topic Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50 in EF & RF Lenses

New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

naledi — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 20:13:29 GMT

If anyone knows what to do, please respond because I don’t know much about cameras.
I bought the 50mm lens to improve my content (I also purchased the Viltrox adapter) for my M50. At first the lens & camera was on MF and refused to go on Autofocus, I then realized that i couldn’t even capture a picture or record a video.

I then tried to change my settings to AF ( I was going through different settings and disabling anything that had ‘MF’ and enabling anything that had ‘AF’ but now my screen is completely blank.

please help.

Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

Waddizzle — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 20:56:14 GMT

It could be an issue with the adapter. You might also need to go into the men system and enable “Release shutter without lens”.

Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 06 Mar 2024 20:57:44 GMT

Welcome to the forum.

Is it a Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 STM lens?

Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

naledi — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 05:14:14 GMT

Turns out I didn’t connect the lens correctly🥲

Thank You!

Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

naledi — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 05:18:18 GMT

Hi!
so I disassembled the lens from the adapter & camera, reassembled it again and it finally worked.

Thank You!

Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

f8fully — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:42:02 GMT

I just bought same lens for my Mark II, do I need an adapter for it to work? Also what adapter should I use?

Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

jrhoffman75 — Wed, 27 Mar 2024 21:44:02 GMT

You need the Canon EF-M adapter. Only get the true Canon product. EF and EF-S lens work great.

Re: New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

krahe — Fri, 29 Mar 2024 01:31:02 GMT

You usually can't go wrong with genuine Canon products, but many of us have used the Viltrox adapter with excellent results and saved a lot of money.