Canon EF 200mm lens
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The EF 200mm USM lens is a L-series
prime
telephoto lens
es made by Canon Inc.
for the EOS
line of cameras. Four 200mm primes were made: 1.8, two 2.8, and the most recent 2.0.
The 200 mm 1.8 USM lens, introduced in November 1988, is an extremely fast telephoto lens, the fastest 200mm ever produced. It is a large off-white lens with rear drop-in filter tray. Production was discontinued in 2004. Its total production run was 8,000 with serial numbers from 11,000 to 17,999 inclusive. It featured an unusual "focus by wire" system where the focus ring drove the motor when focusing in manual mode. The was shared with only one other lens, the 1200 mm 5.6 USM lens from Canon.
The 200 mm 2.0, introduced in April 2008, comes as a successor for the above discontinued 200 mm 1.8. It is a large off-white lens with a rear drop-in filter tray and an 'Image Stabilizer'.
The 200 mm 2.8 lens is an inexpensive long prime. The first model, introduced in December 1991, had a built-in hood. It was discontinued in March 1996. It was superseded by the 'mark II', which is similar to first model but with standard bayonet hood, and is still in production. These lenses are Canon's second least expensive L-series lens behind the Canon EF 70-200mm lens
4.0 zoom L-series lens. It exceeds the Canon EF 70-200mm lens
2.8 I in optical quality by a slight margin, but has since been overtaken by the Canon EF 70-200mm lens
2.8 II. In comparison, it is significantly cheaper, lighter, and less conspicuous, but at the expense of the ability to zoom. There is no Image stabilizer. It sports a ring USM allowing full time manual focusing. The minimum focus distance is 1.5 meters.
All the aforementioned lenses are compatible with the Canon Extender EF
teleconverters.
of this lens is similar to a 320mm or 260mm on full frame camera. There will be an apparent magnification of approximately 1.6x in the final image, since the "cropped" image will fill up the sensor. This is due to the crop factor
inherent with APS-C or APS-H (crop) sensor digital SLR cameras.
An example would be taking an image of a rock using two cameras with the same lens. The first camera a 18mp full frame and the second a 18mp APS-C, both shooting the same composition in a stationary position. The first image will be more "wide" while the second image will be more "magnified". After bringing the results into an image editing program and enlarging the first image so that the rock is the same size in both images, one will see that the enlarged image is approximately 160% (1.6x) of the original.
The major advantage to this extra "reach" would be the utilizing of the full sensor space for a cropped image rather than having to crop afterwards, thus utilizing parts of the sensor that would have otherwise been wasted. The major disadvantage would be the lack of change in perspective, since the focal length has not actually changed it will be like shooting with the field of view of a 320mm lens on a full frame sensor while having the perspective of 200mm lens. The resulting image will appear to have a less pleasing background blur and unlike using an actual 320mm lens on a full frame sensor.
Current Canon full frame cameras are the EOS 5D Mark II
and EOS-1Ds Mark III
. The only current Canon APS-H camera is the EOS-1D Mark IV
. Current Canon APS-C cameras include the EOS 600D/Rebel T3i
, EOS 60D
and EOS 7D
.
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Canon l lens
An L lens is a line of SLR photography lenses made by Canon.L lenses are Canon's top-of-the-line lenses. The "L" officially stands for "Luxury", a reference to the lenses' high price and proclaimed build quality. The use of "ASPH" was common to notate aspherical elements throughout Canon's and...
prime
Prime lens
In film and photography, a prime lens is either a photographic lens whose focal length is fixed, as opposed to a zoom lens, or it is the primary lens in a combination lens system....
telephoto lens
Telephoto lens
In photography and cinematography, a telephoto lens is a specific type of a long-focus lens in which the physical length of the lens is shorter than the focal length. This is achieved by incorporating a special lens group known as a telephoto group that extends the light path to create a long-focus...
es made by Canon Inc.
Canon Inc.
is a Japanese multinational corporation that specialises in the manufacture of imaging and optical products, including cameras, camcorders, photocopiers, steppers and computer printers. Its headquarters are located in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.-Origins:...
for the EOS
Canon EOS
The Canon EOS autofocus 35 mm film and digital SLR camera system was introduced in 1987 with the Canon EOS 650 and is still in production as Canon's current DSLR system...
line of cameras. Four 200mm primes were made: 1.8, two 2.8, and the most recent 2.0.
