Canon EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM

Detailed Features

• Offers a wide-angle view with a natural perspective

  A classic, slightly wide-angle 35mm focal length, loved by documentary photographers for its ability to capture a subject within its environment without distorting perspective.

• Superb low-light performance

  A large f/1.4 maximum aperture lets in two stops more light than an f/2.8 zoom lens, making this an ideal lens for hand-held photography in low-light conditions.Shooting at wide apertures allows photographers to limit depth of field. Creating such shallow-focus effects is one way that a subject can be made to stand out against a background, and is particularly effective when combined with the lens’s wide-angle field of view.The lens’s nine-bladed aperture renders out-of-focus areas smoothly and naturally.

• Sets new standards in image quality

  Blue Spectrum Refractive optics, made from an organic optical material developed by Canon, tackle colour fringing by correcting chromatic aberrations to a degree not previously possible.Ultra Low-Dispersion (UD) optics and two aspherical lens elements provide incredible sharpness right across the frame – even when the lens is used wide open.Subwavelength structure coating boosts contrast and guards against flare and ghosting when shooting into the light.

• Focuses quickly and discreetly, letting you capture the unexpected

  Ring-type USM autofocus establishes accurate focus quickly and in near silence, letting you work without disturbing the scene.Full-time manual focusing allows focus adjustments without changing focus mode or removing your camera from your eye.

• Keep shooting even in tough conditions

  Canon’s legendary L-series build-quality inspires confidence and adds durability. Weather sealing guards against dust and moisture, while a fluorine coating protects the lens’s front and rear element from grease and dirt, and makes it easier to clean.

• Blue Spectrum Refractive optics

  Canon developed Blue Spectrum Refractive (BR) optics to tackle coloured fringing in large-diameter lenses. This bespoke organic optical material is more effective at correcting such fringing than other technologies, like fluorite, Ultra Low-Dispersion (UD) or Super UD glass. Coloured fringing is caused by chromatic aberration – a phenomenon where light of different colours is focused at different points. Using BR optical material in the EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM minimises this effect. Other elements in the lens can then be optimised to give superb sharpness, contrast and resistance to flare.