Now Shipping priced at $149. Preorder from B&H Photo Video or Adorama. This is going to be a fantastic little walk around prime lens- Subscribe to my YouTube Channel for full review (coming next week)As discussed in an earlier podcast we will see a new EF-S lens from Canon in November, the Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8, It looks identical to the 40mm f/2.8 and I am psyched that Canon is making more of these tiny(and affordable) but excellent lenses. The 40mm is very sharp even wide open . The one change here is the 40mm is EF, compatible with full frame and this 24mm is EF-S, only compatible with crop sensor cameras like the T5i, SL1 and 70D.   24mm on a crop sensor is a wonderful walk around focal length. 24mm * 1.6 = 38mm.

• EF-S Mount Lens/APS-C Format
• 38mm (35mm Equivalent)
• One Aspherical Element
• Optimized Lens Coatings
• STM AF Motor Supports Movie Servo AF
• Micro-Stepping Drive Aperture Mechanism
• Full-Time Manual Focus Override
• Rounded 7-Blade Diaphragm
• Slim Design Measures Less Than 1"-Thick
• shortest shooting distance is 0.16 M (40mm is .3 M)
• maximum magnification is 0.27X
• 22.8 mm thickness Weight 125g (40mm is 22.8 and weighs 130g)

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