Imaging recource: Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM Lens Review: 25 years later, the ‘nifty fifty’ receives much-needed updates

    Ahh, the venerable "nifty fifty." This inexpensive, lightweight prime lens has had a spot in most photographers' cameras bags at one time or another. The Canon 50mm f/1.8 lens is one of the most popular options, with the original debuting all the way back in 1987. The "version II" revision, introduced some 25 years ago in 1990, gained the nickname "plastic fantastic" by some due to its all-plastic barrel and plastic lens mount.  Now, with the 50mm f/1.8 STM, Canon's given this inexpensive full-frame-format prime lens an overhaul...
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