

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I quite liked both of those lenses.

@AnandaGarden 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. Very helpful to me. Wow, the R5's 45-mpx sensor is ... brilliantly croppable. Graphic designers will love you.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Yup!

@jcax44 2 жыл бұрын

50mm always works with people/portraiture type of shots as shown in the video. Works well and convenient for travel especially when taking souvenir shots. Thanks for the video.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure.

@boetschge 2 жыл бұрын

Beautyful Charleston ... been living there for some Years and felt always at Home. Loved your Pictures!

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's a beautiful city.

@williamgoss4691 2 жыл бұрын

A great video exploring the virtues and the flaws of the ‘budget’ 1.8 50mm Canon lens with some good images demonstrating each side of this lens. Conclusion; Perfectly useable, but choose your subject matter and the framing of your images with care. // Thks DA.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@JjackVideo 2 жыл бұрын

Over the years I've gotten use to 40mm (the one I had first) and I simple can't work well with a 50mm. If I want a wide I go 24, if I want a walk around I take my 35 or 40, and if I want a portrait frame I take the 85. 50 just feels wrong to be. It seems like a great lens tho - hope the price drops a bit

@sunnydoga 2 жыл бұрын

The same thing as for me... A have an a pair of perfect Tamron lenses 35/f1.4 and 85/f1.8 but can't find myself at 50mm... But yes, Canon 50mm are very lightweight, sometimes it's a reason...

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

An equivalent of the EF 40mm F2.8 STM would be nice.

@breathoffreshair245 2 жыл бұрын

I can definitely relate to the city we live in not being overly great for street photography! When I find myself in big cities I definitely take advantage of it. Picked up the sigma 35mm 1.4 for E mount so can't wait to try it!

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Street is a fun kind of photography, for sure.

@USGrant21st 2 жыл бұрын

I have 24, 28, 35 (1.8 and 2.8 pancake), 40, 45, 50 mm lenses for my two systems. And I find 35mm the most useful for street photography with family and friends. The 24 and 28 have too much distortion for my taste, and 40,35,50 are often too tight.

@40mmSummarit 5 ай бұрын

It's astonishing how good lenses are these days. In the case of this one, the RF 50mm 1.8, for a list price of $199 you get a lens where you have to actually pixel peep and look at images under a microscope to find some trivial flaws.

@ShafreelCosmos 2 жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite things, street photography and Charleston, SC. I dream for a G Master 40mm F1.2 Fantastic video like always and thank you for sharing this wonderful work with us. #ThatCreativeLife

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

That would be a lovely street lens.

@miaoxiang7377 2 жыл бұрын

looks like a solid performer!

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

For the money, yes.

@sunnydoga 2 жыл бұрын

As for me, the old Canon EF 50/f1.8 STM has a little better sharpness, slightly less vignetting, and noticeable lower abberations... Yes, a new one RF 50/f1.8 does a slightly better at sharpness in the corner of the frame, but for usual application (half-portrait lens) it doesn't matter.. Can't see any reasons for upgrade, if you have an EF STM version... Thanks for review, but I think it was necessary to make a little comparison with older Canon lenses =)

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

For me the biggest reason for the upgrade would be to eliminate the need for the adapter, but that may not bother some.

@Lesterandsons 2 жыл бұрын

Thx 60's standard souvenirs

@verzivull 2 жыл бұрын

You know, 50mm is kinda strange focal range. If you're prepared and get used to it, it will bring up great results, but it will be a challenge each time. Especially in your own neighborhood, when you know every corner. I had rp + 50mm for whole year. I've done it deliberately to challenge myself. In 6 month I've started to play around with multiple exposure, rolling shutter as artistic trick and even abstract photography.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Doing those kinds of challenges definitely expands your creativity

@chakwong 2 жыл бұрын

“To use it to its strength”, you should use the RF50 for night street photography. Compact size and fast aperture. And the low cost means it is easier to replace if it got robbed at night!

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

LOL - it's sad that we might consider a cheap lens because of the risk of being robbed!

@doditodi 2 жыл бұрын

Have the RF nifty 50 and also have the 24-105 .. but for walking around and traveling the 24-105 is normally my go to Lens . The 50mm is great Lens for the price point and easy to carry if needed. The 50mm is perfectly capable of getting good street shots and good for the likes of casual family shots.

@sunnydoga 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know how wide should be the streets... But to my mind, street photography ends at 40mm even in wide streets... 50-58mm lens are more suitable for portrait or landscape... Maybe I'm wrong... but if canon will repeat RF35-40mm in style of EF40/f2.8 it will be a masterpiece... But this one 50mm it's just a kit-lens, even older EF 50/f1.8 STM looks better...

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

I too would love to see an equivalent of the 40mm F2.8 STM for RF

@marknongkhlaw1674 5 ай бұрын

Would the RF 24-105 f4 be good indoors?

@MatthewFortner 2 жыл бұрын

I recognized my city of Charleston from the thumbnail.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

It's a lovely city.

@joseregino5170 2 жыл бұрын

After watching this video I don’t want to buy this lens. Thank you.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Interesting feedback. Why is that?

@sunnydoga 2 жыл бұрын

@@DustinAbbottTWI In this video lens doesn't looks razer sharp =) But to say the true, It's looks like the worst lenses in the RF line. Great fringering, vinetting, mediocre contrast and sharpness. L-series zooms show better performance. Too much price for lightweight and not very suitable 50mm... Not a portrait, not a wide...

@attepirttiaho7942 2 жыл бұрын

@@sunnydoga oh I wonder why a lens with 10x the price would show better performance...

@goldfinch2283 2 жыл бұрын

@@sunnydoga LOL 😂

@borocotochacha 2 жыл бұрын

@@sunnydoga a 50 years old Pentax is better than this RF. Is there something between this RF 1.8 and the 1.2? What about focus breathing... and weather seal?? I see a big whole between RP and R6/ RF cheap lenses and pro.

@dnaindex 2 жыл бұрын

"street photography, a genre of photography that records everyday life in a public place. The very publicness of the setting enables the photographer to take candid pictures of strangers, often without their knowledge" .. Then a whole review follows of some silly default tourist shooting.

@DustinAbbottTWI 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your feedback.