Medium and Standard
MEDIUM & STANDARD TELEPHOTO LENSES
A medium telephoto lens with a large aperture brings the subject closer, creates excellent background blur, gives a longer flash range, and affords a faster shutter speed to freeze the action. A standard zoom lens, with its natural angle of view and perspective, captures the subject plainly, with no special effects. However, you can use standard lenses in creative ways by varying the subject distance, aperture, and angle. Three medium telephoto lenses and two standard telephoto lenses are available.
EF 50mm f/1.4 USM | EF 50mm f/1.8 II | EF 85mm f/1.2L USM | EF 85mm f/1.8 USM |
The ultimate “normal” lens in the EF system. This superb lens is sharp even wide-open, and of course its f/1.4 speed makes it perfect for available-light shooting. For many, it’s an ideal lens to accompany a zoom when shooting in low-light conditions. Compact and affordable, it’s the only lens in the EF system to combine the extra-small Micro USM and still provide full-time manual focusing when the lens is in the AF mode.
Lightweight and affordable, this sharp lens with a fast f/1.8 aperture is an excellent first lens for those who prefer a fixed focal length, and makes an excellent addition to any photographer’s system for available-light shooting. A traditional Gauss-type optical design ensures sharp performance even wide- open, and it focuses as close as 18 inches/0.45m.
The fastest telephoto lens in the entire Canon EF line-up, and the world’s fastest 85mm autofocus lens. This exquisite professional lens is obviously popular for its available-light capabilities, but its proven performance makes it ideal for portraits, fashion and even sports. Two Aspherical elements provide thorough correction of spherical aberrations. A ring-type USM means silent AF from 3ft./ 0.9m to infinity, and full-time electronic manual focusing is also available.
Sharp. Lightweight. Responsive. These are just a few adjectives that describe this terrific portrait-length telephoto lens. With a powerful ring-type USM and fast f/1.8 aperture, subjects zip into focus in the viewfinder. It’s great for all types of work calling for moderate telephoto power, but comes into its own in low-light situations, and offers a 1/3-stop speed advantage over the 100mm f/2 USM lens.
EF 100mm f/2 USM
Another option in high-speed moderate telephotos, this compact lens is ideal for portraits and low-light work. Compared to the 85mm f/1.8 USM lens, it provides that little bit extra of telephoto power sometimes necessary outdoors or for candid shooting. Like the 85mm, it’s super-sharp (even wide-open), and has fast USM autofocus along with full-time manual focusing.
EF 85mm f/1.2L USM •f/1.2 •1/750 sec.
