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Pros & Cons

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Pros

My absolute favorite lens for versatility and quality. It's really big, and i love the large diameter of the glass. I do sometimes wish it were wider.

This lens is pretty sharp, across the full zoom and aperture range. It gives you great reach with its telephoto capabilities. The 28-175 is maybe not quite as sharp, and a little more chromatic abberations.

Is a nice focal range for general purpose photography. This is what usually i put on my canon mark d3 camera and is doing it's job! Love the range on my 7d.



Cons

The images are very blurry and always need sharpening in photoshop. Complex distortion is not fully correctable in photoshop.

I terribly miss the extra reach that i used to get with my 17-85 on a crop body, but it's not worth dealing with a lens that is this sloppy. Adorama's policy is no refunds or exchanges after 14 days. And i am wonderingwhy this lens came with canon 7d ...  Read More

Mechanically this lens works decently, if you discount the zoom drift when the lens is pointed down. Another major drawback is it's lens creep, the lens extends to full zoom whenever it faces down.

When you take it off the camera and put it in a bag, for example, it slams its way to the telephoto end of its range every time. Doesn't shoot true to the view finder on my canon 30d.

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Quality


Lens was great picture quality was amazing but the used lens i bought was severely worn out and wouldnt hold zoom if you moved ...  Read More


The quality of the pictures are great i have no complaints about this lens


My customers dont seem to complain about the quality of images coming from this lens even though i tend to nitpick them


In between those extremes the quality of the picture is excellent

Price


Great lands for the price i love it


Great lens at a really good price


For its price is doing a very good job


I am sure there are now lenses that perform better but the price of this lens has also come down 150200 since i got mine

Packaging/appearance


Arrived quickly and was in damage free packaging

Competitiveness


I use it with a 60d and i get very good images


Or an ultrawide lens i pretty much keep this lens attached all the time now

Overview

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  • Our engine has discovered that over 90% high quality reviews are present.
  • This product had a total of 862 reviews as of our last analysis date on Aug 1 2022.

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    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ever since i got this its been on my camera body 247


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    But sometimes if im moving too quickly it can overcompensate and blur the image a bit


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Just did not have the money to spend on that kind of glass but found this used for 150


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    I havent taken it off my camera since


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    The one star deduction is for the old cap i got that always unclips even with a tap


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Ordered used from phototronics and it came in a white box


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Usm is so fast to focus it makes it hard at times to focus on the correct object thats not the lens fault thats my issue


    Posted by a reviewer on Amazon

    Finally yes theres the lens creep thing

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