Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM

The lens has been greatly improved. If you look at its predecessor:

1. The lens is quieter and focuses faster
2. Feels more solid.

Basic lens for every photographer! Less plastic, but just as fantastic!

This is clearly an entry-level model. For less than half the price of the 1.4 you get a very good lens. Image quality is without a doubt very good. Build quality is all in all decent. You will retain some noise when focusing, but this is certainly not disturbing when taking photos. Otherwise a very nice lens for portraits, still lifes, general photography,... I use this lens on a 700D and I like it at least as much as the 18-135mm that I now use as a zoom lens for outdoor shots.

The compactness of this lens is wonderful. Focuses well. Very suitable for macro shots. For me - who always worked with a zoom lens - it takes some getting used to that the rotating ring does not zoom but focuses. But that went quickly. I find a problem that the different lens diameter makes a different lens hood necessary. I don't really like what I bought in the offer. The matching one from Canon was not yet available.