Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Mark I lens Help

[mrclark321]

Hi
Will the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 Mark I lens work on my Rebel 350 XT?

Dan

[tim]

Yes. Any EF lens works on any EOS body.

[mrclark321]

What one is better ?

The MarkI or the MarkII

Thanks Dan

[Adam Hicks]

The only real difference that people care about is the metal mount. Reviews say the MkII is slightly better but they're basically the same. I say save your money and get the MkII for $70 or so. I have it and it's great, but I'm ready for the USM on the 1.4 so I have one on order to arrive this week.

If you're using a lens so much that the metal mount is required, you should be using the 1.4 :)

Adam

[Andy_T]

I went for the used MKI and have to say that I love the lens.

It provides great images and has very decent build quality.
Apart from the rather slow and noisy focus (same on MKII), there's really nothing I don't like about the lens.

I once read a comparison on the web that explicitly compared the MKI version against the MKII version, but could not find it.
Here are some of the links I found, nevertheless:
http://www.siufai.dds.nl/CanonEF50.htm
http://photo.net/photo/canon/canon-50-1.8.html
http://194.100.88.243/petteri/pont/Reviews/g_Fifty_versus_fifty/a_Fifties_duel_--_f1.4_vs_f1.8.html

Best regards,
Andy

[thomasrhee]

If you can get a Mk.I version for a decent price, it's a great buy.

However, with the crazy prices I've seen on eBay, typically >$150 for mint, save your money and just get the Mk.II version or better yet, go for the 50/1.4.

[BiGEd]

Go for MKI if you can (I agree w Andythaler & thomasrhee). A little noisy, but what a lens! One of my absolute favorites. No wonder it currently holds 1st place with 31% of the votes in the polll Vote for your Favorite -=Starter Lens=-, and also no 1 in the poll Top 10 Portrait Lenses (in this section of the forum).

[DocFrankenstein]

try to get the 50/1.8 attached to an EOS 650 body. Those usually sell for a 100 or so, and you get the camera as a bonus.

Cheers