Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS 20D & Digital Rebel Cameras

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Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS 20D & Digital Rebel Cameras

Average rating: Stars

Super lens!

If you need a REALLY wide angle lens for your aps-c format Canon Slr, this is the one to get. I played with the offerings from Sigma and Tokina, but this was the one which I chose and I am really happy with the choice. Would be nicer if it were a touch faster or at least with a fixed max aperature. With three aspherical lens elements, plus a Super-UD element, this lens should be a "L" series, a sentiment which you will find in the reviews here and elsewhere. Besides that, it is priced like one too! It doesn't matter what color the stripe on the lens is, what matters is how the photos look and in this area, you will not be dissapointed!

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS 20D & Digital Rebel Cameras - Canon

So where's the red line for this excellent lens?

Another reviewer opined that this lens deserves the "L" rating, which Canon reserves for its very best and denotes by putting a red line around the barrel near the objective lens. I agree.

I guess Canon felt that the 3.5-4.5 max apertures were too small, making the lens a little slower than they like for their top models. (So why the red line for the 100-400 zoom at 4.5-5.6? Or the 17-40 zoom at 4.0?) Maybe Canon thinks the 10-22 is not red-line material because it's an EF-S, usable only on Rebels and 20Ds. Hey, it's almost a reason to buy a Rebel or a 20D And its 77-mm business end assures LOTS of light gets to your CMOS.

Okay, all that aside, in the real world this is an excellent, excellent lens. It's so wide-angle you can almost look around corners with it. Yes, it "fisheyes" at the lower half of its range of magnification. (So what else is new for wide-angles?) The 10-22 handles low-light conditions well. I shot a street festival at twilight using ambient light only and have surprisingly bright, clear images. Clear? This lens knows nothing else.

It handles macro/close-ups very well.

This is not the lens I normally keep on my camera, but it's the one I ALWAYS slip into a pocket or bag before going out to shoot, because when I need wide-angle (and don't we almost always need wide-angle lens at some point in a shoot?), it delivers. Big time.

I can't say enough good about this the 10-22. Don't hesitate to get this lens.

Canon - Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS 20D & Digital Rebel Cameras

The best lens I own

I have had this lens for several months now and let me start out by saying WOW. I looked at the lens in the store along with the Sigma 12-24 and I was in total awe of what I saw though the view finder with the Canon 10-22. This is an ultra wide angle lens that is incredible. I went home and thought about where I would use this lens and determined that I would use it quite a bit. I went ahead and bought the lens and I continue to be more impressed with it every time I use it. I have used the lens for both close-up (which can give you some very interesting distortion shots)and wide angle shots with great success.

The 10-22mm is equivalent to 16-35mm field of view. With a minimum focal distance of .24m (about 9.5 inches) you can get very close to objects and still get alot of focal width in the photo. There is incredible clarity in the lens. The photos I have taken are very clear with only a slight hint of softening at the corners at 10mm; everything else is sharp after that. There is a little barrel distortion at 10mm but everything else up to 22mm is nice. I have not gotten any light flare in my photos. The Ultrasonic motor is very quiet. The depth of field is outstanding. A slim UV filter helps prevent some slight vignetting at 10mm. With a maximum aperture that ranges from f/3.5 to f/4.5, the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens is a medium speed lens. I would recommend using a tripod if you are at all unsure about your ability to hold the camera still for action shots with this lens. The lens it's self is fairly light weight. If you are going to use filters the lens requires 77mm.

The lens can produce some interesting distortion shots if you are taking close-ups and are not perpendicular to the object. For close-up shots with out distortion it is best to be perpendicular to the object.

Inside the lens housing there are three aspherical lens elements and a Super UD element that produce clear vibrant shots. The lens it's self sturdily built and comfortable to handle.

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