Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM

Compact and Lightweight Prime Lens for APS-C EOS DSLRs

Overview

The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM is a compact and lightweight prime lens designed for Canon APS-C EOS DSLR cameras. This lens offers a versatile focal length, fast aperture, and advanced STM technology for smooth and quiet autofocus, making it ideal for street photography, landscapes, portraits, and everyday shooting. Its pancake design makes it highly portable and perfect for travel.

Key Features

Versatile Prime Lens

• 24mm Focal Length: Provides an equivalent focal length of 38mm on Canon APS-C cameras, offering a natural perspective that is suitable for a wide range of photography styles.
• Fast f/2.8 Aperture: Allows for excellent low-light performance and creative depth-of-field control, enabling beautiful background blur (bokeh).

High-Quality Optics

• Advanced Optical Design: Features 6 elements in 5 groups, including one aspherical element to minimize aberrations and distortions, ensuring high resolution and sharpness across the frame.
• Super Spectra Coating: Reduces flare and ghosting, enhancing contrast and color fidelity even in challenging lighting conditions.

Smooth and Quiet Autofocus

• STM Technology: The stepping motor (STM) provides smooth, quiet, and precise autofocus, making it ideal for video recording as well as still photography.
• Full-Time Manual Focus: Allows manual focus adjustments even in AF mode, providing greater control over focusing.

Specifications

• Model: Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM
• Mount Type: Canon EF-S mount (APS-C)
• Focal Length: 24mm (38mm equivalent on APS-C)
• Maximum Aperture: f/2.8
• Minimum Aperture: f/22
• Lens Elements/Groups: 6 elements in 5 groups
• Diaphragm Blades: 7, rounded
• Minimum Focus Distance: 0.16 m (0.52 ft)
• Maximum Magnification: 0.27x
• Filter Diameter: 52mm
• Dimensions: 68.2 x 22.8 mm (2.69 x 0.9 in)
• Weight: 125 g (4.4 oz)

Additional Benefits

Compact and Lightweight Design

• Pancake Design: Ultra-slim and lightweight, this lens is highly portable, making it an excellent choice for travel and everyday photography.
• Discrete and Convenient: The compact size allows for more discreet shooting, making it ideal for street photography.

Enhanced Creative Flexibility

• Ideal for Various Photography Styles: Perfect for capturing wide-angle landscapes, street scenes, portraits with beautiful background blur, and detailed close-ups.
• Excellent for Video: The smooth and quiet STM autofocus, combined with the fast f/2.8 aperture, makes it ideal for video recording.