Canon 15-85mm

SVNSVN Registered Users Posts: 52 Big grins
edited November 20, 2009 in Cameras
Iam exploring options to get a 'walk around lens' and am considering this lens for my 40D. Does anyone have any feedback on this lens first hand. i havent found too many reviews out there.

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  • ziggy53ziggy53 Super Moderators Posts: 24,132 moderator
    edited November 20, 2009
    The Canon EF-S 15-85mm, f3.5-f5.6 USM IS is a brand new lens for Canon (Sep '09) and there are not a lot of reviews around, even user reviews.

    Best review is at:

    http://www.photozone.de/canon-eos/465-canon_1585_3556is

    It does appear to be an upgrade from the Canon EF-S 17-85mm, f4-f5.6 USM IS. Whether the extra cost is justified is up to you to decide. It certainly still has plenty of compromise in the image quality and is not really near "L" image quality. The 15-85mm is also half again the cost of the 17-85mm.

    The Canon EF-S 17-55mm, f2.8 USM IS is still the leader in image quality in Canon normal/standard crop zoom lenses, and it truly produces images that rival Canon "L" series lenses. It is half again more than the 15-85mm, f3.5-f5.6, but I think it's easier to justify the extra cost by the results.
    ziggy53
    Moderator of the Cameras and Accessories forums
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