New 50mm 1:1.8 lens won’t work on M50

[naledi]

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. 

[Waddizzle]

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

[jrhoffman75]

Welcome to the forum.

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

[naledi]

Turns out I didn’t connect the lens correctly🥲 

Thank You! 

[naledi]

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

Thank You!  

[f8fully]

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

[jrhoffman75]

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

[krahe]

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.