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Canon’s Nifty 50 May Get an Update with Image Stabilization

Chris Gampat
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07/24/2013
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Last Updated on 07/24/2013 by Chris Gampat

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Do you love your 50mm f1.8? Well, according to a new patent that Canon Watch found, you could be seeing a 50mm f1.8 IS coming out sooner or later–which means that it will have Image Stabilization for those of you not caught up on the lingo. The translation of the patent comes from Egami, and it further explains that the IS might be similar to that in the 35mm f2 IS lens, which we reviewed not long ago. The patented design shows that it will also seem to have 8 elements in 7 groups.

An update to the lens has long been ignored because the sales volumes are huge. Indeed, everyone tells everyone else that the first lens you should get is the 50mm f1.8. But in the long run, we weren’t a fan.

If something like this comes soon and Canon manages to keep the price point down, it may be another hit.

Via Canon Watch

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.