page_title: Canon EF 100mm lens
section_title: EF 100 mm f/2.0 USM lens
hierarchical_section_title: Canon EF 100mm lens / EF 100 mm f/2.0 USM lens
caption_attribution_description: English: A view of the Canon EF 100mm f/2.0 lens, lying on its side and open at both ends. To be used as illustration for the Wikipedia page on this lens family.
context_page_description: The Canon EF 100 mm lenses are used for Canon DSLR cameras. There are four different types of EF 100 mm lens for Canon. Certain lenses are best for macro photos, whereas other lenses are good for taking pictures of subjects from a distance.
context_section_description: The EF 100 mm f/2.0 USM lens is a compact medium telephoto lens with a large aperture.  Its physical and optical characteristics are similar to the Canon EF 85 mm f/1.8 lens.
  Since this lens is not a macro lens, it is lighter and smaller than the macro lenses. It is also a stop faster. Therefore, it can act as an excellent general-purpose lens. It can be used for candids, street photography, and other situations where a somewhat narrower field of view compared to the standard 50 mm lens is useful. Its fast maximum aperture lends itself to low-light photography like standard lenses, with excellent performance wide open.
  The addition of EF Extension Tubes allows close-up and partial macro-like photography using this lens.
caption: 100 mm f/2.0 USM, open
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