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    Canon officially announces the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM

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    canonefm32big 728x462 - Canon officially announces the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM

    MELVILLE, N.Y., September 5, 2018 – Canon U.S.A. Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, today introduced a new EF-M wide angle fixed-focal-length lens, the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM. The EF-M lens is both compact and lightweight, serving as an ideal addition for any photographer shooting with an EOS-M series camera. Entry and enthusiast-level photographers who are passionately seeking to take their photography skills to the next-level will find this lens to be a great addition for portraiture, landscapes or general travel photography.

    “As Canon continues to expand the company’s EF-M lineup, it is very important that users are provided the tools they desire for a variety of shooting situations,” said Kazuto Ogawa, president and chief operating officer, Canon U.S.A., Inc. “The new EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM lens delivers great image quality in a compact and lightweight form factor, allowing photographers to capture the images they envision when they pick up their camera.”

    The EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM lens is the second EF-M lens to feature a large-aperture, delivering stunning bokeh with a soft blurred background that helps photographers isolate their subjects. In addition, the 32mm focal length converts to approximately 51m in 35mm format, providing an angle-of-view close to the field-of-view of the human eye.

    Additional noteworthy features of the EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM lens include:

    • 14 elements in eight groups, including a glass molded aspherical lens
    • Super Spectra Coating technology and optimized lens element placement helps minimize ghosting and flaring
    • Lead gear-type STM stepping motor to help provide smooth and quiet focus operation when taking photos, and near-silence when shooting video
    • Wide focusing ring with full-time manual focus capabilities
    • Compact and lightweight design: maximum diameter of 60.9mm, total length of 50.5mm and approximate weight of 235g
    • Maximum magnification of 0.25x and minimum focusing distance of 0.23m

    Availability and Pricing

    The EF-M 32mm f/1.4 STM will be available for purchase in late September 2018 for an estimated retail price of $479.99*. Included accessories for the new lens are Canon lens cap E-43, lens hood ES-60 and lens case LP-1014. For additional information about the new lens or to learn more about the complete lineup of Canon EF-M lenses, please visit usa.canon.com.

    About Canon U.S.A., Inc.
    Canon U.S.A., Inc., is a leading provider of consumer, business-to-business, and industrial digital imaging solutions to the United States and to Latin America and the Caribbean markets. With approximately $36 billion in global revenue, its parent company, Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ), ranks third overall in U.S. patents granted in 2017† and is one of Fortune Magazine's World's Most Admired Companies in 2018. Canon U.S.A. is committed to the highest level of customer satisfaction and loyalty, providing 100 percent U.S.-based service and support for all of the products it distributes in the United States. Canon U.S.A. is dedicated to its Kyosei philosophy of social and environmental responsibility. In 2014, the Canon Americas Headquarters secured LEED® Gold certification, a recognition for the design, construction, operations and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. To keep apprised of the latest news from Canon U.S.A., sign up for the Company's RSS news feed by visiting www.usa.canon.com/rss and follow us on Twitter @CanonUSA. For media inquiries, please contact [email protected].

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    3. wow. Really did not expect it to be this compact. Same diameter as all other EF-M lenses and just 5mm longer than EF 28/3.5 Macro and 10mm shorter than EF-M 18-55. Plus 43mm filter thread for a f/1.4 lens! Quite amazing. Of course it will be interesting to see reviews - eg. how much corner vignetting?

      USD 480 is steep, but price will come down considerably within a year, once pent-up demand is satisfied.

      Canon really has designed their mirrorfree "slim" mounts [EF-M and RF] really right and is now able to "deliver the goods" and fully leverage that advantage.
    4. "Included accessories for the new lens are Canon lens cap E-43, lens hood ES-60 and lens case LP-1014. "

      They include the lens hood!! :eek: :love:

      That kinda implies that this is a quasi-L for ef-M, because only L glass gets the hood and a case included in Canonland. Hopefully more such lenses to come.
    6. Nice! Compact, includes the lens hood and shares the same filter size as the 22mm. What's not to love? I can't wait to see reviews for this lens while I wait for the price to settle down a bit.
    7. Lens hood included! It's a L! :)
      The EF-M 28 Macro included the hood (because it's required to mount a filter). This includes a hood and pouch. That's reserved for L lenses and select others (like the 70-300 DO).

