photo:canonefslenses
Canon EF-S lenses
introduction
the Canon EF-S lenses are designed for the Canon EOS APS-C cropped sensor dSLRs with 1.6x crop factor and thus have a smaller image circle which prevents these lenses being usable on Canon 1D or full frame dSLRs
the early versions of the standard zooms were particularly poor that they were an embarassment, thankfully version II were significantly better but still not great
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do yourself a favor, look at the better
Canon EF lenses if you must have a Canon cropped sensor dSLR, or reconsider whether you really need a dSLR and could do with a more usable, compact and better optical image quality system -
Micro Four Thirds system
Canon do not make a fisheye lens for their cropped sensor dSLRs, unlike
Nikon,
Olympus and Panasonic, so if you want fisheye in a Canon, you have to get a third party lens or buy a full frame dSLR.
wide angle zooms
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5
Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6
11x kit zoom
Canon EF-S 18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
a handy all purpose image stabilised kit lens
not the sharpest kid on the block, particularly away from the centre of the frame
pronounced barrel distortion at wideangle, and pincushion distortion around 50mm
high levels of chromatic aberration at either end of the zoom range
29-320mm field of view
unlike the Micro Four Thirds equivalents, it is not optimised for HD video
minimum focus 0.45m
micromotor AF
not full time manual focus
not weatherproofed
internal focus
non-rotating front element
72mm filter
build quality better than the twin kit lens kit but optically not much better
595g
79 x 102mm
~$US700, $A849
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standard kit zoom
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 IS II
the current standard zoom introduced in 2011 but still not worth having optically, and because of its very annoying rotating front element
a cheap lens to make new buyers think that the dSLR kit is affordable
“4 stop” IS
minimum focus 0.25m
micromotor AF
not full time manual focus
not weatherproofed
extending front focus
rotating front element
72mm filter
200g
69 x 70mm
$A229
dpreview.com
Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM
Canon EF-S 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
29-216mm in 35mm format
2009 extended range model
“4 stop” IS
minimum focus 0.45m
micromotor AF
no full time manual focus
not weatherproofed
internal focus
non-rotating front element
67mm filter
455g
75 x 101mm
$A699
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wide aperture standard zoom
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
telephoto zoom lens
Canon EF-S 55-250mm f/4-5.6 IS II
macro lens
Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
96mm in 35mm format
2005 consumer level macro lens model
no IS
minimum focus 0.20m for 1:1 macro
USM AF
full time manual focus
not weatherproofed
internal focus
non-rotating front element??
52mm filter
335g
73 x 70mm
$A615
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no match optically for the similarly priced Olympus 50mm f/2.0 macro which is 1 stop faster
photo/canonefslenses.txt · Last modified: 2011/12/21 23:23 by gary