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Canon Lenses A Personal Selection

An Abundance of Choices
Canon currently has some 50 different lenses in its EF arsenal for the EOS series of film and digital camera bodies. The line is one of the most extensive available, and includes a large number of zooms, fast fixed focal length lenses, and specialty optics such as their proprietary tilt/shift and Image Stabilized lenses.
After several of years of slowly building a system that suits my particular needs, here is what is in my current optical arsenal:

Sigma 14mm f/2.8

Canon 17~35mm f/2.8L zoom

Canon 24mm f/3.5L Tilt /Shift

Canon 28~70mm f/2.8L zoom

Canon 28~135mm f/3.5-f/5.6 IS zoom

Canon 50mm f/1.4

Canon 100mm f/2.8 Macro

Canon 70~200 f/2.8L zoom

Canon 100~400 f/4.5-f/5.6L IS zoom

Canon 300mm f/2.8L IS

Most of these lenses are from Canon's "L" series.  This family of lenses are Canon's finest, utilizing ED and Fluorite elements as well as aspherical designs where...

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