I had the "nifty-fifty" actually risen as a light stronger complement to the Canon EF-S 18-55mm IS STM for my EOS 700D. In practice, I have it but then used rarely because of diesbzgl. Difference was not as big as we thought (the lens has no image stabilizer) and the optical quality is not really better. Then there is the disadvantage of much slower, louder and less detailed focus - and this is also still needed a lot of light! You can tell the good part, that there has been technically in the year. After precursor of this lens have already been used almost 30 years ago as a cheap kit lens for Canon SLR former analog entry-level. Through the crop factor is the "actual focal length" for cameras with APS-C sensor 80mm, which indeed is well suited for portraits, but not necessarily for shooting indoors without flash (for example at parties). With a full-frame camera that looks slightly different, but then the imaging quality of the objective opinion not good enough. This of course is all subjective, but who has this focal length already "mediocre" covered with an APS-C camera (eg with the 18-55mm STM) should, thus buying really carefully about the actual benefits of this lens in practice and. I can in any case the many positive reviews here do not really understand and find the value for relation in direct comparison to the modern STM lenses like the EF-S 18-55mm 1: 3.5-5.6 IS is not quite convincing, even if it can be had for "little money". It is often argued yes even with the "strengths" of the lens, such as shots with open aperture, so shallow depth of field and bokeh appropriate, a kind of film look. But exactly I have achieved with the 18-55mm in the 50mm setting by open aperture (iris which here means 5.6) this image impression. Other typical areas of application and visual impressions of 50mm (or 80mm to APS-C) prime lens I was able to realize any problem with the 18-55mm and appropriate manual settings. I was surprised at how small the difference from the much fainter 18-55 with image stabilizer ultimately fails - with appropriate adjustments also regarding image impression and bokeh.
