Canon 50mm 1.8 ii vs Canon 50mm 1.8 STM | Worth the Upgrade?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 7 ก.พ. 2025
- We’ve had and used the Canon 50mm 1.8 ii lens for many years, but recently I picked up the new Canon 50mm 1.8 STM lens. This lens came in a bundle that included the Canon 10-18mm. I really wanted to see if there was much of a difference between the old 50mm and the new one. Take a watch and see for yourself. Most of this video is based around video needs. Hope this helps you make a decision as to whether you would keep you current 50mm or move up to the new STM version!
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Who else upgraded to the new STM lens?
Cruisn Canada
I don’t have.
Please help me😞
Your thoughts and opinions mean a great deal to me. You are very down to earth and your passion for photography / videography comes through in your videos.
Thanks for the amazing comment. I definitely try to be as honest as I can with my videos. Not scripted, just honest. So glad that you found the video informative! And thanks again for the great comment, made my day!
Exactly the video I needed. Thanks.
I've just purchased the stm. Can't wait to give it a try. Admittedly I won't be doing much video but I think it's worth paying that bit more for the better build and quicker focus
agree. the stm is the way to go. have fun with your new lens!
Great video as I'm torn between which I should get. Both are amazing and can be picked up used in great condition. Thanks again 📷
Alex Rene Martin definitely get the STM version if you can for video. But if it’s only photos than get the cheaper version.
@@gregtoope At the moment, my main use would be photos however, I might get the STM version to futureproof myself as I will probably step up from my 80D in a year or so
Alex Rene Martin definitely get the STM unless you can get the other at a killer price.
@@gregtoope thanks for the advice. I'm in Melbourne, Australia at the moment and will have a hunt around to see what I can find used👌
Alex Rene Martin best of luck with your hunt! Let us know what you end up getting!
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I got myself the STM version for a great price $90. I never had the original nifty fifty as I started taking photography seriously relatively late in 2017, but I have huge respect for it because it's the predecessor to the STM and should I say the OG of the portrait lenses for a lot of beginner, novice and high level amateur photographers.
Very true. I still have the orginal and its quality is still amazing. I got the STM version when I bought a lens kit. I use it now, but the original is still a fantastic lens.
I am comfortable with my old mkII model though I sometimes feel that the plastic mount looks cheap. However, functionwise the nifty is just perfect. Staying with the old one.
Raj Sudan I only upgraded in hopes that the STM would be silent. Sadly it isn’t. Definitely would have been happy with the old as well.
Just bought Canon A2 and the stm 50mm. Looking to get back into analogue photography. I switched to Sony last year and sold my old cannon dslr and lenses one of them was the 40mm stm pancake lens and it was fantastic and quite silent so hoping the 50mm is similar. I can use it on my Sony mirrorless camera too. Nice review btw
Ian Barrons that’s awesome. Would be fun to shoot on film again. Let us know how that goes. And thanks for watching and commenting! Always appreciated!
you dont need to convert grams to ounces after and then edit an overlay. you can just push mode on the scale and cyle to oz. it should be built in to like 99.9% of scales..
Thank you for the video. What adapt it do you use? I have m50 and want to get STM...
I have 2 standard adapters. One by Commlite and the other by Fotodiox. But if you can afford it also look at the Viltrox Speed booster. I have one of those and love it.
Cruisn Canada thank you 👍🏻😊
i want to buy an f/1.8 camera lens and i found the II version for half price of the stm. does it worth to pay the double price for the stm?
btw i dont care about the af sound.
If the sound isnt important I would save the money.
@@gregtoope nice, thank you
what lens were you using to record indoors? Aperture etc
at that time i was using the 10-18mm at its fastest aperture. Currently I use the 16-35 at F4.
Id probably buy the STM version. Always good to have the newest one. I do wish it was a little more silent.
Mary Toope yeah not sure they should have called it STM. Definitely not silent.
After watching the comparisons a few times I thought the STM version locked in focus just a fraction quicker. Also it looked a tiny bit sharper too. Especially in the B-roll. I have the none STM version and I am considering buying the newer STM model for video.
As you say if your primarily going the use the lens for B-roll then maybe the audio isn’t such a problem. As you rightly say you’d probably cut the audio out anyway in that scenario.