The 200 mm 1.8 USM lens, introduced in November 1988, is an extremely fast telephoto lens, the fastest 200mm ever produced. It is a large off-white lens with rear drop-in filter tray. Production was discontinued in 2004. Its total production run was 8,000 with serial numbers from 11,000 to 17,999 inclusive. It featured an unusual "focus by wire" system where the focus ring drove the motor when focusing in manual mode. The was shared with only one other lens, the 1200 mm 5.6 USM lens from Canon.
The 200 mm 2.0, introduced in April 2008, comes as a successor for the above discontinued 200 mm 1.8. It is a large off-white lens with a rear drop-in filter tray and an 'Image Stabilizer'.
The 200 mm 2.8 lens is an inexpensive long prime. The first model, introduced in December 1991, had a built-in hood. It was discontinued in March 1996. It was superseded by the 'mark II', which is similar to first model but with standard bayonet hood, and is still in production. These lenses are Canon's second least expensive L-series lens behind the Canon EF 70-200mm lens
Canon EF 70-200mm lens
The EF 70-200mm lens is a telephoto zoom lens made by Canon Inc.The lens has an EF mount to work with the EOS line of cameras.The lens comes in five different versions, all of which have fixed maximum aperture at all focal lengths and are L-series lenses.2.8L IS USM2.8L IS II USM2.8L USM4L IS USM4L...
4.0 zoom L-series lens. It exceeds the Canon EF 70-200mm lens
Canon EF 70-200mm lens
The EF 70-200mm lens is a telephoto zoom lens made by Canon Inc.The lens has an EF mount to work with the EOS line of cameras.The lens comes in five different versions, all of which have fixed maximum aperture at all focal lengths and are L-series lenses.2.8L IS USM2.8L IS II USM2.8L USM4L IS USM4L...
2.8 I in optical quality by a slight margin, but has since been overtaken by the Canon EF 70-200mm lens
Canon EF 70-200mm lens
The EF 70-200mm lens is a telephoto zoom lens made by Canon Inc.The lens has an EF mount to work with the EOS line of cameras.The lens comes in five different versions, all of which have fixed maximum aperture at all focal lengths and are L-series lenses.2.8L IS USM2.8L IS II USM2.8L USM4L IS USM4L...
2.8 II. In comparison, it is significantly cheaper, lighter, and less conspicuous, but at the expense of the ability to zoom. There is no Image stabilizer. It sports a ring USM allowing full time manual focusing. The minimum focus distance is 1.5 meters.
All the aforementioned lenses are compatible with the Canon Extender EF
Canon Extender EF
The Extender EF lenses are a group of teleconverter lenses made by Canon. These lenses are used between any compatible EF type lens and any of the Canon EOS line of cameras. When used with a compatible lens, such as the Canon EF 500mm 4L IS USM, they will multiply the focal length of the lens by a...
teleconverters.
Crop factor
When used with a Canon APS-C (1.6x crop) DSLR camera or APS-H (1.3x crop), the field of viewField of view
The field of view is the extent of the observable world that is seen at any given moment....
of this lens is similar to a 320mm or 260mm on full frame camera. There will be an apparent magnification of approximately 1.6x in the final image, since the "cropped" image will fill up the sensor. This is due to the crop factor
Crop factor
In digital photography, a crop factor is related to the ratio of the dimensions of a camera's imaging area compared to a reference format; most often, this term is applied to digital cameras, relative to 35 mm film format as a reference. In the case of digital cameras, the imaging device would be a...
inherent with APS-C or APS-H (crop) sensor digital SLR cameras.
An example would be taking an image of a rock using two cameras with the same lens. The first camera a 18mp full frame and the second a 18mp APS-C, both shooting the same composition in a stationary position. The first image will be more "wide" while the second image will be more "magnified". After bringing the results into an image editing program and enlarging the first image so that the rock is the same size in both images, one will see that the enlarged image is approximately 160% (1.6x) of the original.
The major advantage to this extra "reach" would be the utilizing of the full sensor space for a cropped image rather than having to crop afterwards, thus utilizing parts of the sensor that would have otherwise been wasted. The major disadvantage would be the lack of change in perspective, since the focal length has not actually changed it will be like shooting with the field of view of a 320mm lens on a full frame sensor while having the perspective of 200mm lens. The resulting image will appear to have a less pleasing background blur and unlike using an actual 320mm lens on a full frame sensor.
