50mm help!!

I have both the 50 mm 1.8 Canon along with a Pentax SMC 50 mm 1.7.
They're both awesome, the Canon is cheap and good, ~100 bucks. It's sharp, good in low light, kind of crappy autofocus but that doesnt matter. Never had an issue with it. Same goes for my Pentax. I just recently started shooting with it and i have yet to come across and issue. I like how it fits on the camera, the focus ring feels great in the fingers too. It's a little soft wide open but IMO the colours are somewhat better than the canon. I say get either one - it might be worth it to have something that has autofocus in your kit (not like i ever use it) but you never know.
You can't go wrong either way.

photos.... canon 50mm

video..... pentax 50mm

Thanks guys! Yeah AF is not an issue for me i shoot 95 percent video. Lookin like pentax, just a little skeptical of buying a used lens from the 70's but it seems people do it all the time haha

older lenses tend to be just as good if not better than some modern lenses. The canon 50mm 1.8 is a cheaply built and overall pretty poor lens but works for people on a budget who want AF. But, i think the pentax is a much better build and probably will look better too.

Just ordered the Pentax!

Its a phenomenal lens. And the build quality on old pentax stuff was unreal. Theres a reason you still see so many k1000's and me supers out there.

Amen to that. When I first got my 50mm f/1.8 I thought it was pretty decent given the price, but it's almost not even worth getting and instead just going right to the $400 50mm f/1.4.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Pentax-Spotmatic-35mm-SLR-Film-Camera-w-50mm-f-1-4-Super-Takumar-lens-and-more-/220858063379?_trksid=p3284.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DMRU-625%252BUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%26otn%3D21%26pmod%3D150663658594%26ps%3D54#ht_500wt_1203

yo, check this out, seems like a good deal

Thanks for the good advice all. I just got it yesterday and have already had so much fun with it. This lens is the tits.

i can imagine, last weekend was my first time shooting with the canon 50mm and it's such a sweet lens once you get the hang of it :)