Canon EF 20-35mm lens

{{Short description|Canon SLR EF mount zoom lens}}

The EF 20–35mm lens is a wide-angle lens made by Canon Inc., with an EF mount. There are two models, an L-series {{f/}}2.8L{{cite web

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Table

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Attribute{{f/}}2.8L{{f/}}3.5–4.5
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colspan=3|Key features
Image stabilizer

| colspan=2|File:X mark.svg No

Environmental Sealing

| colspan=2|File:X mark.svg No

USM

| File:X mark.svg No

| File:Yes check.svg Yes

L-series

| File:Yes check.svg Yes

| File:X mark.svg No

Diffractive Optics

| colspan=2|File:X mark.svg No

colspan=3|Technical data
Maximum aperture

| {{f/}}2.8

| {{f/}}3.5–4.5

Minimum aperture

| {{f/}}32

| {{f/}}22–27

Filter diameter

| 72 mm

| 77 mm

Horizontal viewing angle

| colspan=2|

Vertical viewing angle

| colspan=2|

Diagonal viewing angle

| colspan=2|

colspan=3|Physical data
Weight

| 570 g

| 340 g

Max. Diameter x Length

| 89 mm x 79.2 mm

| 83.5 mm x 68.9 mm

Groups/elements

| 12/15

| 11/12

# of diaphragm blades

| 8

| 5

Closest focusing distance

| 0.5 m

| 0.34 m

colspan=3|Retail information
Release date

| October 1989

| March 1993

MSRP ¥

| ¥190,700

| ¥77,000

Successor lenses

The 20-35mm lens was followed by two other L-series ultra-wide lenses:

References