Compact, lightweight, and close-focusing, the Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM is a sleek normal-length prime offering a classic, versatile field of view and an especially compact design. An ideal lens for every day, walkaround shooting, this 50mm f/1.8 is characterized by its bright design for available light shooting and apt depth of field control. The optical design incorporates one aspherical element, which reduces spherical aberrations and distortion, and also sports a Super Spectra coating to minimize flare and ghosting for improved contrast and color accuracy. Also, an STM motor affords impressively quiet and smooth autofocus performance and full-time manual focus override. Additionally, a configurable Control Ring lets you adjust exposure settings, including ISO, aperture, and exposure compensation, from the lens itself.

Full-Frame | f/1.8 to f/22    Compact, Lightweight Prime Lens    STM Stepping AF Motor    Customizable Control Ring    Aspherical Element, SSC Coating    Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm

Normal-length prime is designed for use with full-frame Canon RF-mount mirrorless digital cameras.

Bright f/1.8 maximum aperture suits working in difficult lighting conditions and also offers increased control over depth of field.

One precision-molded (PMo) aspherical element suppresses spherical aberrations and distortion for high sharpness and accurate subject rendering.

Super Spectra coating has been applied to individual elements to minimize ghosting and flare for greater contrast and color neutrality when working in strong lighting conditions.

STM stepping motor offers fast, quiet, smooth, and accurate autofocus performance that is ideal for video recording as well as still shooting.

Configurable Control Ring can be used to adjust a variety of exposure settings, including aperture, ISO, and exposure compensation.

Rounded seven-blade diaphragm contributes to a pleasing bokeh quality.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Strictly out of curiosity, what is the country of manufacture?

A: It's made in Malaysia

Q: 2. How about the Warranty?

A: Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens (Canon RF) BH #CA5018RF includes 1 year warranty with Canon USA.

Q: 3. Weather sealing?

A: No, the Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens is not weather-sealed.

Q: 4. Will this work with the M50?

A: This lens will not mount onto the Canon M50 and currently there is no adapter for it to mount onto the Canon M50.

Q: 5. Does this include a lens hood?

A: It does not come with a lens hood but Canon now produces one for it, the Canon ES-65B Lens Hood (https://bhpho.to/35YpsxN)

Q: 6. I knew focusing on this lens would be noisy but my copy continually hunts focus. Is this normal or should I try another copy?

A: Doing a controlled focus test is the best way to determine what might be causing the lens to hunt for focus.

Q: 7. What lens hood will fit this lens?

A: Canon has a specific lens hood for it called the ES-65B (https://bhpho.to/3kblKpV) but you could also use a generic lens hood that screws into the filter threads as well.

Q: 8. What is the latest firmware for this lens? Just got mine, the firmware version is at 1.0.0, checked Canon website... nothing so far.

A: Firmware v1.0.0 is currently the latest version at this time for the RF 50mm 1.8

Q: 9. What size is the end of the lens? (basically, what size ND filter will I need?)

A: This lens takes 43mm filters.

Q: 10. Does the lens barrel move out when focusing like the RF 35mm f1.8 IS STM or is it internal focusing?

A: No the lens does not move in and out when focusing.