{"id":9493,"date":"2012-04-24T15:42:56","date_gmt":"2012-04-24T19:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2015-03-17T05:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-17T09:45:15","slug":"canon-telephoto-lens-specifications-info-and-links-bookmark-this-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.birdsasart-blog.com\/baa\/2012\/04\/24\/canon-telephoto-lens-specifications-info-and-links-bookmark-this-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Canon Telephoto Lens Specifications, Info, and Links; Bookmark This Page!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canon Telephoto Lens Specifications, Info, and Links; Bookmark This Page! <\/h3>\n

With so many great Canon telephoto lenses to choose from, so many just introduced, and a few more tantalizingly on the horizon, it can be difficult to find the data that you need to make informed choices. I have often spent more than an hour looking for the weight of this or that lens, searching for the minimum focusing distances of the various 300s, or converting grams to pounds and ounces or meters to feet. I spent the last two days, superbly assisted by Peter Kes, creating the table below. Be sure to bookmark the page as a favorite and visit it whenever you need some info on Canon telephoto lenses. In the past, I might have needed to do several online searches and visit two or three sites to come up with the info that is now at your fingertips in one neat package.<\/p>\n

Notes: the active links take you to the B&H listing for the product. Purchase there to thank us for our efforts here and elsewhere. The inactive links are for discontinued lenses. The old 600, the 600mm f\/4L IS, is actually discontinued but some remain in stock. We offer the weights in pounds and kilograms for the convenience of our many international visitors. MFD is the minimum focusing distance of the lens. We offer that in feet and meters, again for the convenience of our many international visitors. Magnif is of course the magnification of the lens at the closest focusing distance, the mfd. All of the lenses take one of three filters, a 67mm, a 77mm, or the 52mm drop-in filters (that go in the filter slots of the big lenses). Year indicates the year that the lens was first offered for sale. <\/p>\n

Note: I strongly recommend against the use of skylight or other “protective” filters on any intermediate telephoto lens. They degrade image quality and often hamper autofocus accuracy. <\/p>\n

