Canon upgrades EOS SLR camera with ultra wide lens

Canon has now upgraded its EOS SLR camera series with ultra wide lens of Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM. When using EOS camera on a full frame body, the wider lens facilitates users to capture 17mm field of view with an advanced 2.4x zoom factor. It also enables to go up to a 40mm field of view. Moreover, it will also feature a constant f/4 aperture along with the presence of a silent focusing motor. 

Regrettably, as it supports such a vast field of view, there would be some noticeable barrel distortion at the wider focal length ranges. However, this can be rectified using any software such as Adobe Photoshop Lightroom by means of its embedded profile. 

Some of the other features included in the EOS SLR camera series are: 

• Active AF Point Indicator


• AF Area and AF Point Selection


• Auto AE lock


• Auto switch card


• Colour Temperature Information Transmission


• Compatible with PictBridge printers


• Compatible with UDMA 7 CF cards


• Depth-of-field preview button


• Dual CF Cards (Type I or II)


• E-TTL II autoflash


• E-TTL II autoflash with all EX Series Speedlites


• Exposure Simulation


• External stereo microphone jack


• Eye-level pentaprism viewfinder


• Face detection Live mode


• Highlight Alert


• High-resolution


• High-sensitivity


• Interchangeable Focusing Screen


• Internal monaural microphone


• Large single-plate CMOS sensor


• Liquid-crystal monitor


• Low Pass Filter fixed on front of the image sensor


• Multi language support


• One-Shot Autofocus


• Predictive AI Servo AF


• Quick-return half mirror


• RAW + JPEG Simultaneous Recording


• RAW, S-RAW, M-RAW+JPEG, JPEG, M-RAW, RAW+JPEG, S-RAW+JPEG image formats


• RGB primary colour filters


• Selected AF Point Display


• Self Cleaning Sensor Unit


• Silent Shooting


• Soft-touch electromagnetic release


• Still photo and video recording


• Three grid display


• TTL-AREA-SIR AF-dedicated CMOS sensor


• Zooming to Match Focal Length

With the new ultra wide lens, the users can enjoy amazing image quality along with its outstanding performance. This new wider lens was previously used in Canon's top-end L series and now the officials have decided to upgrade other series of EOS camera to have this wider view lenses.