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Canon mounts, EF and EF-S and “L” explained

Feb10
2013 1 Comment Written by Erik Zandboer

There are still a lot of people out there who don’t really know what EF, EF-S and L is all about. In this post I will try to clarify exactly what this is all about.

Plastic versus metal mount

Most Canon lenses feature a metal mount. In order to make lenses cheaper, some lenses have plastic mounts like the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II:

Plastic mount of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens

Plastic mount of the Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II lens

There is no real downside to a plastic mount in regards to optical performance of a lens. That said, it may be obvious to you that READ MORE »

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Migrating between Full-frame and Cropped

Jul18
2012 1 Comment Written by Erik Zandboer

I see a LOT of discussion around the subject of full frame versus cropped bodies. Especially the people coming from the 35mm film world that have moved to digital full frame seem to have trouble grasping the concept and implications of using a cropped sensor. In this blog post I’ll try to explain what is what, where you would use what solution, and the differences between the EF and the EF-S mount.

A bit of history: When 35mm film became digital

I am not going to explain the entire down-to-the-detail history of the digital camera here. I’ll do the “short-short” personal-interpretation version violating orders of events and details as I see fit 🙂 :

At one point in time there was analog film for cameras to use. Then the “digital revolution” took place READ MORE »

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