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The Best Lenses For Canon DSLRs in 2021 Digital Photography Review - Full Frame
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Sigma's 24-70mm F2.8 covers a classically useful range with a bright enough maximum
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The 35mm F1.4 Art offers one of the most flexible do-everything focal lengths, paired with
excellent image quality at a sensible price. There are plenty of choices of other focal
lengths available for full-frame Canon, but unless you have a specific use in mind, the
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Canon's 16-35mm F4 IS is a fairly bright, optically reliable wide-angle zoom. The addition of
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The stabilized version of Canon's 70-200mm F4 L offers an excellent balance of size, price
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The Sigma 85mm F1.4 Art is one of the best lenses available for any system. It offers
impressive sharpness and excellent all-round performance at a lower price than most
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The Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro is an update to what was already considered a classic lens.
The Hybrid IS system is designed specifically to correct for the kinds of motion that can
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The large sensor of full-frame cameras makes it difficult to offer lenses that offer a wide
range of focal lengths without the lens becoming unfeasibly large. The 24-105mm F4
strikes a nice balance, though. Extending from the usefully wide-angle 24mm out into the
portrait-friendly mid-telephoto region at 105mm, it makes a solid 'whatever happens' lens.
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