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- Top features: – See all the details of your subject – Built-in LED light for the perfect exposure – Shoot smooth & steady with image stabilisation – Versatile lens for portraits & street photography See all the detailsCapture the minute details of your subject with the Canon EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM Macro Lens.Whether it’s the fine hairs on a caterpillar munching through a leaf, the texture of a fresh strawberry, or the morning dew on a blade of grass, you can reproduce objects at life-size magnification.Built-in LED lightThe close working distance of 3 cm means you can get up close and personal with your subjects, great for still life.You won’t be casting a shadow over your subject either – the built-in LED light at the end of the lens lets you take control of the lighting. Choose full or half brightness to illuminate your subject for the perfect exposure.Shoot smooth & steadyGetting close to your subject usually means shooting handheld. Helpfully, built-in image stabilisation combats camera shake so you get sharp images and smooth video.Versatile lensThe EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM isn’t just great for macro. You can capture some brilliant portraits and street photography too as it offers the same angle of view as a 56 mm lens on a full-frame camera.Fast and quiet autofocus makes this a great lens for movies too, allowing you to smoothly pull focus for transitions.
- Product codes: 4549292090130
- Model number: f/2.8
- Product ID 1: 21932611179
- Product ID 2: 10169815
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CANON EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM Macro Lens is available currently from Currys for just £399, which is a great deal but we’re going to dive a little deeper into the price to explain why it’s such a good deal.
To help understand the average price you should expect to pay for Lenses we analysed the price of every product in that category. The average was £729.24. But perhaps more importantly you’d also want to know what you would expect to pay for a particular brand, so we also analysed the average price you would pay for a product from Canon. The average was £530.97. But that perhaps isn’t the fairest analysis because we know that Canon make more than just Lenses. So we went a step further and analysed the average price of Canon Lenses, this was £786.33. So you can see that CANON EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM Macro Lens is a bargain at £399. Especially when you look at the table below which shows you the average price of products with certain features and specs. For example you’d expect to pay £700.45 for a product meeting the Lens type: Prime spec.
Specification / Price Comparison
| Feature | Spec | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Lens type | Prime | The average price of Lenses with this Lens type spec is £724.19 |
| Lens category | Macro | The average price of Lenses with this Lens category spec is £700.45 |
| Compatibility | Canon EF-S mount | The average price of Lenses with this Compatibility spec is £444.21 |
| Image stabilisation | Optical Image Stabilizer with Hybrid IS | The average price of Lenses with this Image stabilisation spec is £399.00 |
| Effective stops | 4 stops | The average price of Lenses with this Effective stops spec is £399.00 |
| Stabilisation modes | – On – Off |
The average price of Lenses with this Stabilisation modes spec is £967.50 |
| Focal length | 35 mm | The average price of Lenses with this Focal length spec is £773.92 |
| 35 mm equivalent | 56 mm | The average price of Lenses with this 35 mm equivalent spec is £399.00 |
| Maximum aperture | f/2.8 | The average price of Lenses with this Maximum aperture spec is £733.63 |
| Minimum aperture | f/32 | The average price of Lenses with this Minimum aperture spec is £1,333.40 |
| Focusing | Manual & autofocus | The average price of Lenses with this Focusing spec is £690.30 |
| Minimum focusing distance | 0.13 m | The average price of Lenses with this Minimum focusing distance spec is £399.00 |
| Magnification | 1 x | The average price of Lenses with this Magnification spec is £399.00 |
| Elements and grouping | 10 elements in 6 groups | The average price of Lenses with this Elements and grouping spec is £404.50 |
| Diaphragm blades | 7 blades | The average price of Lenses with this Diaphragm blades spec is £406.14 |
| Filter diameter | 49 mm (attaches to hood) | The average price of Lenses with this Filter diameter spec is £399.00 |
| Silent focusing | Yes | The average price of Lenses with this Silent focusing spec is £785.83 |
| Special features | LED Macro Lite built-in | The average price of Lenses with this Special features spec is £399.00 |
| Box contents | – Canon EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM Macro Lens – Lens hood ES-27 – Lens cap EF-S35 – Lens dust cap E – User manual kit |
The average price of Lenses with this Box contents spec is £399.00 |
| Dimensions | 69.2 x 55.8 mm (D x L) | The average price of Lenses with this Dimensions spec is £399.00 |
| Weight | 190 g | The average price of Lenses with this Weight spec is £91.99 |
| Manufacturer’s guarantee | 1 year | The average price of Lenses with this Manufacturer’s guarantee spec is £169.50 |
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Reviews of CANON EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM Macro Lens
Reading customer reviews will of course be a big part of your decision on whether to buy CANON EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM Macro Lens or another alternative. We’d advise reading reviews from trusted sources like ao.com or Currys, for the obvious reason that you know the people adding the reviews are verified buyers. Likewise we also suggest only buying from trusted online sources too, chances are, if you’ve found a deal that seems too good to be true, it probably is. Having a quick reference score/rating is also really useful as a benchmark to deciding between two products, we provide a score out of 10 for our reviews based on customer feedback from Currys. CANON EF-S 35 mm f/2.8 IS STM Macro Lens scored an incredible 9.3 out of 10, thanks to the feedback from 16 customer reviews. You can read these by clicking the “Read Full Review” button that’s hovering on the bottom of your screen now.
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