Comments on: Drop Test #1- Canon EF II 50mm f/1.8

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 05:53:01 +0000

The same could be said about the last comedy film to be released in theaters… that’s MILLIONS of dollars that could have been donated to the needy.

We made this video to be entertaining and perhaps even informative to others. I know I was surprised at the results… I had expected the glass to shatter or the focus mechanism to just crush and not work, but certainly not what did happen. On the other forum this was posted we heard from others who’ve had the same exact thing happen to their lens and they were able to reassemble it.

By: Vu Bui

Vu Bui — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:06:28 +0000

The same could be said about the last comedy film to be released in theaters… that’s MILLIONS of dollars that could have been donated to the needy.

By: Ivan

Ivan — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 13:37:50 +0000

Shame on you both. You could ‘ve made someone really happy with that lens, or could have given the money to some charity. What a waste, what a shame.

By: ScudMonkey

ScudMonkey — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 10:34:40 +0000

heheheh, nice one. Loved the fact that it still “worked” at the end.

By: SH

SH — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 05:46:07 +0000

Gee, they dropped it from shoulder height of the guy doing all the talking onto a concrete floor. I wonder why it broke? I would think that a large numer of lenses would break if they were dropped under those circumstances. Moral of the story, don’t drop your lens.

Here’s a thought guys, go buy a Hasselblad and drop it from that height. Surely a $30,000 camera can withstand stupidity….

By: Lan Bui

Lan Bui — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:54:40 +0000

Yes, although the test is mostly just to test the particular product in question. Of course by nature you now want to find out what the best alternative to this lens is… assumptions can be made for the time being that the more expensive better build ones will perform better.

My 50mm 1.4 has never been dropped but from the feel of it I don’t hink it would survive something like this.

I’ve handled a few 50mm 1.2’s and think those would be the only ones to put up a fight in this test.

THen again more and more we are shooting video with these cameras so we might as well start to test out old Nikon manuals, Zeiss, Panavision… you name it… it should be tested!!!

By: Hunter Kerhart

Hunter Kerhart — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:49:36 +0000

I predict the 1.2 & 1.4 would fare much better if dropped just like the 1.8 was here. Anyone have an extra 1.2 to send in?

By: Jonathan Ocab

Jonathan Ocab — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 00:45:25 +0000

I think the best experiment would have been to take brand new samples of all three current Canon 50mm primes; 50 f/1.8 II, 50 f/1.4, and 50 f/1.2L; and dropped all three from the same height on the same surface at the same time.

By: Hunter Kerhart

Hunter Kerhart — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:04:03 +0000

No worries, we understand where you’re coming from. And we’ll get to that L glass soon.

By: Marshall

Marshall — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:29:01 +0000

I totally thought this was an April Fool’s joke. Actually, I had hoped it was, because who would spend $100 on lens just to smash it. A lot of people can’t afford the more expensive lenses so they buy what they can and don’t drop them. You should have dropped an “L” lens if you really wanted to test build quality. I get that this was supposed to be funny be it just seems in really poor taste.