Canon 50mm 1.8 giving bad results.

TxRxAlex wrote in post #14474511
What is a MFA?

Micro Focus Adjust

TxRxAlex wrote in post #14474511
What is a MFA?

I paid EUR 82.99.

MFA = Micro Focus Adjustment. Not sure if your camera has it or not as I don't know which body you have.

http://www.dgrin.com/s​howthread.php?t=116078

This is what I did to adjust my lens. It worked out great.

EXIF says the OP is using a 60D; no MF on that body.

Rocky Rhode wrote in post #14474458
Sadly, "grey market" lens is not going to give you reliable results

You clearly have no idea what a grey market lens is.

Grey market lenses are identical to "USA" market in every way save warranty.

Alex, try contacting the ebay seller, if you paid via paypal, you can file a claim within 45 days if the seller refuses to fix the problem, and the buyer wins in most cases. $100 is definitely worth some effort to recoup.

is it possible that the lens is damaged? Really poor filter? I mean the lens has kinda lame AF, but it's not nearly as bad as the photos presented here.

I would ask the same question, do you have a UV filter on that lens?

Sirrith wrote in post #14474752
You clearly have no idea what a grey market lens is.

Grey market lenses are identical to "USA" market in every way save warranty.

You are correct ! and I clearly would not ever wish to purchase one

The nifty fifty in my opinion is a solid performer but definitely has it's limitations (low light AF, build, etc.) but when it works...well it works well. How close was the lens to the flower? I'd try again without a filter, w/AF, and maybe pull back the camera/lens a step or two from your subject.

Yes, something seems very wrong with your lens. I've had several 50 1.8's and they have never ever produced images like the ones you posted...

It should be sharper than that. I don't have a camera that 'micro adjusts' focus, but I'd give that a try. It appears to be missing focus completely. I own the lens, and mine is rather sharp wide open and wickedly sharp stopped down from f/2.8. If my wide open shots look bad it's because the depth of field is so short and I'm inept at getting it right. I shot this the other day. My son's left eye is in focus and his right is not in perfect focus, but it still looks ok:

IMAGE LINK: http://www.flickr.com …/13931652@N00/7​235414980/

i bet $2 that OP has a tiffen filter in front of it

Hey everybody, no I dont have any filter on it.... I only bother with filters on my good lenses.

Even though I havent had much luck with this lens I love the results everyone else has been getting so I figure go and buy a 1.4 from the local shop

Thanks again everybody.

I have faced this problem once and it turned out that the lens assembly alignment had gone bad. Canon Service did a centre aligning of the len elements with the camera sensor but due to this alignement mismatch the USM had also got damaged

I've used both the mk1 and mk2 and this looks like motion blur to me. But then you change the Aperture and it gets better.

Looking at your exif there's enough light to prevent motion blur so return this ASAP.

Above all, don't lose faith in the nifty fifty. The people who complain about anything but the focus ring and relatively slow AF don't know what they're talking about. You will get great photos from this lens almost every time.

AF Mode Manual focusing
why not autofocus ?
try the autofocus before buying the 50mm 1.4