EF 50 mm 1:1.8 II - the lightweight, powerful and affordable standard lens.Natural images, that come close to the perspective of the human eye A standard lens that shows you how a situation develops as soon as you really know how to deal with it.An conventional design made of 6 elements and 5 groups allows high image quality and natural expressiveness in the entire focussing range from infinity to the closest focusing distance of 0.45 meters/1.5 feet. The focusing system works with a simple, camcorder-oriented drive which ensures fast and silent automatic sharpness setting and reduces the weight to just 130 g. The neutral colour balance provides colour reproduction, nearly identical to the recommended ISO values. Moreover, it is available at a price that will not lead to financial ruin, whereby you can enjoy all the facilities of a lens with fixed focal length, which clearly stands out from a standard zoom lens.