Canon EF 100–300mm lens

The EF 100–300mm refers to three telephoto zoom lenses produced by Canon. They are of the EF lens mount that is compatible with the EOS line of cameras.

The three versions are:

f/5.6
f/5.6L
f/4.5–5.6 USM

Lenses

Attribute	f/5.6	f/5.6L	f/4.5–5.6 USM
Image stabilizer	No
Ring USM	No		Yes
L-series	No	Yes	No
Diffractive Optics	No
Ultra-low dispersion glass element	No	Yes	No
Synthetic Fluorite glass element	No	Yes	No
Macro	Yes
Short back focus	No
Maximum aperture	f/5.6		f/4.5–5.6
Minimum aperture	f/32		f/40
Weight	685g	695g	540g
Max. Diameter x Length	75 mm x 166.8	75 mm x 166.6 mm	73 mm x 121.5 mm
Filter diameter	58 mm
Horizontal viewing angle	20°–6°50'
Vertical viewing angle	14°–4°35'
Diagonal viewing angle;	24°–8°15'
Groups/elements	9/15	10/15	10/13
# of diaphragm blades	8
Closest focusing distance	2 m	1.5 m
Currently in production?	No
Release date	March 1987	June 1987	June 1990

References

Canon Camera Museum

External links

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Canon EF/EF-S/EF-M lenses

EF-S zoom	EF-S 10–18mm EF-S 10–22mm EF-S 15–85mm EF-S 17–55mm EF-S 17–85mm EF-S 18–55mm EF-S 18–135mm EF-S 18–200mm EF-S 55–250mm

Ultra-wide zoom	EF 11–24mm EF 16–35mm EF 17–40mm

Standard zoom	EF 24–70mm EF 24–105mm EF 28–135mm EF 28–300mm

Telephoto zoom	EF 70–200mm EF 70–300mm EF 75–300mm EF 100–400mm EF 200–400mm

Wide-angle prime	EF 14mm EF 20mm EF 24mm EF-S 24mm EF 28mm EF 35mm

Standard prime	EF 40mm EF 50mm

Telephoto prime	EF 85mm EF 100mm EF 135mm EF 200mm

Super telephoto prime	EF 300mm EF 400mm EF 500mm EF 600mm EF 800mm

Distorting lenses	EF 8–15mm Fisheye EF 135mm with Softfocus

Tilt-shift	TS-E 17mm TS-E 24mm TS-E 45mm TS-E 90mm

Macro	EF 50mm Compact Macro EF-S 60mm Macro MP-E 65mm 1–5x Macro EF 100mm Macro EF 180mm Macro

EF-M zoom	EF-M 11–22mm EF-M 15–45mm EF-M 18–55mm EF-M 55-200mm

EF-M prime	EF-M 22mm

Lens accessories	Extender EF

Discontinued zoom	EF 17–35mm EF 20–35mm EF 22–55mm EF 24–85mm EF 28–70mm EF 28–80mm EF 28–90mm EF 28–105mm EF 28–200mm EF 35–80mm EF 35–105mm EF 35–350mm EF 55–200mm EF 70–210mm EF 80–200mm EF 90–300mm EF 100–200mm EF 100–300mm

Discontinued prime	EF 15mm Fisheye EF 1200mm

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