Efs 24mm f2.8 stm review năm 2024

The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM is a new wide-angle prime pancake lens for Canon's APS-C DSLR cameras. Featuring an equivalent focal length of 38mm, the Canon EF-S 24mm features a micro-stepping driver control for quieter operation for smooth and quiet continuous AF while capturing video and in live view mode, an aspheric lens element and optimized lens arrangement and coating to minimize ghosting and flare, a circular seven-blade aperture, full-time manual focus override, and a short minimum focusing distance of only 16cm. The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM is available for £179.99 / €199.99 / $199.99.

Ease of Use

Weighing a mere 125g and measuring just 23cm in length, the Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM is the slimmest and lightest Canon EF-S lens ever produced. Being an EF-S lens, you can only use it on a Canon EOS APS-C body like the 7D Mark II that we tested it with, for a 38mm equivalent angle of view.

As you would expect from such an inexpensive lens, build quality is adequate rather than outstanding. The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM feels fairly solid in your hand, despite the all-plastic construction, and the metal mount is very welcome. As you'd expect on such a small lens, the focusing ring is very narrow but has a ridged, rubberised grip band that assists with the finger-tip operation.

The final control on the lens barrel is a focus mode switch with the usual AF/MF settings. Note that this lens offers full-time manual focusing even when AF is selected.

The lens doesn't ship with either a lens hood or a protective bag. It accepts 52mm filters.

Focal Range

At the 24mm focal length the angle of view is 59º 10'.

Focusing

The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM lens has a very narrow focusing ring that doesn't really encourage you to use it - perhaps Canon thinks that most users of this lens will never manually focus. There are no hard stops at either ends of the range, making it more difficult to set focus at infinity. Manual override of the autofocusing system is available at any time. Polariser users should be pleased that the 52mm filter thread doesn't rotate on focus.

When it comes to auto-focusing, the Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM zoom is a quick performer, only taking about 0.15 seconds to lock onto the subject when mounted on the Canon EOS 7D Mark II that we tested it with. We didn't experience too much "hunting" though, either in good or bad light, with the lens accurately focusing almost all of the time. It's also a virtually silent performer too, thanks to the built-in STM (Stepping Motor), which makes this lens well-suited to video recording and more candid photography.

Chromatic Aberrations

Chromatic aberrations, typically seen as purple or blue fringes along contrasty edges, are pretty well controlled with this lens, only appearing in a few of our test shots. The examples below show the worst-case scenario.

Light Fall-off

With the lens wide open at f/2.8, you can see some obvious light fall-off in the corners, although Canon's latest APS-C bodies can automatically correct for it when shooting JPEGs. There's also some mild barrel distortion.

Macro

The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM usefully doubles up as a macro lens, with the close-focus point 16cm/0.52ft from the film/sensor plane, and Canon quotes a maximum reproduction ratio of 0.27x. The following example illustrates how close you can get to the subject, in this case a CompactFlash card.

Bokeh

Bokeh is a word used for the out-of-focus areas of a photograph, and is usually described in qualitative terms, such as smooth / creamy / harsh etc. The Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM has an iris diaphragm with 7 rounded blades for a pleasing rendering of the out-of-focus highlights. Below you'll find some examples, but you are also encouraged to check out our sample images.

What is Canon EF

The EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM excels during movie shooting thanks to its STM motor that enables silent and smooth focus tracking (on EOS cameras with Movie Servo AF), plus a micro-stepping drive that keeps aperture changes quiet.

What is the EF

The 24mm EF-S lens on a APSC camera will give an equivalent field of view of a 38mm lens on a full frame camera.

Is the 24mm 2.8 worth it?

Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM – Image qualityFor a decidedly inexpensive lens, image quality is rather good. It's slightly weak at f/2.8, with somewhat soft corners and visible vignetting, but stop down to f/4 and the lens performs very well.

What is Canon EF

Compatible with APS-C DSLRs like the new Canon EOS 7D Mark II or EOS 1200D, but not full frame bodies like the EOS 1D X, the new Canon EF-S 24mm f/2.8 STM prime lens offers an equivalent 38mm focal length.