You can find some additional helpful links in the text below the chart. Enjoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
CANON EF lens<\/th>\nD\/”<\/th>\nD\/cm<\/th>\nl\/”<\/th>\nl\/cm<\/th>\nwt\/lb<\/th>\nwt\/kg<\/th>\nmfd\/ft<\/th>\nmfd\/m<\/th>\nmag<\/th>\nfilter<\/th>\nyear<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
200mm f\/2.0 L IS<\/a> <\/td>\n5.0″<\/td>\n12.7cm<\/td>\n8.2″<\/td>\n20.83cm<\/td>\n5.6 lb<\/td>\n2.5 kg<\/td>\n6.23′<\/td>\n1.9m<\/td>\n0.12x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in<\/td>\n		2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70-200mm f\/4 L IS<\/a><\/td>\n3.0″<\/td>\n7.62cm<\/td>\n6.8″<\/td>\n17.27cm<\/td>\n1.67 lb<\/td>\n760g<\/td>\n3.94′<\/td>\n1.2m<\/td>\n0.21x<\/td>\n67mm<\/td>\n2006<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70-200mm f\/2.8 L IS II<\/a><\/td>\n3.5″<\/td>\n8.89cm<\/td>\n7.8″<\/td>\n19.81cm<\/td>\n3.28 lb<\/td>\n1.49 kg<\/td>\n3.94′<\/td>\n1.2m<\/td>\n0.21x<\/td>\n77mm<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70-200mm f\/2.8 L IS<\/a><\/td>\n3.5″<\/td>\n8.89cm<\/td>\n7.8″<\/td>\n19.81cm<\/td>\n2.9 lb<\/td>\n1.31 kg<\/td>\n4.9′<\/td>\n1.5m<\/td>\n0.17x<\/td>\n77mm<\/td>\n2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28-300mm L IS<\/a> <\/td>\n3.6″<\/td>\n9.14cm<\/td>\n7.2″<\/td>\n18.29cm<\/td>\n3.7 lb<\/td>\n1.67 kg<\/td>\n2.3′<\/td>\n0.7m<\/td>\n0.3x<\/td>\n77mm<\/td>\n2004<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
70-300mm L IS<\/a> <\/td>\n3.5″<\/td>\n8.89cm<\/td>\n5.6″<\/td>\n14.22cm<\/td>\n2.31 lb<\/td>\n1.05 kg<\/td>\n3.9′<\/td>\n1.2m<\/td>\n0.21x<\/td>\n67mm<\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
300mm f\/4.0 L IS <\/a><\/td>\n3.5″<\/td>\n8.89cm<\/td>\n8.7″<\/td>\n22.10cm<\/td>\n2.63 lb<\/td>\n1.19 kg<\/td>\n4.93′<\/td>\n1.5m<\/td>\n0.24x<\/td>\n77mm<\/td>\n1997<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
300mm f\/2.8 L IS II <\/a><\/td>\n5.0″<\/td>\n12.70cm<\/td>\n9.8″<\/td>\n24.89cm<\/td>\n5.19 lb<\/td>\n2.35 kg<\/td>\n6.6′<\/td>\n2m<\/td>\n0.18x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
300mm f\/2.8 L IS <\/a><\/td>\n5.0″<\/td>\n12.70cm<\/td>\n9.8″<\/td>\n24.89cm<\/td>\n5.63 lb<\/td>\n2.55 kg<\/td>\n8.2′<\/td>\n2.5m<\/td>\n0.13x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in<\/td>\n		1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM<\/a><\/td>\n3.7″<\/td>\n9.40cm<\/td>\n7.6″<\/td>\n19.30cm<\/td>\n3.5 lb<\/td>\n1.59 kg<\/td>\n3.2′<\/td>\n97.54cm<\/td>\n0.31x<\/td>\n77mm<\/td>\n2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
100-400mm L IS <\/a><\/td>\n3.6″<\/td>\n9.14cm<\/td>\n7.4″<\/td>\n18.80cm<\/td>\n3.04 lb<\/td>\n1.38 kg<\/td>\n5.9′<\/td>\n1.8m<\/td>\n0.20x<\/td>\n77mm<\/td>\n1998<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
200-400mm f\/4L IS USM<\/a><\/td>\n5.04″<\/td>\n12.80cm<\/td>\n14.41″<\/td>\n36.60cm<\/td>\n7.98 lb<\/td>\n3.62 kg<\/td>\n6.6′<\/td>\n2m<\/td>\n0.15x 0.21x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2013<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400mm f\/5.6 L<\/a><\/td>\n3.5″<\/td>\n8.89cm<\/td>\n10.1″<\/td>\n25.65cm<\/td>\n2.76 lb<\/td>\n1.25 kg<\/td>\n11.48′<\/td>\n3.5m<\/td>\n0.12x<\/td>\n77mm<\/td>\n1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400mm f\/4.0 DO IS<\/td>\n5.0″<\/td>\n12.70cm<\/td>\n9.1″<\/td>\n23.11cm<\/td>\n4.28 lb<\/td>\n1.94 kg<\/td>\n11.48′<\/td>\n3.5m<\/td>\n0.12x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2001<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400mm f\/4.0 DO IS II<\/td>\n5.0″<\/td>\n12.70cm<\/td>\n9.1″<\/td>\n23.11cm<\/td>\n4.63 lb<\/td>\n2.1 kg<\/td>\n10.83′<\/td>\n3.3m<\/td>\n0.12x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2014<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400mm f\/2.8 L IS II<\/a><\/td>\n6.42″<\/td>\n16.31cm<\/td>\n13.5″<\/td>\n34.29cm<\/td>\n8.49 lb<\/td>\n3.85 kg<\/td>\n8.89′<\/td>\n3 m<\/td>\n0.17x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
400mm f\/2.8 L IS <\/a><\/td>\n6.42″<\/td>\n16.31cm<\/td>\n13.5″<\/td>\n34.29cm<\/td>\n11.85 lb<\/td>\n5.37 kg<\/td>\n8.86 ft<\/td>\n3.7 m<\/td>\n0.15x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500mm f\/4.0 L IS II <\/a><\/td>\n5.75″<\/td>\n14.60cm<\/td>\n15.08″<\/td>\n38.30cm<\/td>\n7.04 lb<\/td>\n3.19 kg<\/td>\n12.14′<\/td>\n3.7m<\/td>\n0.15x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500mm f\/4.0 L IS <\/a><\/td>\n5.75″<\/td>\n14.60cm<\/td>\n15.08″<\/td>\n38.30cm<\/td>\n8.54 lb<\/td>\n3.87 kg<\/td>\n14.77 ft<\/td>\n4.5 m<\/td>\n0.12x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
600mm f\/4.0 L IS II <\/a><\/td>\n6.6″<\/td>\n16.76cm<\/td>\n17.6″<\/td>\n44.70cm<\/td>\n8.65 lb<\/td>\n3.92 kg<\/td>\n14.77′<\/td>\n4.5m<\/td>\n0.15x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
600mm f\/4.0 L IS<\/a><\/td>\n6.6″<\/td>\n16.76cm<\/td>\n18″<\/td>\n45.72cm<\/td>\n11.83 lb<\/td>\n5.36 kg<\/td>\n18.04′<\/td>\n5.5m<\/td>\n0.12x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		1999<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
800mm f\/5.6 L IS <\/a><\/td>\n6.4″<\/td>\n16.26cm<\/td>\n18.1″<\/td>\n45.97cm<\/td>\n9.92 lb<\/td>\n4.5 kg<\/td>\n19.68′<\/td>\n6m<\/td>\n0.12x<\/td>\n52mm
\ndrop-in <\/td>\n		2008<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

For the complete Canon EF lens line-up click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For additional information on all Canon Super Telephoto lenses and teleconverters click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Questions<\/h3>\n

Lens questions are of course welcome. Please leave a comment if you wish to learn more. <\/p>\n

Support both the Bulletins and the Blog by making all your B & H purchases here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Canon Telephoto Lens Specifications, Info, and Links; Bookmark This Page! <\/p>\n

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