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Tony Northrup Compares the Canon 50mm f1.8 to the Yongnuo 50mm f1.8

Chris Gampat
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03/19/2015
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Screenshot taken from the video.
Screenshot taken from the video.

Photographer Tony Northrup decided to do a head to head test of the latest competitor to Canon’s nifty 50 lens: the 50mm f1.8. He does some interesting tests, but in some ways, they seem flawed.

Tony compares the autofocus, and clearly states that the Canon optic nails focus while the Yongnuo didn’t quite do it all the way. However, this is common knowledge for almost every third party lens. I’ve tested Sigma, Tamron and Tokina glass all on Canon DSLRs and everything needs micro-adjustment because of the way that autofocus algorithms work and the lenses that your camera has become used to. In fact, Micro-adjustment isn’t hard to do. Sometimes, even Canon glass needs it–and the company has a patent to automatically do it.

To begin with, most folks using studio strobe also most likely use the higher end 50mm lenses.

There are other comparisons too like with vignetting and aberrations–both of which Tony truthfully states are easily fixed in Adobe Lightroom. Bokeh is compared and you see not much of a difference though there are Tony’s explanations of how the lenses will affect your images in real life use.

If you’re a beginner, springing for a 50mm f1.8 is a really nice option, but we overall recommend that you instead go straight to the f1.4 options which will last you much longer in your photography career. I still own the older 50mm f1.4 from Sigma and though I barely use it. It’s there for when I need it and when I do, it gets the job done,

Tony’s video comparing the Canon 50mm f1.8 vs the Yongnuo 50mm f1.8 is after the jump.

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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.
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