Background blur is awesome.

I've been able to get great background blur while taking portraits and amazing nighttime landscape photos when tripos mounted and using the 2s or 10s delay on my Canon M50

The background blur with this lens is perfect for portrait photography

Also adds a nice background blur when taking shots of the baby

This is an excellent replacement for standard kit lenses, as the 1.8 aperture provides excellent background blur, and professional quality portrait shots

The lens provides beautiful background blur.

The background blur with this lens is perfect for portrait photography

This lens allows me a lower f stop so backgrounds blurred

This lens is really sharp & fast with good background blur.

It's very fast and I love the background blur

Background blur is awesome.

I wanted an F1.8 lens hoping for the extra sharpness, the better low-light performance, and the pleasing background blur available with the wider-open lens setting.

I wanted an F1.8 lens hoping for the extra sharpness, the better low-light performance, and the pleasing background blur available with the wider-open lens setting.

I've used the 50mm for low-light conditions while shooting at events in poorly-lit places with excellent results and for portraits-creating the best background blur of all my lenses

it's as sharp as you could possibly want unless you're pixel peeping

Excellent A++

So things like a sea turtle release (from personal experience) or something like an event where you're restricted as to how close you can get... not the lens for it unless you're right at the perfect distance.

This lens makes you work (as there is no zoom) to get the best shot possible, which is a great situation to find yourself in if you're just starting out.

The button on the battery barely sticks out very far compared to other brands, but the unit is partly to blame too b/c of its design for its battery connector

Ef 50mm 1.8 worked very well with the Canon EOS 5 D Mark III full frame.

I could say that it's almost as good as its L counterpart

It doesn't quite autofocus as fast as the L and the L isn't that fast

It's great for low light situations if you are looking for a sharp lens and you can't afford the L

It doesn't quite autofocus as fast as the L and the L isn't that fast