Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
lens · Canon EF · released 1990-12-01
Lowest now
$86
Above average 87% of MSRP
MSRP at launch
$99
Dec 1990
Inventory
19
across 1 source
Prices are rising
How we compute thisUsed prices have been rising recently. Prices are up 244.0% over the last 30 days. The 90-day low was $25, $61 below today. Currently 87% of the $99 MSRP.
Based on only 8 observed days in the last 90; the trend confidence is low until our history fills in.
- Lowest now
- $86
- MSRP
- $99
- % of MSRP
- 87%
- 90-day low
- $25
- All-time low
- $25 (May 3, 2026)
- 30-day trend
- +244.0%
Specs
- Brand
- Canon
- Family
- Canon EF
- Category
- lens
- Body type
- —
- Mount
- Canon EF
- Sensor
- —
- Megapixels
- —
- Lens type
- prime
- Focal length
- 50mm
- Aperture
- f/1.8
- Weight
- 130 g
- Filter thread
- 52mm
- Length
- 41 mm
- Diameter
- 68 mm
- Construction
- all-plastic
- Released
- 1990-12-01
- Status
- likely discontinued
Latest pricing by source
Each row is a direct observation from the seller. How we collect this.| Source | Condition | Price | Listings | Observed | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mpb | good → good | $86 | 7 | Observed 23h ago | view listing |
| mpb | excellent → excellent | $99 | 11 | Observed 23h ago | view listing |
| mpb | like new → mint | $112 | 1 | Observed 4d ago | view listing |
Price history
One point per day per (source, grade) pair, connected with lines. Hue marks the source; lightness within a hue marks the condition (darker = better grade). The dashed line is launch MSRP.
See Methods notes #1.1, #1.2, #1.3.
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Curated lists where this lens currently qualifies. Each list ranks members by deal score.
How we compute each section
References on each chart link down here. More notes will land as new sections grow.
1. Price history
- #1.1 · Grade buckets
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Each seller publishes their own raw condition labels (e.g. "Excellent+", "Like new minus", "Bargain"). Those are normalized to a small bucket set:
mint,excellent,good,fair,poor, andunknown. The "Latest pricing by source" table above shows both the raw label and the normalized bucket so you can audit any individual mapping. - #1.2 · Missing days
- A point is only drawn on a day when a snapshot existed for that (source, grade) pair. Lines connect across gaps so a series with sparse sampling still reads as a single trend, but absence of a point does not mean a stockout: it means the scraper didn't observe a listing at that grade that day.
- #1.3 · Color encoding
- Hue carries the source: terracotta = mpb, sage = keh, cobalt = B&H, honey = ebay. Lightness within a hue carries the condition: darker means a better grade (mint and excellent are darkest; poor is lightest). The dashed ink line is launch MSRP, included as a reference even though it isn't a price observation.