Canon 50mm F/2.5 Ef Compact Macro Lens

Executive summary about Canon Lens by Dayton Rowland

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One of the best lenses for your Canon EOS camera would be the Canon 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro lens. This Canon Lens was one of the first lenses that Canon released with the EOS system in 1987, so it’s been in production for over 20 years. As such, this lens is rather high-quality compared to lenses designed today. Focusing is very reliable, but a little noisier and slower than newer EF lenses. Optics in this lens are very high-quality, and allow for beautiful photos.

The lens allows for macro focusing of objects up to a ratio of 1:2 life size. What this means is that the smallest objects that the lens can focus will be recorded on your film (or in the case of a digital camera, image sensor) at half their real-life size. This Canon Lens also allows for infinity focus, a capability that some macro lenses lack. This means that you can use this lens as a regular 50mm lens.

Some more expensive macro lenses can focus at “life-size”, meaning that the smallest objects that can be focused will be recorded on the film or image sensor at the same size that they are in real-life. Overall, the Canon 50mm f/2.5 Compact Macro lens is an unbeatable value for what you get, and an essential must-have for any Canon EOS owner that can afford it!

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