Current Canon full frame cameras are the EOS 5D Mark II
Canon EOS 5D Mark II
The Canon EOS 5D Mark II is a 21.1-megapixel full-frame CMOS digital single-lens reflex camera made by Canon. It succeeds the EOS 5D and was announced on September 17, 2008.-Improvements compared to original EOS 5D:...
and EOS-1Ds Mark III
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark III
The EOS-1Ds Mark III is a digital SLR camera body by Canon designed for professional photographers. The Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III is successor to the EOS-1Ds Mark II and was announced in August 2007. The camera features a full-frame 21.1 megapixel CMOS sensor with 14 bit A/D converters for a total...
. The only current Canon APS-H camera is the EOS-1D Mark IV
Canon EOS-1D Mark IV
The EOS-1D Mark IV is a professional 16.1 effective megapixels digital single lens reflex camera camera body produced by Canon. The EOS-1D Mark IV is the successor of the Canon EOS-1D Mark III and was announced on October 20, 2009, just four days after Nikon announced the D3s...
. Current Canon APS-C cameras include the EOS 600D/Rebel T3i
Canon EOS 600D
The Canon EOS 600D is an 18.0 megapixel digital single-lens reflex camera, released by Canon on February 7, 2011. It is known as the EOS Kiss X5 in Japan and the EOS Rebel T3i in the United States and Canada...
, EOS 60D
Canon EOS 60D
The Canon EOS 60D is a digital single-lens reflex camera from Canon. It is part of the Canon EOS line of cameras and succeeds the EOS 50D. It was publicly announced on August 26, 2010....
and EOS 7D
Canon EOS 7D
The Canon EOS 7D is an 18.0 effective megapixel APS-C crop CMOS digital single-lens reflex camera made by Canon. It was announced on September 1, 2009...
.
Specifications
| Attribute | 1.8L USM | 2L IS USM | 2.8L USM | 2.8L II USM |
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| Ultrasonic Motor | |
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| L-series | |
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| Diffractive Optics | |
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| Macro Macro photography Macrophotography is close-up photography, usually of very small subjects. Classically a macrophotograph is one in which the size of the subject on the negative is greater than life size. However in modern use it refers to a finished photograph of a subject at greater than life size... |
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| Maximum aperture Aperture In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels. More specifically, the aperture of an optical system is the opening that determines the cone angle of a bundle of rays that come to a focus in the image plane. The aperture determines how collimated the admitted rays are,... |
1.8 | 2 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Minimum aperture Aperture In optics, an aperture is a hole or an opening through which light travels. More specifically, the aperture of an optical system is the opening that determines the cone angle of a bundle of rays that come to a focus in the image plane. The aperture determines how collimated the admitted rays are,... |
22 | 32 | 32 | 32 |
| Weight | 3000 g | 2520 g | 790 g | 765 g |
| Maximum diameter | 130 mm | 128 mm | 83 mm | 83.2 mm |
| Length | 208 mm | 208 mm | 136.2 mm | 136.2 mm |
| Filter diameter | 48 mm (drop-in) | 52 mm (drop-in) | 72 mm | 72 mm |
| Horizontal viewing angle Angle of view In photography, angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It is used interchangeably with the more general term field of view.... |
10 | |||
| Diagonal viewing angle Angle of view In photography, angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It is used interchangeably with the more general term field of view.... |
12 | |||
| Vertical viewing angle Angle of view In photography, angle of view describes the angular extent of a given scene that is imaged by a camera. It is used interchangeably with the more general term field of view.... |
7 | |||
| Groups/elements | 10/12 | 12/17 | 7/9 | 7/9 |
| # of diaphragm Diaphragm (optics) In optics, a diaphragm is a thin opaque structure with an opening at its center. The role of the diaphragm is to stop the passage of light, except for the light passing through the aperture... blades |
8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Closest focusing distance | 2.5 m | 1.9 m | 1.5 m | 1.5 m |
| Release date | November 1988 | April 2008 | December 1991 | March 1996 |
| MSRP Suggested retail price The manufacturer's suggested retail price , list price or recommended retail price of a product is the price which the manufacturer recommends that the retailer sell the product. The intention was to help to standardise prices among locations... $ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... |
$5,999.00 | $819.99 | ||
| Street Price $ United States dollar The United States dollar , also referred to as the American dollar, is the official currency of the United States of America. It is divided into 100 smaller units called cents or pennies.... |
$5,499.00 | $800.00 | ||
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