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Canon RF 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens

SKU: 1016834     MPN:

RF5018STM

$345.00

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$300.00 excl. GST

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This lens offers a compact and lightweight design, ideal for everyday use. Its bright f/1.8 aperture allows for excellent performance in low-light situations and effective depth of field control. The aspherical element and Super Spectra coating ensure sharpness and colour accuracy by reducing aberrations, distortion, flare, and ghosting. The STM motor provides quiet and smooth autofocus, beneficial for both video and stills. Additionally, the Control Ring allows easy adjustment of exposure settings directly from the lens.

Features

  • RF-Mount Lens/Full-Frame Format
  • Aperture Range: f/1.8 to f/22
  • One Aspherical Element
  • Super Spectra Coating

Compact, lightweight, and close-focusing

The RF 35mm f/1.8 IS Macro STM from an essential lens, 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 everyday, 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.

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

Bright f/1.8 maximum aperture

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.

Specifications

Focal Length
50mm
Maximum Aperture
f/1.8
Minimum Aperture
f/22
Lens Mount
Canon RF
Format Compatibility
Full-Frame
Angle of View
46°
Minimum Focus Distance
11.8" / 30 cm
Maximum Magnification
0.25x
Diaphragm Blades
7, Rounded
Focus Type
Autofocus
Image Stabilization
No
Filter Size
43 mm (Front)
Dimensions (ø x L)
2.7 x 1.6" / 69 x 40 mm
Weight
5.6 oz / 160 g