Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
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Manufacturer: CanonModel: 2511A004
Product features:
- EF mount; wide-angle lens
- Ultra-low Dispersion glass with Fluorite elements; inner focusing; floating system; full-time manual focus
- 24mm focal length
- f/1.4 maximum aperture
- Micro UltraSonic Motor (USM)
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Customer Review: Shoot Wide-Angle? This is it.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a specialty lens that would be hard to justify unless you are a dedicated wide-angle shooter.
Have you been hanging out almost exclusively at the wide side of your zoom lens? Have you found that there is just something indescribably perfect about how the 24mm setting (on a full-frame camera) takes in the world? Have you never owned a true professional lens? Are you ready for the real thing? This is it.
I've been shooting with a 24mm lens (or zoom equivalent) since 1976, when I was a teenager seeking to differentiate my photo style from the dominant preference for telephoto. I am so glad I did. A wide-angle lens forces me to get in close to the action, bringing an intimacy with my subjects and a liveliness to my images that "fly-on-the-wall" telephoto detachment simply misses. But if you've gotten this far, you already know the unique image qualities of wide-angle lenses.
The reason for getting this lens -- a dedicated focal-length, rather than a great zoom that includes 24 -- is because it handles its job so much better than your zoom on 24. Everybody will state how much sharper and richer the image quality is, how the "L" optics are truly amazing, etc. Yes, yes, yes; it's great. But, frankly, I haven't yet (2000 shots) noticed the image difference between my "amazing" 20-35 EF and my "truly amazing" 24 L. For me, it is all about the manual focus ring.
Zoom lenses have terrible manual focus rings. They are always given secondary attention by manufacturers to the zoom ring (Canon included). (Why? Zooming isn't so minutely critical, or something that you need in a split second!) And if you don't use your manual focus ring, stop reading. Go away. Buy a point-and-shoot. You aren't my friend.
Still here? Good. This lens has the smoothest, most precise, most ergonomic, most oh-so-fabulous focus ring I've EVER twisted. (And it focuses down to a phenomenal 9 inches!) You'll need that precision when you open it wide to its amazing 1.4 aperture. Oh, gosh ... Ever seen such shimmer? (My own personal experience with wide-angle lenses has always emphasized their incredible depth-of-field at f.22, allowing quick, sloppy focusing without worry; now I am experiencing a whole new wonder at the other end of the aperture.)
So, if you've been like me, and long found your zoom lens set to 24, you want to recapture or discover for the first time the sublime self-limitation of a fixed-focal length lens, and you can afford it (but how can you afford not to?), get this lens today, put it on a full-frame Canon 5D, and start producing a body of work that has a distinctive style in which all your subjects will have smiles -- in response to the smile that'll be permanently plastered to your face as you use this "best lens in its category."
Description of Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L USM Wide Angle Lens for Canon SLR Cameras
Canon EF Autofocus Lenses Canon s reputation for excellence in optics has been well established for years. And with the introduction of EF lenses for the EOS, it s only getting better. EF Lenses have the largest diameter mount of any 35mm camera, which not only strengthens the whole system, but permits optical innovations never before possible. L-Series lenses have better sharpness and contrast because Canon uses aspherical elements to eliminate spherical aberrations. In addition, the L-Series telephotos use UD (Ultra-low Dispersion) glass to reduce chromatic aberration resulting in more accurate colors. A built-in Ultrasonic focusing Motor (indicated by USM) provides pro-quality AF speed with split-second accuracy. What makes this wide angle lens so unique is that it s the first EF lens to employ both a replicated aspherical element and a UD element to correct distortion and spherical aberrations and eliminate chromatic aberrations often experienced with wide angle lenses. It also incorporates a floating construction for remarkably high resolution and distortion-free images at all distances within the entire focusing range (9.84 to infinity, even at maximum 1.4 aperture). Its rear focusing design maintains a constant lens length and the front doesn t rotate, making it easier to use special effects filters and the bayonet mount lens hood. This lens accepts 77mm filters. Item Specifications: Product Description: Canon EF wide-angle lens - 24 mm Lens System: Wide-angle lens Mounting Type: Canon EF Lens Aperture: F/1.4 Focal Length: 24 mm Min Focus Range: 9.8 in Focus Adjustment: Automatic, manual Lens Construction: 9 group(s) / 11 element(s) Special Functions: Wide angle Filter Size: 77 mm Length: 3 inLenses
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