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Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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Review Date: Apr 19, 2006
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Colour, sharpness, lack of distortion, contrast. Light.
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Cons:
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Zoom and focus ring reversed from L - takes getting used to. Doesn't feel as good as L.
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Took me a long time to decide and when this specimen came up for sale, I grabbed it within 5 minutes of posting and beat the others to it by a few minutes!!
Taken a few test shots and my verdict is that it is almost as good as my 17-40L lens in terms of image quality, still not quite the sharpness as my 50 1.8 MkI and 85 1.8.
I reckon Canon should tag these EF-S "L"s perhaps with a "LS" designation and a green ring or something to differentiate them from the 18-55s of this world.
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Canon EF 24-85mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
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Review Date: Oct 10, 2004
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: $300.00
| Rating: 10
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Pros:
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Sharper than I expected after reading reviews etc.
Well built for the price.
Nice colour
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Cons:
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Some zoom creep.
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Having read reviews, ratings from photodo and photozone, I concluded this is an average piece of glass and bought one because of the range (I already have a 28-80 USM Mk1 but 28 = 45 on my 300D (DRebel) and 24 at least gives me a more useful 38 equiv.
I also regularly use a 50/1.8 Mk1 which is superb but I must say, so far the 24-85 is not far behind, better than my 28-80 and much much better (as expected) than the mediocre 18-55 kit lens.
Really cannot complain FOR THE PRICE, which is half that of the 17-85 IS or the 28-135 IS.
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