Talk:Canon EF 50mm lens

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I note there is still no official word on Canon's web site about the 50mm f/1.2 L. However, it seems now that the leak is correct so I'll let the text stand. Any chance of references when official stuff becomes available? Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 20:11, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Different lenses

This is a very strange page. It starts off "The EF 50mm lens is a normal prime lens made by Canon Inc", implying that it talks about a single lens. In fact, it talks about six completely different lenses. Two of these are no longer in production, so the use of the present tense in the opening sentence seems dubious.

Would it not be better to have a separate page for each lens or rewrite it as a page about "Canon's range of 50mm lenses"?

Dricherby 13:56, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

We tend to talk about physical objects that still exist in the present tense, except when dealing with their history. However, I agree that the wording is awkward in this article. It should probably be renamed into the plural, since it's talking about a set of different lenses of the same focal length. I believe the reason to combine them into one article is that there's not necessarily that much to say about each lens except statistics. If enough could be written, though, there's nothing wrong with splitting it up. Matthew Brown (Morven) (T:C) 14:18, 19 September 2007 (UTC)

I agree, I think we should pluralize the introduction. I also think splitting up each lens would make article less confusing, and cleaner looking. I might look into doing just that when I have completed 35mm lenses article. But if you want to see what I'm thinking about doing, look at Canon EF 85mm lens

Nebrot 08:46, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link Spam

The reviews section seems to be getting out of hand, but I don't know which of these sites are actually good valid resources. Anyone who knows a bit more want to whittle them down a bit? -- Avocado (talk) 17:46, 27 May 2008 (UTC)