jvangorp Loc: Stickney, SD

I'm looking to purchase this lens. I've visited B&H, KEH, and Adorama; all websites have this lens backordered. Just curious if this is due to Covid, china tariffs, or just plain popularity??

David Kay Loc: Arlington Heights IL

I would be interested in this also

BB4A

I doubt it would have anything to do with Chinese Import Tariffs; both of mine state “Made in Japan”. 😉

They are in stock on the Canon USA Website: https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/ef-50mm-f-12l-usm

jvangorp Loc: Stickney, SD

Thank you!!

jvangorp Loc: Stickney, SD

Do you have this lens? Your experience with it? I've read quite a few reviews where the auto focus doesn't work and people send them back. But..there are a lot of great reviews as well.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

This lens dates to 2007. I don't mean the new ones are that old, just that they make them in batches rather than new ones every day. I have one I bought used and it's one of my favorite lenses. The AF is perfect and fast and I've never had the slightest issue. The Canon Refurbished shop shows one, and a price around $1000 or less (if you kind find one used) is a better price for this high quality lens.

https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/ef-50mm-f-12l-usm-refurbished

The lens is rather artistic, especially at f/2 through the maximum f/1.2 aperture. As you get to smaller apertures, from f/4 onward, the differences between Canon's other two 50mm lenses become difficult to distinguish.

jvangorp Loc: Stickney, SD

Thank you so much for the great info!! I really appreciate it!

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

I try to travel with less equipment nowadays. The f/1.8 version fits on a shorts / jacket pocket as back-up to another lens, typically the 16-35 f/4. The 50L isn't overly large, but I usually use that lens alone / specifically, as it doesn't fit so nicely into a pocket.

You might be interested in a mix of images I did in the past while trying to decide if I wanted to keep just the 50L vs the 1987 "mark I" version of the f/1.8. I ended up keeping them both, particularly because of the portability of the f/1.8. There are f/1.2 through f/2 images from the 50L mixed into this selection of 50mm images. I know mostly which is which, but more from I remember the shooting situations than I can look at these images and tell you. My point is to not get seduced by the 'L' if you don't need that wide aperture for most of the time.

https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-629455-1.html
https://www.uglyhedgehog.com/t-631008-1.html

BB4A

Yes, I have a pair of them; first bought in 2015 and second bought in 2017 as a second body portrait combo. I often shoot my commissions in color and black & white; I prefer to set up a camera body & lens combo for each.

My experience is that it’s a relatively heavy, noisy, and ugly big lens... and I absolutely love it. It’s the only 50mm lens I will ever need, and at f/1.2 on a 5D MkIV body, I can shoot effectively at light levels so low I can’t see well enough to manually focus. It adds something to my photographs that no other lens does; I have some examples in other sections of this forum that explain this better than I can here.

It’s an “L” series lens; I suggest that you consider L = Learn to use it well? I’ve actually had fellow photographers (professionals) tell me that they couldn’t get used to the lens, or couldn’t get it to work properly for them. I’ve had no problems at all with either of mine, but because of it’s designed capabilities, this lens requires the photographer to set up their camera correctly and (most importantly) to use good operating technique when shooting with the lens wide open.

jvangorp Loc: Stickney, SD

Thank you again for the info!

Doc Mck Loc: Terrell,Texas

eBay has a good selection

Haydon

Refurbished in stock

https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/ef-50mm-f-12l-usm-refurbished?utm_source=google&utm_medium=Product_Search&utm_campaign=Google_Product_Feed&cm_mmc=GA-_-ef_50mm_f_12l_usm_refurbished-_-G_Canon_Product+Listing+Ads-_-22083&gclid=CjwKCAjwlbr8BRA0EiwAnt4MTvTWXhjWJVDyFJVlxAjvaHr0vN-Xowa-1HEwfNcCbVoeTyD2iJfbYBoCHh0QAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds


New In Stock

https://shop.usa.canon.com/shop/en/catalog/ef-50mm-f-12l-usm

jvangorp Loc: Stickney, SD

Thank you!!