Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs | Canon Wide Angle EFS 10-22

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	Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs Canon Canon average customer review:based on 88 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

This exciting new zoom lens provides ultra wide-angle coverage to the EOS 20D and Digital Rebel SLR Digital-camera systems. Equivalent to a 16-35mm zoom, it offers excellent performance and optics designed from the ground-up for digital SLR use. Three Aspherical lens elements, plus a Super-UD element, assure image quality. Its ring-type USM means fast and silent AF along with full-time manual focus. It focuses as close as 9.5 inches. Circular aperture design -- natural highlights, even stopped down two stops Electronic diaphragm -- manually-set apertures stay constant from f/4.5 thru f/22 EF-S lens mount -- exclusively for EOS 20D and Digital Rebel bodies Focal length 10 - 22 mm / 35 mm FOV 16 - 35 mm equivalent Construction - 13 elements in 10 groups Diaphragm - 6 blades Maximum aperture F3.5 - F4.5 / Minmum aperture F22 - F27 Closest focus 0.24 m Max magnification 0.17x (at 22 mm) AF actuator USM with full-time manual focus Filter diameter - 77 mm (accepts 77mm optional filters) Unit Dimensions - 83.5 x 89.8 mm (diameter x length) / Weight - 385 g

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Great Fun!

You will often hear others say that this lens is fun, and I totally agree with that. I may not know how to best use an ultrawide, but it has not stopped me from having fun with this lens.

Distortion is a problem with any lens this wide, but there are ways to manage it. It's not your ideal lens for shooting people (although usable at the long end) but great for indoors, landscape and groups. It's also the only one where I can get usable shots shooting blind (just raise it over your head and shoot type of shots).

My only regret is not getting this lens sooner. It's an expensive toy, but if you can afford it, you can take lots of fun shots with it.

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Canon Wide Angle EFS 10-22

Thrilled with the performance on this product. I only object to the fact that the lens hood costs extra. This is part of the product. Otherwise very pleased with this.

great lens

I'v bought it for panorama pictures, great one!!!!!!! I've Rebel XT it shoots great pics just the amazing difference coooool, but the crop factor 1,6 make them a little bit smaller than on 5D but anyway I recomend recomend and recomend!!!

Good but not great

I got this lens to fill the gap at the ultra wide angle on the 40D. After researching this lens and the Tokina 11-16 f/2.8, I decided to go with the Canon 10-22. I saw the reviews that states the Tokina is the sharpest UWA zoom lens for Canon crop sensors right now, but I felt its zoom range was too limiting. After using the Canon 10-22 for a few weeks, here are my thoughts about the pros and cons.

First, the things I like about this lens. It is light with decent build quality, just shy of L quality. However, attaching a good UV filter should be sufficient to keep out most dust. The common 77mm filter size is also convenient. It has exceptional color and contrast. Center sharpness is very good and distortions are relatively low for this type of lens. USM makes focusing fast and quiet. It is compatible with Canon's DPP software for easily correcting distortion and CA.

Now for the negatives. Some chromatic aberrations are present when shooting high contrast areas at the wide end, although DPP is really good at removing most of it. Sharpness falls off as you move away from the center. Edges are a bit too soft for my taste. As mentioned earlier, build quality is decent but does not match L lens quality, which is disappointing considering the high price.

All-in-all, a good, fun lens that should allow you to be more creative.

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A little overrated

I owned this lense for about a year and it does take nice, clear pictures. It is also a handsome lense with a strong, sturdy build that is still very light. However, it certainly has its flaws. First off, the barrel distortion at 10 - 12mm is almost completely unbearable if you trying to take a picture representative of what you are seeing. It flattens out the scene considerably making objects - like people - look one dimensional. Women - it straight up makes you look fat. This especially noticeable in subjects in the foreground of your pictures like: people, trees, rocks, even houses etc. Secondly, there is a considerable amount of chromatic aberrations when shooting landscape photography in the mid and background ranges. There are green and red lines around trunks of trees and outlines of mountains.

I also own a Sigma 18-200 and I am not saying Sigma make the same quality of lense as Canon, but that lense if particular took just as good as pictures for about a 1/3 less of the price. There is no doubt in my mind - of the ones I've use - I can say the majority of Canon lenses are considerably overpriced, but I go with them because there doesn't seem to be a better options for those who demand high optical quality and have a discerning eye. In the future I may consider a switch to Nikon, but kudos to Canon for providing absolutely outstanding customer service in product support.

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