The Legend of the “Plastic Fantastic”: Revisiting the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II

The Canon 50mm lens mounted on a Canon EOS 1200D entry-level DSLR

If you have been into photography for any length of time, you have likely heard the whispers (or the buzzing autofocus noise) of a certain legendary piece of glass. It’s cheap, it feels like a toy, but it produces images that have launched thousands of careers. I’m talking, of course, about the Canon EF 50mm … Read more