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Canon Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM
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Canon Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM
£519.00
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| Product code | CA38665 |
|---|---|
| Barcode | 4960999845753 |
| Barcode2 | 0013803137378 |
| Weight | 1 |
| Brand | Canon |
40 reviews for Canon Canon EF 24mm f/2.8 IS USM
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Photan345 –
I upgraded from the older Canon EF 24mm. I have informally “tested” them side by side. This newer version is sharper with better contrast and color at all apertures in all areas of the field on a full frame camera. The stabilizer is handy and focusing is quick and near silent. Thanks Canon–and ClickElectronics! I will use this lens mostly for landscape duties at medium apertures. There is a respected lens testing website that shows this lens as good but “not tack sharp”. This almost persuaded me not to order it. I don’t see this in practice. The lens is better than hoped for when 1:1 pixel peeping using my Sony A7R (using adapter). Distortion, CA, and vignetting are only slightly improved from the previous model.
Rita Cadavez –
Super sharp, small, and with IS!!! This lens is great for so many purposes. I used it on a crop sensor Canon Rebel camera, and it was plenty wide enough for most uses. I’m not a fan of ultra-wide perspective, and for me, this focal length is just about as wide as I’d ever want to go (in most situations). Great walk-around lens for travel, street photography, etc. Nothing bad to say about this lens. The build quality is excellent.
Mopar Charger –
This lens is a massive, eye-opening improvement from the original EF 24mm F/2.8. Sharpness is dramatically improved, flare reduced, improved color, and IS added. At this focal length, IS is less useful for general shooting, but still can be used for certain types of specialty shots and video.Also, while it is not as sharp as the EF 24-70 f/2.8L II in the corners at f/2.8, it is MUCH smaller and lighter than that lens. And, at f/4 and above (where you’d most likely use it) it basically matches the performance of the EF 24 f/2.8L II and EF 24 f/1.4L. In fact, in some ways it exceeds them in terms of being much less prone to flare than either of the more expensive L lenses.Thus, I am quite impressed with this lens. It is not the best quality 24mm that exists, but it certainly is the best under $1000 and it offers a level of portability that higher priced 24mm lenses do not.
Judy McKnight –
I bought this lens because I wanted a wider angle, fast, sharp lens with IS that I would be able to keep when upgrading to a full frame camera. It is nice and sharp on an APSC camera, has a pretty close minimum focusing distance, has good stabilization, and descent bokeh with your subject close to the camera.My biggest issue with the lens is how noisy the autofocus is. In a quiet room, a shotgun mic pics out the whirring very easily, and makes in camera audio unusable. This is especially disappointing because it is the perfect focal length for making videos with your camera on a desk or tripod. I wanted something wider angle than the 50mm 1.8 because you have to put the camera so far away to get good framing, and I wanted something that was fast and had image stabilization for handheld video. If I could go back and make the decision over, I think I would just settle for the non-IS APSC 24mm lens. It’s probably not worth the extra couple hundred dollars and being able to carry it on with you to the full frame world. That being said, it’s a descent all-around prime for street, landscape, a little bit of portrait, and a surprising amount of semi-macro photography.
J Walker –
I used this as my primary lens on a recent trip and was very pleased with it. The only downfall (and it could be user error) was no matter what I tried I could not get the auto-focus to focus on objects that were further away if there was anything nearer. For example, if there was a pole near me, and a row of buildings further away and I had no way to position myself so the pole was out of the scene, no matter where I would center the viewfinder the lens would focus on the pole. Obviously I could take it out of auto-focus, but this seems odd as my other Canon lenses will auto-focus based on where I center my view.
Biene –
Converts my DSLR to something much more portable
K. Burton –
Five Stars
Barry S. Aldred –
I use this as my all around city and landscape lens. The f/2.8 aperture and the image stabilization make it great for low light photography. The USM auto-focus is fast and accurate
Pastry Princess –
I currently have a 70D, have not felt the need to upgrade because I mainly shoot stills with it, I shoot RAW, and the 20 MPCMOS sensor is plenty for me. I have the 17-55 f/2.8 zoom and love the sharpness, the f/2.8 speed and IS, but hate the huge size relative to the small Rebel camera. I’ve wanted a small, fast prime for APS-C format in a medium-wide range. I’ve tried the 28mm f/1.8 lens but was disappointed with it. It was too soft, didn’t really sharpen up till f/4. It wasn’t worth it as a small, carry everywhere prime. Canon seems to have two minds with digital lines; the Pro “L” line with full frame bodies and high quality, expensive primes and zooms and the APS-C format for everyone else. Although there are two very good EF-S zooms (10-22 f/3.5-4.5 and 17-55 f/2.8) Canon really has not produced many EF-S primes. Their approach seems to be that EF-S users use Zooms. The cameras seem to change about every 12-18 months, the lenses last about 10-15 years, so it’s worth deciding what format you are going to go with and getting a body every 2-3 years, to keep up with upgrades. When I saw that Canon was coming out with 35 mm f/2.0, 28 mm f/2.8 and 24 f/2.8 with IS, my interest was piqued. I checked out the reviews of this lens and it seemed to be the perfect prime for the APS-C format. This lens is a significant leap in quality from the fixed 28mm I tried before. It’s small, sharp wide open, the IS adds 4 stops of image stabilization. I can easily take sharp pictures of non moving subjects at 1/3 second. It’s about 38 mm in the full format equivalent. Focusing is (as expected) lightning fast, typical for Canon ultrasonic motors and mirror systems. The IS mechanism whirs quietly when operating. It’s sharp center to corner, vignetting is easily controlled with software in the 70D or DPP and it has negligible CA and distortion (both also controlled in DPP and in camera). AND….if I every make the switch to Full Frame, it’s compatible, although more of a wide-angle lens. I was about to sell all my Canon stuff and go with Micro 4/3 camera and lenses. But the 70D body and this prime have changed my mind. It’s pretty small and about the same size. For what I have invested in other lenses and 70D body, it’s pretty easy to stay with Canon. Micro 4/3 is a great little format, but for now I’ll stay APS-C. If you get this lens, you may want to check out the pinch-style lens cap from Canon E-58 II, only $10. I’d pass on the $50 hood though. Get a VELLO LHC EW-65B if you really desire a hood and save yourself 40 bucks. Seriously, Canon, $50 for a piece of plastic?
Lee-Anne Mcgrugan –
I looked at the reviews of this lens when it was first introduced. But could not think of a reason why I would need it or how I would use it. So I forgot about it.Time passes and during that time I sold my 24-70mm f/2.8L lens to finance something else because I seldom used it. I only used it when I had to shoot a group somewhere other than outdoors in the sun. I thought that my 24-105mm f/4L would be enough. I was wrong.I recently had a group shoot, outdoor in the early morning. No problem, right? Just take the f/4. Then it clouds up. Long story short I got the shot but it got me to thinking about investing in another f/2.8 wide angle lens.Doing my research I came across a lot of possiblities but I did not want to spend a $2K on a lens I would not use more than a couple times a year. Plus I did not want to add another heavy lens to the bag, because if they are heavy I tend to leave them at home! Which is bad.This lens being on sale brought it to my attention, as I doubt I would have paid full price for it. But it is perfect for my needs. It is very sharp with great color reproduction and very light weight. It is small and does not take up much room in the bag.So from my 2 sessions with it so far this is a very good lens. I highly recommend it.