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EF24-105mm F4L IS USM
Instruction
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Thank you for purchasing a Canon USM lens. The Canon EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens is a Features high-performance standard zoom lens 1. Aspheric and super UD lens elements for developed for EOS cameras. It is equipped excellent imaging performance. with an Image Stabilizer, and covers a wide 2. The Image Stabilizer gives the equivalent range of focal lengths from wide angle to effect of a shutter speed three stops faster. mid-telephoto. It is equipped with an Image 3. USM for fast, quiet focusing.
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a Safety Precautions This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC a Safety Precautions Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection 1. Do not look at the sun or a bright light source against harmful interference in a residential installation. This through the lens or camera. Doing so could result in equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency loss of vision. Looking at the sun di
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Nomenclature Focus mode switch (→ 5) Distance scale (→4, 8) Infrared index (→ 8) Hood mount (→ 9) Zoom ring (→ 5) Zoom position index Filter mounting thread (→ 10) Focusing ring (→ 5) Contacts (→ 4) Image stabilizer switch (→ 6) Lens mount index (→ 4) For detailed information, reference page numbers are provided in parentheses (→ **). ENG-3
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The lens mount has a rubber ring for enhanced 1. Mounting and Detaching the Lens water- and dust-resistance. The rubber ring may cause slight abrasions around the camera's lens See your camera’s instructions for details on mount, but this will not cause any problems. If the mounting and detaching the lens. rubber ring becomes worn, it is replaceable by a Canon Service Center at cost. 2. Close-up Photography (Macro Photography) ¡After detaching the lens, place the lens with the rear end up to pre
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3. Setting the Focus Mode 4. Zooming To shoot in autofocus mode, set the focus mode To zoom, turn the lens’ zoom ring. switch to AF. Be sure to finish zooming before focusing. To use only manual focusing, set the focus mode Changing the zoom ring after focusing can affect switch to MF, and focus by turning the focusing the focus. ring. The focusing ring always works, regardless of the focus mode. After autofocusing in ONE SHOT AF mode, focus manually by pressing the shutter button halfway and tu
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5. Image Stabilizer You can use the image stabilizer in AF or MF mode. Set the STABILIZER When you press the 1 2 switch to . shutter button halfway, ¡If you are not going to the Image Stabilizer use the image stabilizer will start operating. function, set the switch to ¡Make sure the image in . the viewfinder is stable, The image stabilizer is particularly then press the shutter effective for hand-held shots in button the rest of the way the following conditions. down to take the picture. ¡Dimly
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Image Stabilizer ¡With the EOS-1V/HS, 3, 30/33/Elan7/7E, ¡The Image Stabilizer cannot compensate 30V/33V/Elan7N/7NE, Elan ll/Elan ll for a blurred shot caused by a subject that E/50/50 E, 300/Rebel2000, IX, and D30, moved. the Image Stabilizer will not work during ¡Set the STABILIZER switch to when self-timer operation. you are taking pictures using the Bulb setting (long exposures). If the STABILIZER switch is set to , the ¡When you use a tripod, the Image image stabilizer function may introduc
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6. Infinity Distance Mark 7. Infrared Index To compensate for shifting of the infinity focus The infrared index corrects the focus setting point that results from changes in temperature. when using monochrome infrared film. Focus on The infinity position at normal temperature is the the subject manually, then adjust the distance point at which the vertical line of the L mark is setting by moving the focusing ring to the aligned with the distance indicator on the corresponding infrared index mark
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8. Hood The EW-83H hood can keep unwanted light out of the lens, and also protects the lens from rain, snow, and dust. To attach the hood, align the hood’s attachment position mark with the red dot on the front of the lens, then turn the hood clockwise until the lens’s red dot is aligned with the hood’s stop position mark. The hood can be reverse-mounted on the lens for storage. ¡Part of the picture may be blocked if the hood is not attached properly. ¡When attaching or detaching the hood, grasp
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9. Filters (Sold separately) 10. Gelatin Filter Holder (Sold separately) You can attach filters to the filter mounting With the Gelatin Filter Holder, you can use filters thread on the front of the lens. to create various effects. The Gelatin Filter Holder compatibility is shown ¡Only one filter may be attached. below. ¡If you need a polarizing filter, use Canon’s PL-C ¡Gelatin Filter Holder lll: 77mm ll polarizing filter. Incompatible ¡To adjust the polarizing filter, first remove the ¡Gelatin
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11. Extension Tubes (Sold separately) 12. Close-up Lenses (Sold separately) With Extension Tube EF 12 II or EF 25 II, the Attaching a 500 or 500D (77mm) Close-up Lens camera-to-subject distance and image enables close-up photography. magnification will be as follows: The magnification will be as follows: Camera-to-Subject Magnification Magnification Distance (mm) 24mm 0.05× − 0.11× Near Far Near Far 105mm 0.02× − 0.34× 24mm 177 187 0.60× 0.50× EF12 II 105mm 326 1022 0.40× 0.12× ¡Sales of the 500
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Specifications Image Size 24 × 36 mm Focal Length/Aperture 24-105 mm f/4 Lens Construction 13 groups, 18 elements Minimum Aperture f/22 Angle of View Diagonal: 84° - 23° 20’ Vertical: 53° - 13° Horizontal: 74° - 19° 20’ Min. Focusing Distance 0.45 m/1.5 ft. Max. Magnification 0.23 × (at 105 mm) Field of View approx. 345 × 535 mm - 106 × 158 mm/13.6 × 21.1 inch - 4.2 × 6.2 inch (at 0.45 m) Filter Diameter 77 mm/3.0 inch Max. Diameter and Length 83.5 × 107 mm/3.3 × 4.2 inch Weight 670 g/23.6 oz
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CT1-7561-003 © CANON INC. 2005 2006.9.1
