With a length of only about 22.8 mm and a weight of just around 125 g, the L261 is extremely compact, making it ideal for those who want to have their EOS always at hand. Its particularly compact design also makes it very discreet - especially great for street photography.

The 24 mm lens provides the same field of view as a 38 mm lens on a full-frame DSLR when used with an EOS with an APS-C sensor. This is nearly the angle of view that the human eye sees, making your images appear very natural.

The particularly quiet STM autofocus focuses very quickly for still photography and offers continuous focusing for video recordings without the noise of the focus drive disturbing the footage.

A high brightness of 1:2.8 allows plenty of light to reach the sensor, enabling shooting in dark conditions without a flash. It is also ideal for creating attractive background blur, where a subject stands out beautifully against a blurred background.

The lens allows for razor-sharp images from the center to the edges and is particularly well-equipped against lens flare and color fringing. The close focusing limit of only about 16 cm enables a particularly close view of the world of small subjects.