The Best Used Canon 5D Mark II Lenses

Nathaniel Stephan

2024-09-06 2024-09-06 191 words One minute

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Canon released 192 EF lenses. There are 20 Canon EF-S lenses, that are not compatible with the Canon 5D mark II.

Copies of the camera are selling for around $200. With a large enough budget, it can make sense to upgrade. The 5D mark III, mark IV, and 1D X series all have better autofocus.

EF-S Lenses Are Not Compatible

EF-S lenses are not compatible with the 5D mark II, or any camera with an EF mount. They can be identified because they have a white square to indicate where to mount them to a camera.

The 5D2 has a red circle. It makes no sense that EF-S lenses can’t be used on the camera. Nikon and Sony didn’t do this.

50mm f1.8 STM

This is the second version of the lens. I prefer this version as it has a metal mount.

24-105mm f4L

This was the original kit lens. There is an updated second version.

28mm f2.8

This is many people’s favorite walk around focal length.

20mm f2.8

Wide Zooms

17-40mm f4
16-35mm f4
16-35mm f2.8L (Three versions)
24-70mm f2.8L (Three versions?)

Telephoto Lenses

70-300mm f4.5-5.6
100-400mm f4.5-5.6L
70-200mm f2.8L (There are 4 versions)