We have a fantastic armouy of prime lenses in EF, from the classic nifty fifty to super-fast telephotos. Prime lenses are known for their pin sharp quality and super fast apertures, they also require you to physically move to frame your shot, which can encourage more creativity – particularly when shooting subjects like street and documentary photography.
The Sigma 8mm f3.5 Fisheye produces circular images with an angle of view of 180°when attached to a full-frame digital SLR or 35mm film SLR camera. The special fisheye design allows maximum creative expression.
The exacting professional's ultra wide-angle lens, the EF 14mm f/2.8L II USM uses UD and aspherical elements for paramount image quality.
The Sigma 14mm 1.8 DG HSM Art features the same large aspherical element touted in the Sigma 12-24mm F4 Art to control distortion and create stunning imagery.
The number of full-frame prime lenses covering a 20mm focal length with a fast maximum aperture of f/1.4 are few and far between. Though it’ll be most popular with people who specialise in astrophotography, its stunning optical performance can be applied to landscapes, interiors and architecture. It’s a large and heavy lens that features a focus distance window and bulbous front element. A permanently fixed petal-shape hood protects the latter. It returns its best results across the frame at f/4 and is just as sharp in the centre at f/1.4 as it is at f/8. It’s an exceptional prime for shooting in low-light conditions. The only downside is that it’s not weather sealed.
When the sky seems like it simply goes on forever, you can make the most of the moment with the Distagon T* 2,8/21.
The ultimate in fast aperture wide-angle lenses, the Canon EF 24mm f/1.4L II USM contains UD and aspherical elements to eliminate distortion and aberrations – producing stunning results.
With a F1.4 brightness when at wide-open aperture, the Sigma 24mm f1.4 DG HSM | Art reveals a new horizon of image quality.
The design of the EF 28mm f/1.8 USM provides a balance between affordability and optical performance, while its fast f/1.8 maximum aperture permits hand-held shooting in low light.
The Sigma 28mm F1.4 DG HSM I Art wide-angle lens stands out due to its thoroughly corrected magnification, chromatic aberration and sagittal coma flare, as well as its completely minimised distortion thanks – to its optical design.
Canon has knocked it out the park with the EF 35mm f/1.4L II USM. Photographers and videographers who lean towards a natural, reportage-style approach to their work will be blown away by its performance that records beautifully blurred backgrounds at wide apertures. It’s phenomenally sharp when it’s stopped down between f/2.8 and f/4 and resolves a gorgeous look to images wide-open at f/1.4. Execution of a blue spectrum refractive optic sees it control chromatic aberrations extremely well and vignetting towards the edge of the frame is tasteful too. All in all, it’s an extraordinarily impressive 35mm lens that can’t be praised highly enough.
The Canon EF 35mm f/2 IS USM prime lens has a four-stop image stabiliser and f/2 maximum aperture – ideal for low-light photography. Ultrasonic AF is fast and accurate. An aspherical lens element boosts image quality.