Lenses for DSLR
Affordable STM lens, with a fast f/1.8 aperture for general, low light and portrait photography.
An affordable, high quality lens that’s perfect for creative portraits and low-light photos. Blur backgrounds to make your subject stand out, and enjoy smooth near-silent STM focusing when shooting movies.
See full specificationWith the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens you can easily produce more artistic and impactful photography thanks to a wide f/1.8 aperture that produces sharp focus on your subject and a beautiful blurred background.
Perfect for capturing expressions on the faces of friends and family, ideal for weddings, events and parties
Perfect when you find yourself in darker conditions capturing nightscapes, firework displays or interiors
Capture life as it happens in front of you, from the streets of your town to emotional events.
The wide f/1.8 aperture lets in more than 8x the amount of light compared to the standard zoom lens that is provided with your EOS*. This results in sharper images with less motion blur and reduced need to use flash in dimly lit conditions so you can easily capture the atmosphere of a low light environment.
The 50mm focal length allows you to fill the frame with your subject from a comfortable distance making it a great lens for portraits. A similar perspective to the human eye and its compact size make the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM a great everyday lens to always carry with your EOS camera.
The near-silent STM (Stepping Motor) technology focuses extremely quickly when shooting photos, so you can react suddenly to capture fleeting moments. Creating high quality movies is easier with STM as it delivers steady and quiet continuous focusing, so your movies are smooth, and soundtracks only capture the surrounding sounds and not the noise of a focusing motor.
Four alternative lenses to the EF 50mm f/1.8 STM selected by our lens experts.
Lenses for DSLR
Lenses for DSLR