Canon EF 200mm lens

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The EF 200mm USM-L lens is a prime Telephoto lens made by Canon Inc. The lens has an EF mount to work with the EOS line of cameras. When used on a digital EOS body with a crop factor of 1.6x, it provides a field of view equivalent to an 320 mm lens mounted on a film body, making it a very compact long telelens.

Two version of the lens were made, one f/2.8 and the other f/1.8.

The 200 mm f/1.8 lens is an extremely fast telephoto lens, the fastest 200mm ever produced [1]. Production was discontinued in 2004.

The 200 mm f/2.8 lens is considered to be excellent value for money as it is Canon's cheapest L-series lens. It supersedes the Canon EF 70-200mm lens in optical quality, though by a slight margin. It is however significantly cheaper, lighter and less conscuptious, at the expense of the ability to zoom, and of the Image stabilizer. The 200 mm f/2.8 is compatible with the teleconverters by Canon. It sports a ring USM allowing full time manual focusing. Focusing can be made down to 1.5 metre.

The first edition of the lens features an integrated hood, while the second has a twist-off one

[edit] Specifications

Attribute	f/1.8L USM	f/2.8L USM
Image stabilizer	No
Ultrasonic Motor	Yes
L-series	Yes
Diffractive Optics	No
Macro	No
Maximum aperture	1.8	2.8
Minimum aperture	22	32
Weight	3000 g	790 g
Maximum diameter	130 mm	83 mm
Length	208 mm	136.2 mm
Filter diameter	48 mm (rear end)	72 mm
Horizontal viewing angle
Diagonal viewing angle
Vertical viewing angle
Groups/elements	10/12	7/9
# of diaphragm blades	8	8
Closest focusing distance	1.5 m	1.5 m
Release date	November 1988	December 1991
MSRP $
Street Price $

[edit] External links

• EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM (Canon.com)
• f/1.8 version, and first and second editions of the f/ 2.8 version on Canon Museum
• Canon EF 200mm f/1.8L
• Background & Version History for Canon 200mm focal length telephoto lenses
• The Primepipe -- Canon EF 200/2.8L Mk 1
• Playing with the Canon 200mm/2.8 - my sharpest lens