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1396:EF 28–105mm
1345:Extender EF
1011:EF 75–300mm
1006:EF 70–300mm
1001:EF 70–200mm
985:EF 28–300mm
980:EF 28–135mm
975:EF 24–105mm
419:53°–19°30'
391:Horizontal
45:zoom lenses
1517:Categories
1431:EF 38–76mm
1411:EF 35–80mm
1406:EF 35–70mm
1391:EF 28–90mm
1386:EF 28–80mm
1381:EF 28–70mm
1376:EF 24–85mm
1371:EF 22–55mm
1366:EF 20–35mm
1361:EF 17–35mm
1312:EF-M prime
1204:TS-E 135mm
1171:Tilt-shift
970:EF 24–70mm
954:EF 17–40mm
949:EF 16–35mm
944:EF 11–24mm
693:6 November
582:References
549:$ 2099.00
546:$ 1349.00
493:Lens hood
178:f/2.8L USM
1502:TS-E 45mm
1497:EF 1200mm
1329:EF-M 32mm
1319:EF-M 22mm
1276:EF-M zoom
1199:TS-E 90mm
1194:TS-E 50mm
1189:TS-E 45mm
1184:TS-E 24mm
1179:TS-E 17mm
1052:EF-S 24mm
881:EF-S zoom
662:3 October
552:$ 999.00
474:diameter
413:Vertical
402:Diagonal
351:diaphragm
175:Attribute
101:lens hood
1145:EF 800mm
1140:EF 600mm
1135:EF 500mm
1130:EF 400mm
1125:EF 300mm
1109:EF 200mm
1104:EF 135mm
1099:EF 100mm
820:Archived
788:Archived
559:See also
408:84°–34°
397:74°–29°
326:Aperture
324:Minimum
312:Aperture
310:Maximum
262:L-series
35:EF mount
1487:EF 40mm
1094:EF 85mm
1078:EF 50mm
1062:EF 35mm
1057:EF 28mm
1047:EF 24mm
1042:EF 20mm
1037:EF 14mm
767:9 April
543:(US$ )
502:EW-83L
499:EW-88C
496:EW-83F
457:Length
429:Weight
353:blades
874:lenses
472:Filter
386:0.70×
383:0.21×
380:0.29×
319:f/4.0
316:f/2.8
189:Image
42:normal
1214:Macro
860:Canon
483:77mm
480:82mm
477:77mm
349:# of
330:f/22
282:Macro
156:Macro
49:Canon
871:EF-M
867:EF-S
769:2021
743:2012
695:2012
664:2013
642:2012
541:MSRP
532:Yes
300:Yes
289:Yes
266:Yes
256:Yes
246:Yes
225:Yes
40:-to-
38:wide
29:The
569:STM
535:No
529:No
297:No
286:No
276:No
235:No
1519::
863:EF
760:.
725:^
684:.
672:^
589:^
359:9
356:8
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865:/
852:e
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838:v
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