I would assume you could always use a lav mic with the older version for the times you do a piece to camera . It’s a tricky choice if you already have the older version already.
Paul Blackwell thanks for the comment. It really is a difficult decision if you already have the non STM version. I don’t think I would buy it again. Just not enough gain. But since I have it it is the one that I use. Plus having 2 isn’t horrible for those Multicam shots.
Cruisn Canada I’ve just trying 50mm mk2 with a lav mic and recorder ( Sony ICD-UX560 ) and only then could you not hear the clicking of the old lens. So that’s probably the way to go for me. Thanks for the video. It was very helpful
@@ItsaCampingThing ill probably end up doing something similar if I need to record audio.
Thanks a lot sir. This certainly help with my haunt.
glad it helped
hey man can I ask does the sound of the stm quieter or is it louder than the mark 2 cause I see some of other people reviewing it saying it is quieter and some people in reddit says that it is much noisier than the others
the STM is definitely quieter. I was just hoping that it was going to be close to silent, which it is not.The mic definitely picks up the focus motor.
@@gregtoope aight man thanks for replying to my question man but hey do you know any lens that is silent and the mic wont pick up the focusing sound?
@@misterpotato4775 Not any 50mm. But there are a lot of lenses out there that are pretty much silent. The best thing is to go to a store that will let you test the lens. Bring an SD card and do a quick recording. Then take the footage home and listen.
hey man i’m a beginner in photography and i want to buy a budget lens for portrait shots do u think i should buy the old one or stm?
If you have the extra cash, just get the new one.
@@gregtoope i bought the new one thank u so much 🙏🏻
dear shoud i use EF-50mm 1.8 STM or 1.4 USM for my canon 80D ?
You can use either. The 1.4 is a better and faster lens. Great if you need that speed. But it also costs more.
I just bought a used ef 50mm f1.8 ii for 25 euro. Its my first prime after using the ef-m 18-55 with an Eos-m3.
Have fun with it. Nice lens to have.
I was thinking of buying an old 50mm lens so I watched this video.
at the end of this video has one good summary: if I'm shooting a B roll then the sound doesn't matter on old lens, if you shooting an interview......my suggestion is: Bluetooth mics are affordable now
definitely wouldnt use bluetooth, wireless yes, bluetooth no.
I'd probably say NICE MAN. U killed it slowly
prakash rai thanks 🙏
I don't personally have a 50mm yet but looking at getting one just for photos, so the sound isn't too much of an issue, I feel like the footage looked a bit jittery, not sure if that's the video or my eyes being messed up 😅
Good video tho. Dropped a like and subbed
you will definitely love this little lens for photos! It's a must-have. And since the video has no image stabilization the footage is always a little jittery if handheld. Thanks for the comment and the sub! Appreciated!
For some odd reason the older one is more expensive in the canon website
That is strange. The newer one is definitely better.
WOW, the USM was super loud. Thanks for this video.
Gabriela Lamberti Yup. If I would have known this I probably wouldn’t have bought it since I already had the old 50mm. But live and learn.
Gabriela, that lens is so loud because it's not a usm lens. It's a much crappier technology. It's a micro motor focus lens. Think radio shack rc car with plastic gears.
Thanks
@@XtianApi so why is the 18-55 STM, 10-18 STM, 15-45 STM and many other STM lenses incredibly silent? For the most part those STM lenses are quieter than most of my USM lenses. But not the 50mm 1.8
@@gregtoope I have noticed that the smaller cheaper stm lenses are not nearly as quiet. My pancake 40mm stm is far louder than my basically silent 10-18mm. I would think that is the size not allowing for sound dispersal. But just a guess.
Just to clarify, I was saying the non stm 50mm is a micro motor lens.
Let me know if I misread
I have the 24mm STM. It is as quiet a mouse on the 80D
ok
nice video
Mohammad Junaid thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
Ohh I bought the old one..now I need 2 ND filters 🙄
best idea is to get a large nd filter and invest in some step up rings.
@@gregtoope thanks for the tip! 😊
@@marting.official this way you can use the filters on multiple lenses. I do that all the time. 👍🏻