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Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Wide Angle Pancake Lens
The Canon EF 28mm f/1.8 USM DSLR lens is a small, highly portable wide angle pancake lens that''s ideal for travel, documentary and street photography even with hand held low-light shooting.
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We Love
- Pancake lens design which is ultra compact and lightweight
- Portable and discreet, perfect for street photography, weddings or other subjects
- Quiet autofocus thanks to STM focusing
- Affordable price despite a bright aperture and quality results
- Perfect for hand-held photography due to size, weight and fast aperture

Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens Summary
With you wherever you go.
A highly portable pancake lens that's ideal for travel and street photography. Its advanced optical design ensures great image quality, while a large f/2.8 maximum aperture allows hand-held low-light shooting. STM focusing delivers smooth, near-silent AF when capturing movies.
- Super-slim, pancake design that is highly portable and lets you shoot discreetly
- Natural perspective, similar to that of the human eye
- Smooth, quiet STM focusing when shooting movies
- Shoot in low light and control depth of field, with a large f/2.8 maximum aperture.
- Get close to small subjects, focusing down to just 16cm
- Great image quality right across the frame
The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM lens works with APS-C sensor DSLR cameras. It provides a natural perspective with equivalent angle of view of 38mm in full-frame terms, making it ideal for portraits, street photography and other subjects including travel.
With smooth, quiet focusing users can capture images of moving subjects with the lens locking on quickly when shooting still photos, and provides smooth focus transitions when capturing movies.
You’ll also get razor-sharp performance right across the frame, typical of Canon lenses whichever budget category they fall into.
Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM Lens Specifications
Lens Type |
APS-C Pancake lens for EF Cameras |
35mm film equivalent focal length |
38mm |
Lens construction (elements/groups) |
6/5 |
Minimum aperture |
f/22 |
Filter diameter |
52mm |
Max. diameter x length |
68.2 x 22.8mm |
Weight |
125g |
Offer Category: Camera Lenses |
Offer Product Type: Canon Lenses EF mount |
Autofocus: Yes |
Constant Aperture: Yes |
Diameter (mm): 68 |
Length (mm): 23 |
Weight (g): 125 |
Elements: 6 |
Focal length: 24 mm |
Full time manual: Yes |
Groups: 5 |
Maximum focal length: 24 |
Maximum magnification: 0.27 |
Maximum aperture (number): 2.8 |
Minimum focal length: 24 |
Lens Minimum focus distance (m): 0.16 |
Minimum aperture (number): 22 |
Number of diaphragm blades: 7 |
Best For Holiday and Landscape: Yes |
Best For Interior and Architecture: Yes |
Best For Macro and Still Life: Yes |
Best For Street: Yes |
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Our Verdict
A highly portable pancake lens that's ideal for travel and street photography. Its advanced optical design ensures great image quality, while a large f/2.8 maximum aperture allows hand-held low-light shooting.
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