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Canon EF 35mm f/2

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Pros

  • Build quality on this 35mm prime lens is reasonable
  • The build quality is fairly decent
  • lens that's conveniently compact and absolutely wonderful for street photography

Cons

  • corner sharpness is really bad (
  • contrast to be slightly lacking on my copy
  • bokeh quality on the 35 f/2 stopped down is not excellent

Key specs

  • Fixed
  • 7
  • Unit
  • yes
  • Full-frame (35mm)
  • , 35 mm
  • no
  • Normal, Wide angle

Canon EF 35mm f/2 - Pros & Cons

Canon EF 35mm f/2

Pros

  • Build quality on this 35mm prime lens is reasonable
  • The build quality is fairly decent
  • lens that's conveniently compact and absolutely wonderful for street photography
  • The focus ring operates smoothly
  • stabilizer is good enough for about 4-stops
  • ring-type ultrasonic autofocus system is quick and quiet
  • focal ring is also nice and wide for comfortable operation
  • Canon 35mm f/2 IS lens is excellent at every aperture
  • The sigma has a much wider focusing ring and moves a little smoother
  • both lenses are incredibly sharp
  • Sigma looks very solid

Cons

  • corner sharpness is really bad (
  • contrast to be slightly lacking on my copy
  • bokeh quality on the 35 f/2 stopped down is not excellent
  • some lenses are marked down because they have poor flare resistance
  • Purple fringing will happen here
  • sigma was a darker image in the open
  • It is inferior to both Canon and Sigma
  • Sigma is bulky and heavy (665 grams)
  • the mass spectrometer was not available
  • they cannot be filmed with an open aperture
  • Autofocus is quite noisy

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Canon EF 35mm f/2 - Full Specifications

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General
Lens type
  • Normal
  • Wide angle
Lens mountCanon EF
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Aperture
Aperture max2
Aperture min22
Aperture ringno
Number of diaphragm blades5
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Optics
ConstructionFixed
Elements7
Groups5
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Dimensions
Weight7.41 oz
Diameter2.65 in
Length1.67 in
Filter size2.05 in
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Image properties
Max Format size
Full-frame
Focal length< 35
Maximum magnification0.23 x
Image stabilisationno
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Focus
Focus methodUnit
Autofocusyes
Autofocus motor typeMicromotor
Full-time Manual focusingno
Closest focusing distance0.25
Distance scaleyes
Depth of field (DoF) scaleyes
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Design
Colour of productBlack
Body materials
  • Plastic
  • Metal
Tripod collarno
Hood suppliedno
Filter threadyes
Sealingno

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Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon - Editorial Reviews (9)

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Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 - Review / Test Report
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Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 Review
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Published: 01.09.2008
Canon EF 35mm f/2 Review
4.5

What Digital Camera lens test review of the Canon EF 35mm f/2

Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 (full format) - Review / Lens Test Report
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Canon EF 35mm f/2 (full format) - Review / Lens Test Report

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Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Review - DustinAbbott.net
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Published: 31.03.2014
Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Review - DustinAbbott.net

Photographer Dustin Abbott shares his full review of the highly underrated Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM lens. A great, affordable lens.

Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 Review
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Published: 18.10.2005
Canon EF 35mm f/2 Review

Looking for a Canon 35mm lens review? Read on to find out what we uncovered in our objective optical lab tests.

Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Review | Photography Blog
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Published: 17.01.2013
Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Review | Photography Blog
4.5

The Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM is a new moderate wide-angle prime lens. Boasting built-in image stabilisation and fast and quite auto-focusing, the plastic-bodied EF 35mm f/2 IS USM is a more affordable alternative to Canon's professional wide-angle primes. Read our in-depth Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM review complete with full-size sample images.

Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM review
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Published: 08.07.2019
Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM review
4.5

For street photography, this lens packs some useful features into a modestly sized build

Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f2 review: Old but still very competitive
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DXOMARK
Published: 15.12.2012
Canon EF 35mm f2 review: Old but still very competitive

Canon’s EF 35mm f2 has been around for quite a while, launched in late 1990, 22 years ago, it predates digital photography as we know it. Does this matter? Apparently not, this small, old, cheap lens continues to be a worthwhile piece of equipment, albeit on a rather basic level, but in this age of super-zoom lenses, this light, compact workhorse is worth looking at. Here are the DxOMark test results, while waiting for those of the new version of the Canon EF 35mm f / 2 IS USM released last November.

Canon EF 35mm f/2 Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Review
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PCMAG
Published: 03.02.2016
Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM Review
4.0

Canon photographers in need of a wide-angle prime lens should take a look at the EF 35mm f/2 IS USM—it's sharp, compact, and optically stabilized.

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