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I purchased my first EF mount lens, the original black Canon EF 80-200 ƒ/2.8 L “magic drainpipe” in the early 1990s. That lens is a tank and still going strong. Several other lenses from the film era did not fair as well and have been retired to the gear-closet in the sky.

I’ve actually never owned a full-frame DSLR, but ironically I’ve also never owned any cropped-sensor specific EF-S mount lenses either. I know some Canon EF-S lenses are excellent value, but I guess I just never wanted to paint myself into a corner—the dream of owning a full-frame sensor body persists.

Canon EF Prime Lenses

• Canon EF 50mm ƒ/1.8 (mount sheared off, glued, broke again)
• Canon EF 85 ƒ/1.8 USM
• Canon EF 100mm ƒ/2.8 USM Macro

Canon EF Zoom Lenses

• Wide-angle
  • Canon EF 8-15mm ƒ/4 L Fisheye USM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm ƒ/2.8 L USM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm ƒ/4 L IS USM
  • Canon EF 28-105mm ƒ/3.5-4.5 II USM (2 copies)
• Telephoto
  • Canon EF 70-300 ƒ/4-5.6 IS USM
  • Canon EF 80-200mm ƒ/2.8 L

Tamron

• Tamron 150-600mm ƒ/5-6.3 Di VC USD G2 SP

Lensbaby

• Lensbaby 2.0 Canon EF
• Lensbaby Composer Pro
  • Lensbaby Optics
    • Lensbaby Edge 50
    • Lensbaby Edge 80
    • Lensbaby Sweet 35