Canon EF-S 17-55 f/2.8 IS USM
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Review Date: May 19, 2008
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Recommend? yes |
Price paid: Not Indicated
| Rating: 8
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Pros:
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ultra sharp, fully correctable CA, very low distortion
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Cons:
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dust sucker, size, doesn't fit my Nodal Ninja 3
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I use this lens as my main lens. I mainly shoot architecture where I use it at 17mm.
I love this lens for it's superb sharpness even in the corners. If you need a standard zoom I think there is no better alternative.
At 17mm there is some colour aberration. But when you shoot RAW and apply a correction of -25 in Adobe Camera Raw you won't see any left. Contre jour performance is good too. Both the Tokina 12-24 and the TS-E 24 have worse performance regarding CA.
After two years now you see dust particles behind the front lens. However I couldn't find an influence on image quality probably because the front lens is very big. I assume the dust enters where the zoom moves in and out.
It would be a good lens for making panoramics. Therefore it's sad this lens doesn't fit Nodal Ninja 3 because the nodal point is too far away from the sensor. Have fun with Nodal Ninja 5 or any bigger nodal adapter.
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