This was bought for my wife. She's the classic selfie generation and I'm the photographer. We have another auto lens which is a bit smaller (I think 30mm) and gave great easy portraits but it wouldn't give the blurred background, sharp foreground effect and once in low light it struggled. No problem for the 50mm lens, tap the screen where you want it to focus, give it a second and beautiful clear clear images, with a blurred background. Anything over 1m behind the subject and it will start to blur. The lens works great in low light conditions. The woman wanted to keep some Christmas lights in the dark and the lens didn't even sweat. I was really stunned. In addition to close-up photos, the lens deals well with distant subjects and captures clear images. The only downsides I found with the lens were that the standard zoom required the photographer to be a bit further back than another 50mm lens I've used. This can be a little awkward when in tight spaces (a small house). The lens doesn't do well with night traffic or moving lights in the background. We were taking photos with the Christmas decorations in the background, whenever a car was coming or going, the lens would try to overcompensate and forget what to focus on.