My absolute favorite lens

I started a little over a year ago with photography and bought a Canon 600D, in the Starter Kit were the 2 standard lenses 18-55mm and 55-250mm contain what was indeed very good to start with. After some time I was indeed pleased with the quality of my photos at the same time I have also seen that there is even more! So it was clear to me: There must be found a new lens, I have hours watched Youtube videos, days Reviews on Amazon and on other websites read in search of the perfect lens for me. After some time it became clear that I would like a lens with fixed focal length.

Why a lens with a fixed focal length
-High (Affordable) Lichtsträke
-Bokeh (Ie the blur of the background)
-Lernfaktor (I have to move itself instead of the lens to rotate)

What requirements do I have put on the new lens:
+ Faster autofocus (as my main motives are my 2 daughters and do not keep silent)
+ Solid quality (must need be a little something to endure)
+ Zoom may not be too long because I would like photographing a lot at home (children playing, etc.)

Initially 3 lenses came into question for me.
Canon 50mm F1.8
Canon 50mm f1.4
Canon 85mm F1.8

I heard a very useful tip in a youtube video on prime lens and these then put into practice, the following 2 easy steps were listed:
1. Decide on what he wants to use this lens: For me it was primarily Portraitfotos my daughters and my wife
2. The existing photos by Photos by looking (at the time I had at least 6,000 pictures, was indeed the practice) that one has heard of the desire application and review information to see where mm range has made the photos.

I was initially very skeptical about what would bring and then was extremely surprised when I found that most photos of my children were unbewust almost always taken with 50mm (yes I own a Canon 600d so currently a "cropped sensor" which the image section corresponds to about 80mm.) To make sure I still have a few photos with my 55-250mm lens in 55mm and 85mm ~ made. Here I noticed the 85mm due to the APS-C CMOS Sensor Zoom for me at my house often too much since this is then an image section of a 127mm zoom would match.

Thus, the 85mm lens is excreted for me and it's only the 2 50mm lenses in the race was.

My brother has bought the 50mm lens 1,8er I of course immediately put this under the microscope and without question: For the price, it is unbeatable! 100Euro for a good lens, it can not be faulted. I also watched a few videos and also read tests where we were shown right at the F1.8 lens, the Bokeh partly a bit more pronounced. Both lenses are around f2.0 / 2.2 is best in terms of image quality (values ​​are at the extremes lenses never the best) and F1.4 is very sensitive in terms DoF (Depth of Field) So here would continue to address both lenses come into question.

What ultimately be decisive for me was the processing and autofocus. The case is at the Canon 50mm f1.4 but built solid lot, besides, I have read many of the Canon 50mm 1.8 Rezessenten the while making great photos and the price / quality ratio is unbeatable but these lenses often by 1-2 years are broken and one quasi every 2 years buy a new must. I hope now that the time is not necessarily always true, but I somehow always have been lucky and catch the worst product of a series I did not want to go and prefer to invest the same in a more expensive and Higher quality lens that risk.

Autofocus was the 2nd most important factor. I've noticed that when the lens of my brother, although the focus has a decent speed, but then very funny sounds until the photo makes. I then again I looked at and tested 50mm F1.8 lens to another in the electronics market and this has given the same sound. The Canon 50mm 1.4 lens, the USM technology and is again much faster during AF, also you can hear anything from the engine when you half press the shutter button. Another advantage of USM is probably that you could adjust manually after even when the autofocus is activated. That should not make autofocus in the "conventional" because otherwise you ruined the engines, and as my daughter also loves every now and then my camera in hand to have and with 4 years already Enthusiastic photographer is that was certainly a good decision she loves it to turn to "wheels" ...

Meanwhile I use the Canon EF 50mm F1.4 Objekiv been around for over half a year and I am 100% satisfied. Delivers the quality, the Canon lens with this speaks for itself! I could not live without this lens anyway, at home it's my standard lens and quasi daily use! For the lens of mine has earned 5 of 5 Points!

I hope to have you helped with this review and I would be glad if you click on this review to "YES". If there should still be questions, of course, I am happy at your disposal and will try it as soon as possible to answer me.