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Working with Lenses

Canon, long known for its precision optics, has announced that it has produced its 130 millionth EF-series lens. Considering that it took 11 years for Canon to sell its first 10 million copies of its EF lens line, but only nine months to peddle its most recent 10 million lenses, it’s easy to see that the digital photography revolution can take credit for the most recent explosion.

With more than six dozen lenses in its current lineup, Canon is catering to the wide-ranging needs of a broad user base, from novice photo enthusiasts to advanced amateur and professional photographers. It’s this mind-bending assortment of high-quality lenses available to enhance the capabilities of cameras like the Canon EOS SL2 that make the ...

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