Question for 50mm f1.4 owners only

[I Simonius]

Does your 50mm 1.4 rattle everso slightly if you shake it??
Mine does and I just want to check that it is normal :rolleyes:

[Radioham]

Hi Simon
Just dun the test and yes it does, Small amount thro
Steve

[BlueTit]

Yes, mine rattles too.

[schmoelzel]

Sorry, mine is solid? Do you have the hood attached? Sometimes the hoods for non-l rotate freely and 'rattle' a little.

[I Simonius]

Sorry, mine is solid? Do you have the hood attached? Sometimes the hoods for non-l rotate freely and 'rattle' a little.

hood not attached

The rattle sounds like a small amount of movement in what I guess is probably the focussing mechanism - I hope it's not the optics! ;)

[Tom W]

Mine has a little bit of rattle in it as well. Always did, and I've had it for well over a year. It's normal, I'd say.

[RTMiller]

Yeah it does! Seems to work fine though.

[Jon Foster]

Yep, mine too but it's not much. I had to shake it next to my ear to hear it. And the lens takes fantastic shots...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v601/jfoster48386/Canon%20300D/People%20Shots/BedTime.jpg

Jon.

[jfrancho]

Yep, mine rattles too. I think it's that slight amount of play in the focussing ring. My guess is that there is some kind of clutch mechanism that allows you to grab the ring in AF and manually focus.

[jojiboy]

Yes, mine has a slight rattle also. Seems it's a common trait of this lens.

[schmoelzel]

Hopefully everyone here is shaking their lens really hard to get this rattle. I am gently shaking my copy of the lens and don't hear anything.........remember, this is not an L lens so excessive shaking might put the focus elements out of alignment.

[blue_max]

Loose here too. But doesn't effect the image quality or focus at all.

You could be forgiven for thinking it a fault. It is however, a characteristic – apart from the one poster, so far. What must the 1.8 be like if it is considered much worse build quality.

A cracking lens regardless.

Graham

[pierrot]

Hehe, gather all those folks shaking their 50mm f/1.4 and you'll get a nice maracas band... :mrgreen:

[mkitson]

mine too. again the shots it takes are fine.

[I Simonius]

Hehe, gather all those folks shaking their 50mm f/1.4 and you'll get a nice maracas band... :mrgreen:

and blow down the 100-400 zooms for a didgeridoo/trombone sound

Drone -shaka shaka shaka :lol: :lol: :lol:

[jfrancho]

Hehe, gather all those folks shaking their 50mm f/1.4 and you'll get a nice maracas band... :mrgreen:If you take it apart and fill it with dried pintO beans, the sound is even better.

[blue_max]

Fast cars and loose lenses.

It's rattle and roll man.

Peace.

Graham

[Chazs]

Hmmm. Just shook mine. Not sure if you could call it a rattle, but I guess there was a little movement inthe outer element. I guess I would expect a little movement considering the USM and magnetic motors. I'm not going to worry about it.

[lostdoggy]

Hey I know I'm not invited to this thread since I don't have a 50 f/1.4, but my 50 f/1.8 don't rattle. So does that mean that my thrifty fifty is not a sifty fifty???

[lostdoggy]

If you take it apart and fill it with dried pint beans, the sound is even better.

You mean PINTO like the trusty Ford. How about some Mexican Jumping Bean???

[jfrancho]

You mean PINTO like the trusty Ford. How about some Mexican Jumping Bean???Is this better?

If you take it apart and fill it with dried pintO beans, the sound is even better.I fells lyke ei gotsa sytayshan frum thuh speeling pollese.

[lostdoggy]

Muchos garcia

[I Simonius]

Hopefully everyone here is shaking their lens really hard to get this rattle. I am gently shaking my copy of the lens and don't hear anything.........remember, this is not an L lens so excessive shaking might put the focus elements out of alignment.

Gently does it!

[bestbyte]

my 1.2 and 1.4 rattle some

[aLFaDaRK]

I'm not at home, so I can't check, but it probably rattles a bit.

I had a different oddity with mine though - the edge of the focusing ring (the rubber bit) seemed to pop up out of the groove once. I popped it back down and it's fine, so not a bother, just kind of odd. Would never expect that to happen with my 17-40 ;)

[Lester Wareham]

Does your 50mm 1.4 rattle everso slightly if you shake it??
Mine does and I just want to check that it is normal :rolleyes:

Just checked for you maty.

Does a bit, a soft sound, not metalic. Changes tone slightly when the lens is hard minimum focus.

[FJ LOVE]

yup mine does too , i tried banging it on the table to see if i could isolate the noise better but all i got was a flat spot on the side

[freebird]

hmm........my 85 prime does same thing...Ive just notice very slight

[italypa99]

same here rattles a little but not much

[Mark_Cohran]

I never really noticed it until you asked, but yes it does, but just a little.

Mark