50mm Lenses

A 50mm lens gives a standard field of view close to natural perspective. It works for street, documentary and everyday photography, and is often fast and compact.

On APS-C a 50mm lens frames like about 75mm (Canon APS-C: 80mm) on full frame; on Micro Four Thirds it frames like 100mm.

We list 1,042 lenses that include 50mm: 289 primes and 753 zooms across 20 mounts, with a fastest aperture of f/0.95.

50mm lenses

Carl Zeiss

Jena Pancolar 50mm f/1.8

50mm f/1.8 M42

Carl Zeiss

Jena Tessar 50mm f/2.8

50mm f/2.8 M42

LZOS

Industar-61 L/Z MC 50mm f/2.8

50mm f/2.8 M42

Meyer-Optik Görlitz

Domiplan 50mm f/2.8

50mm f/2.8 M42

Meyer-Optik Görlitz

Oreston 50mm f/1.8

50mm f/1.8 M42

Pentacon

50mm f/1.8

50mm f/1.8 M42

Pentacon

50mm f/1.8 auto multi coating

50mm f/1.8 M42

Pentax

SMC Takumar 50mm f/1.4

50mm f/1.4 M42

Pentax

Super-Takumar 50mm f/1.4

50mm f/1.4 M42

Tamron

SP 50mm f/1.8 Adaptall-2

50mm f/1.8 M42

Vivitar

50mm f/1.4 Auto

50mm f/1.4 M42

Vivitar

50mm f/1.7 Auto

50mm f/1.7 M42

Vivitar

50mm f/1.8 Auto

50mm f/1.8 M42

Vivitar

50mm f/2 Auto

50mm f/2.0 M42

Vivitar

50mm f/3.5 Macro

50mm f/3.5 M42

Voigtlander

Color-Ultron 50mm f/1.8

50mm f/1.8 M42

Tamron

28-70mm f/3.5-4.5 Adaptall-2

28-70mm f/3.5 M42

Tamron

SP 35-80mm f/2.8-3.8 Adaptall-2

35-80mm f/2.8 M42

Vivitar

35-85mm f/2.8 Close Focus

35-85mm f/2.8 M42

Vivitar

35-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Auto Zoom

35-85mm f/3.5 M42

Vivitar

Series 1 35-85mm f/2.8 VMC

35-85mm f/2.8 M42

Tamron

28-80mm f/3.5-4.2 Adaptall-2

28-80mm f/3.5 M42

Vivitar

28-85mm f/3.5-4.5 Auto Zoom

28-85mm f/3.5 M42

Vivitar

Series 1 28-90mm f/2.8-3.5

28-90mm f/2.8 M42