Lens

Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM
Field of view & format coverage

EF MOUNT · 40MM · PRIME · SPHERICAL · MODERN

See it on the EOS C500 Mark II
MountEF
Focal length40mm
TypePrime
Squeeze1× (spherical)
Eramodern
Native bodies26

Pancake — tiny normal.

How the EF 40mm f/2.8 STM frames

The same 40mm covers a different angle of view on every sensor size. Tap a body to open the exact build in the simulator.

FormatRepresentative bodyCropFF-equivalentH FOV
Full Frame Canon EOS-1D X Mark III → 40mm 48.5°
Super 35 / Large Format Canon EOS C300 Mark III → 1.46× 58mm 36.3°
Four Thirds Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 6K G2 → 1.63× 65mm 32.2°
Super 16 Blackmagic Cinema Camera 2.5K → 2.39× 96mm 22.4°

Field of view assumes the lens covers the sensor; a smaller-format lens may vignette on a larger sensor.

Bodies it mounts on

Native EF — 26 bodies

Via adapter / booster — 123 bodies

Common questions

What mount is the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM?

It's a EF-mount lens. focalcomp's registry also adapts it to MFT, E, L, X, Z, RF bodies.

How does the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM frame on Super 35?

Its 40mm works out to roughly 60mm full-frame on a ~1.5× Super 35 sensor. See the exact build in the simulator.

Which cameras can use the Canon EF 40mm f/2.8 STM?

26 bodies mount it natively, and 123 more via adapters or speed boosters. See the full list below.

Related glass

Shop the EF 40mm f/2.8 STM ↗