The Canon EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro is a manual-aperture-friendly autofocus standard macro for the Canon EF mount, introduced in the late 1980s alongside the early EOS system. Often referred to simply as the Compact Macro, it is a half-life-size (1:2) lens designed for close-up work, copy stand use and general standard-focal-length photography on full-frame and APS-C EF bodies.

UK auction activity for this lens is thin in our records, with a single recent hammer result of £60 in November 2025 at saleroom level — a wholesale figure rather than a dealer asking price. On that limited evidence the lens currently sells for around the £60 mark in the auction market in 2026, and a clean copy with caps and a working autofocus motor will tend to sit at the upper end of that range. Buyers researching what an EF 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro is worth should treat this as an indicative price only until further results accumulate.