      Another break from EF-M tradition is the switch on the side – a focus distance limiter. Also, the metal mount seen in the first three lenses is back.
    8. wow great lens, the price is steep so now need to wait again :)
      its compact, its got metal mount, just wow, wonder what are the next lenses in M lineup, 15 f2 would be crazy
      this lens will get plenty of time on my M5 :D
    9. It's a bit steep here in Japan at 72,000 yen (about $650 USD). It went from a "must-buy" to a "do I really need this now that RF is the future... and at that price?" I'm sure it will be a great lens, but I'll hold off to see if the price drops. Particularly since I haven't yet figured out if I'm going to sink anymore money into EF-M.

      UPDATE: Wow! It actually does call it an refers to it as 'almost' an L Lens on the Japanese press release (I haven't seen the English yet).
    10. The EF-M 28 Macro included the hood (because it's required to mount a filter). This includes a hood and pouch. That's reserved for L lenses and select others (like the 70-300 DO).

      Another break from EF-M tradition is the switch on the side – a focus distance limiter. Also, the metal mount seen in the first three lenses is back.

      Ah, i don't own the 28 macro so i didn't know that.

      I was surprised that there is a focus limiter switch, but i fear that's because this lens will hunt for focus a lot and that way you can at least speed that up a bit.

      B.
    13. The product pages of Canon UK and Canon Belgium say that the lens hood is an optional accessory. So this might be a typo (I think it happened with the EF-S 35mm Macro as well where some product description sites stated that the pouch was included).
      Or maybe it's different for different markets :)

      https://www.canon.co.uk/lenses/ef-m-32mm-f-1-4-stm-lens/

      Honestly i don't care. Most of my hoods are 3rd party as the prices for Canons originals are rediculous.

      B.
    14. The product pages of Canon UK and Canon Belgium say that the lens hood is an optional accessory. So this might be a typo (I think it happened with the EF-S 35mm Macro as well where some product description sites stated that the pouch was included).
      Or maybe it's different for different markets :)

      https://www.canon.co.uk/lenses/ef-m-32mm-f-1-4-stm-lens/
      We'll see. Since Canon USA's press release says they're included, I'm sure they will be here. B&H lists hood and pouch as 'in the box'.

      Historically, hoods have been included with 'consumer' non-L lenses in some Asian markets.
    15. The only drawback for me is the "wrong" focal length - I needed sth. around 50mm. But: It seems they done a lot of work to make it really good IQ wise with 14/8 lens elements and kept it compact. Plus the 1:4 maximum magnification is magnificent!
      Funny: It shares the same concave outer surface of the front element!

      So please give me (us?) a ~50mm sister lens and if it has only f/1.8 but IS for a similar price I will buy it!
    16. We need more lenses to fill the enthusiast niche; this quasi-L, near-L, 32 1.4 is the next step in that direction. Add a mid-range zoom, something like a 15-70 f4 IS. It may even be that the 7D mk III never happens and will be a new mirrorless model.
    17. Although this is apples to oranges, the MTF curves of this new lens are much improved compared to the EF 50/1.4 II or the first 12mm of the EF 35/1.4. Obviously it is much more difficult to do a full frame 35mm rather than optimizing for a 1.6x crop, but still this strikes me as impressive performance. Interestingly, the performance degrades when stopped down to f/8. Certainly a lot of aspheric magic at work here. On the crop censored M5 I have, this should be a good performer wide open as compared to the 50's on a FF body.
    19. Repeat from an earlier thread. Next!
      ...
      EF-M 17-50 f/4.0 IS

      From my knothole, I think I could live with EF-M 15-60 F4 IS [quasi-L, like the 32 1.4]. An efl of 24 to almost 100 would be OK. 55 minimum on the long end. Definitely 15 (efl 24) wide. Such a lens would make sense if EF-M starts having more enthusiast-oriented bodies (although arguably the M5 with D80-like features is already an enthusiast camera). If ef-s enthusiast dslr cameras are being eventually phased out they will need to offer more ef-m lenses like this. Seems kind of inevitable.

      (f4 throughout the range, please, NOT 3.5-5.6!!!)

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