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Cons: Suffers badly from flare. Extreme corners weak at wide angle, even when stopped down (full frame). Not good at close-ups due to very curved field at close distances. Tubular construction feels a bit fragile. Linear distortion is very high at 24mm.

Pros: Good optics which give their best when stopped down to F5.6. Light and compact. An excellent range of focal lengths.

Summary: A good choice if you value compactness and light weight. Paired well with my 6D but I finally sold the lens last year as I find the old 28-70 4.5/4.5 slightly sharper and even not quite so flary.

Cons: Not very fast aperture no IS either 67mm filter diameter not very common, but you can use a step-up ring corner resolution could be better vignetting at 24mm is clearly visible in almost all situations build feels kinda plastic-fantastic, but still ok

Pros: the quality you get for the money is outstanding very light and small great focal range for general purpose use sharpness is generally good enough quite low aberrations and fringing distortions are low enough for everything but serious architecture stuff autofocus is good

Summary: I bought this lens as a light general purpose lens for a full-frame cam. And it serves very well. I really can't complain and I don't see reasons to go for another lens that is not a 2.8 aperture one. If you do not have one of the F4 L lenses in this range, don't buy one unless you need the toughness or insist on the IS. Go for this one or a F2.8 if you want the fast aperture. In terms of pure picture quality the differences will be very hard to spot.

Cons: a bit loose construction, although not really bad

Pros: sharpness, price, low weight, zoom range on full format

Summary: very good value for little money

Cons: ef s

Pros: smooth nice glass

Summary: great walk around -great portrait

Cons: No IS - for me not a big problem as I have a steady hand CA's noticeable at the wide end noticeable distortion at the wide end

Pros: good sharpness across the frame on a APS-C DSLR very good color and contrast good flare resistance with attached hood very fast, reliable and quiet ring USM autofocus with FTM decent (not pro) build quality with non rotating front element

Summary: This lens has quickly become my favourite for outdoor snapshots of the playing and running kids - almost 100% success rate even wide open. A very good allrounder if you don't need f2.8 or wider than 24mm.

Cons: good value for the money

Pros: smart choice

Summary: Very good and inexpensive lens if you are on budget for an APS-C camera like canon 40D or 1000D. Give the best from f5,6 to f11. At 24mm cromatic aberration are always too high, but is really a good and inespensive lens