Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Autofocus Telephoto Lens

by Geoff 17 Sep 0 Comments

Canon EF 100mm f2 USM

The Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Autofocus Telephoto Lens is an excellent lens for selective focus with its f/2 aperture.

With the large maximum aperture, the lens does remain compact, to give an excellent short telephoto low light lens.

The background bokeh is ideal for portraits and the USM will autofocus the lens very fast and silently.

This lens can be very suited for sports events and nature. Portrait photographers also love this focal length and it has become very popular.

Also do not forget the telephoto lens for use in landscape scenes, very dramatic images can be obtained by isolating a small selection of a landscape for beautiful images.

Canon make a very nice range of short prime telephoto lenses, which are suited to a range of photographic subjects from portrait, nature and sporting events to name a few. The range of these telephoto lenses are summarised in the following list:

EF 85mm f/1.8 USM Autofocus Lens – A cheaper version of the more expensive f/1.4 lens
EF 85mm f/1.2L II USM Autofocus Lens – A superb portrait lens for use in low light
EF 100mm f/2.0 USM Autofocus Telephoto Lens – Low light telephoto lens
EF 135mm f/2.0L USM Autofocus Telephoto Lens -Low light telephoto lens
EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM Autofocus Telephoto Lens – An excellent performing f/2.8 telephoto lens
EF 200mm f/2L IS USM Autofocus Telephoto Lens – An exceptional lens for use in low light for sports and nature

The selection of a short telephoto lens will depend on several factors:

Firstly decide if you want the quality and large aperture of a prime or the flexibility of a zoom.
Some of these primes come in several different apertures at the same focal length, this choice will need to be made on cost and aperture required.
Do you need a larger aperture for creative effects.
Choose the focal length of lens required.

There are many excellent sample images from this lens on the Flickr site.