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Canon EF-M 11-22mm

Canon EF-M 11-22mm

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Regular Price: $449.95

Special Price $409.00

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This Canon EF-M lens – designed for Canon’s EOS-M cameras – is perfect for photographers whose primary focus is architecture and landscapes. With its sleek design and ability to withdraw, it is a perfect partner to the EOS-M range, keeping camera size and weight down to a minimum (220g). Combined with a built-in image stabiliser and stepping motor (STM), the 11-22mm is perfect for any bit of motion that can occur in a shot.

Built-in Image Stabiliser.

Fast auto-focus system - thanks to the STM.

220g - Small, lightweight and retractable.

Versatile.

Designed for Canon’s EOS-M cameras.

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AN ultra-wide, portable zoom lens - perfect fpr the EOS M range

The Canon EF-M 11-22mm lens is the perfect partner for the compact system EOS M range of cameras because its strengths are in the same areas. Compact and lightweight without sacrificing quality, the 11-22mm is the right fit for your EOS M kit if you are interested in ultra-wide applications such as landscape and travel. In 35mm terms this lens provides the equivalent zoom range of an 18-35mm lens, which is a much loved range for many photographers thanks to its versatility.

Weighing in at just 220 grams the 11-22mm will not add much weight to your carry bag and when mounted to the front of your camera will provide the ultimate portable kit that can comfortably carried for long days of shooting. Within its optical design this lens features two Aspherical and one UD element which help to minimise such negative effects as aberrations, colour fringing and distortion, while super spectra coating reduces flare and ghosting, providing a high-level of contrast and colour performance.

Crammed into this minuscule lens are a few of Canon's latest and more advanced features, leading for a level of usability that its unassuming size would not suggest. Firstly there is Optical and Dynamic Image Stabilisation which corrects for any motion resulting in sharp, blur-free images and smooth and steady videos. Second is a built-in stepping motor, delivering smooth, steady and near-silent autofocus, handy for anyone but a huge benefit for anyone shooting video with their EOS M.

SKU	107070
Zoom Focal Length	11-22mm
Fixed Focal Length	-
Maximum Aperture	f/4-5.6
Minimum Focus	-
Filter Diameter	55mm
Minimum Aperture	f22
Dimensions	-
Image Stabilisation	Optical
Lens Mount	Canon M
Lens Type	Wide Angle Zoom
Box Contents	-
Manufacturer's Warranty	2 Years

Great quality lens at a Fantastic Price!
Marco Nero, 1/07/2016

This native EF-M lens is one of the best value-for-money lenses available and to find a comparative similar lens for any other camera would be quite expensive by comparison. It's very sharp corner-to-corner and the clarity, color and vibrancy is excellent. The lens is solidly constructed with a metal lens mount. I've used this EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM lens for select wide shots at weddings (with a speedlite flash), landscapes, product photography and architecture. There's no reason I can think of not to buy this lens. The prices are great, the image quality is superb and the construction is excellent.
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Construction:
Construction, materials and finish are excellent. It's a lightweight lens that feels solid and strong when handles. Nothing about this lens body feels cheap or loose. It looks good and the gun-metal grey finish looks good on the black body of the EOS-M.At a mere 220g, the light weight and practical focal range of the lens is useful and easy to carry as a second or spare lens. The Image Stabilization works extremely well and the advanced optical coatings on the lens reduce unwanted flare in a dramatic way. It's disappointing that the lens hood is not included with the lens and had to be purchased separately... although it's not expensive (I think I bought a genuine Canon lens hood for $15). I don't tend to use a Circular Polarizer with this lens because it's incredibly wide but it also gives me deep blue skies without the need of filters. Use a solid ND filter if you wish... but a "variable ND filter" isn't going to work properly due to the extra wide 11mm focal length. This is a phenomena inherent to all super/ultra wide lenses.
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Being f/4 when the aperture is completely open, the 11-22mm lens is going to be "slower" at letting in the light so the resulting images taken in bright sunlight tend to be extremely contrasted: shadows are quite black. For DSLR users, the resulting image quality and contrast is very similar to the EF 28-105mm f/4L IS USM lens. The shadows can usually be lifted slightly during processing but this is typical of most other f/4 canon lenses. This lens will indeed distort when a subject is ether close to the lens or towards the edges of the image frame... so if you want undistorted portraits, you'll need to zoom in to 22mm to reduce the pincushion distortion for closeup images. But very close subject may result in comical distortions, giving your pets enormous noses and for people towards the edge of frame, you'll end up with stretched faces (when shooting wide). This lens is VERY suited to architecture, cityscapes, landscapes and dramatic-look subjects such as closeups of cars. It can focus very close for "macro" subjects although it's not a true macro lens. Bokeh is limited on the lens though it does separate subject for background well if the aperture is open wide to f/4 and the subject is close to the lens.
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I was able to successfully capture a wide field view of the Milky Way at night but in each picture, the ISO needed to be bumped up and the resulting images were slightly soft or "muddy" where the galactic center is located... and high ISO was needed. Of all the things this lens is useful for, the Milky Way is probably not one of them. But for sunsets and sweeping vistas it is THE lens to use. I was also easily able to stitch images together with Photoshop and the lens captures sharp and colorful hues well during Blue Hour. Long exposures of traffic in the city are also quite suited to this lens. One other thing to note is that the lens has a locking switch on the side which needs to be depressed in order to extend the lens to the operating position.
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Image Quality:
Image Quality from this lens is Excellent. This is as sharp as you'll get... and it's sharp corner-to-corner too. Even at different focal lengths. You'll have plenty of fun with dynamic angles when shooting with it and I didn't even need to select an aperture for most of these shots... I just let the camera and lens sort it out for me. These pictures were all shot as JPEG images rather than RAW. Those who shoot RAW will possibly get even more mileage from this lens than I did. Diffraction spikes from bright light sources are very appealing with this lens.
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Some people might be confused because Canon have release TWO lenses for the EOS-M cameras with a 22mm focal length. This one (EF-M 11-22mm f/4-5.6 IS STM) has a limited zoom and is sharper for landscapes and has stronger contrast than the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens. But the EF-M 22mm f/2 STM lens is a prime lens with much wider aperture (f/2) and offers a much shallower depth of field. The 22mm f/2 is also better suited for astrophotography.
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I highly recommend this lens.

Pros: Easy to use, Compact, Build quality
Would you recommend this product to a friend? Yes