One of Canon's ubiquitous 28-80 zooms from the film era. Light weight and fairly basic build quality. See the chart below for telling different versions apart. As you'd expect, features such as 5 blade apertures don't contribute greatly to overall image quality.
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Lens specifications
Focal Length & Maximum Aperture |
28-80mm 1:3.5-5.6 |
Lens Construction |
9 elements in 9 groups |
Minimum Aperture |
38 |
Closest Focusing Distance |
0.38m 0.26 x magnification |
Filter Size |
58mm |
Max. Diameter x Length, Weight |
65 x 63.5mm, 205g |
Canon EF 28–80mm lens |
Version |
L |
(original) |
USM |
II |
II USM |
III USM |
IV USM |
V USM |
Key features |
Image stabiliser |
No |
Environmental Sealing |
No |
USM |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
L-series |
Yes |
No |
Technical data |
Maximum aperture |
f/2.8–4 |
f/3.5–5.6 |
Minimum aperture |
f/22 |
f/22–38 |
f/38 |
f/22–38 |
f/38 |
f/22–38 |
Filter diameter |
72 mm |
58 mm |
Horizontal viewing angle |
75°–30° |
Vertical viewing angle |
46°–17° |
Diagonal viewing angle; |
65°–25° |
Physical data |
Weight |
945 g |
200 g |
330 g |
200 g |
205 g |
200 g |
Max. Diameter |
84mm |
66.4mm |
72mm |
66.4mm |
63.5mm |
65mm |
66.4 |
Max. Length |
119.5mm |
71.2mm |
72.5mm |
71.2mm |
68.5mm |
63.5mm |
61.4 |
Groups/elements |
11/15 |
10/10 |
9/10 |
10/10 |
9/9 |
10/10 |
Aperture blades |
8 |
5 |
Closest focusing distance |
0.5 |
0.38 |
0.5 |
0.38 |
Retail information |
Release date |
April 1989 |
September 1996 |
October 1991 |
April 1999 |
October 1993 |
August 1995 |
September 1996 |
April 1999 |
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EF28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 III USM reviews and articles
- Canon UK / US Information Page
- Amazon
- Northlight Images
- Canon CPN article
- Fred Miranda
- Lens Tip
- Digital Picture
- PhotoZone
- SLR Gear
- Lens Review
- ePhotozine
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Sample images