Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens

Hey everyone, today I'm going to post something I never really have done before and don't think I'll do often, which is writing sort of a short review of a specific lens. I don't really see myself as a good review writer but for this particular lens, I'm willing to try.
So please, don't be too harsh on me, haha ;).

Today I will be writing a review about the:

Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens (Photos are at the bottom of this post)


First off, let's start about why I bought this lens:


The reason I bought this lens was really quite simple, a friend from college is quite a professional when it comes to photography, and he recommended this lens. He has lots of expensive gear so I was surprised to hear him recommending a (in The Netherlands) €100,00 euros worth a lens.
Since I'm not really thát rich to buy lenses worth €300,00/400,00 euros. I was really quite glad it was this cheap, so I went out on the internet to look for reviews of this lens.

• Why to buy this particular lens:

This lens is great when you're just starting to play around with photography and need a good versatile lens. Because of the fixed focal length of 50mm you can't get images finer and sharper. The second good part about this lens is that the aperture of f/1.8 will allow you to shoot photos in basically every situation, without a flash. Most of these photos will come out so sharp, you'll really be amazed (compared to the standard 18-55mm kitlens) of the sharpness it produces.
You can basically shoot all of these photos in a handheld position. Will you want to shoot in really dark situations you will need a tripod. 

• Any other thoughts:

The thing you will see people posting about this lens is that when you go out shooting with the aperture set to f/2.8 it will produce the best quality of pictures, especially in RAW. 
This lens is also made of plastic so that is a thing to consider when you buy this lens. But really, to be honest, I have this lens for about a month now and I really dont mind, or I dont even notice it being plastic-y anymore.

You will have to watch out with the auto-focus and manual focus, multiple times I've tried to manual focus whilst the lens still set to auto-focus, and not even noticing it. Compared to a standard kitlens you really can barely feel the difference of focussing in auto-focus and manual-focus. So watch out with that!
The auto-focus isn't as good as the standard kitlens but that's my opinion about it.

• Verdict:

The Canon 50mm f/1.8 really is a must-have for any photographer, amateur or pro. The aperture, the size, the weight and the quality of pictures is just way too tempting if you're talking about it's price of €100,00 euros. You will have to watch out with the autofocus but overall it's a very nice lens, especially when you compare it's sharpness to photos made with the 18-55mm kitlens.


Some photos made with the lens:


Here are a few photos I made today with this great lens:

If you have any comments or questions, be sure to write them in the comment section below.
I hope this review was useful! :)