Canon EF 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM review - Summary

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Canon EF 28-135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

22 September 2007

Arkadiusz Olech

11. Summary

Pros:

very good picture quality in the center of the frame
good picture quality at the edges of the frame
well controlled distortion
low astigmatism
accurate, quiet and quite fast autofocus
well functioning stabilization

Cons:

visible chromatic aberration at 28 mm
visible coma
a bit large vignetting at 28 mm
weak performance against bright light

The Canon EF 28-135 mm IS USM is a great choice if you are willing to give up the wide corner and you want to have a fairly universal lens with a pretty usable focal length range, as well as a flawless autofocus and very good optical features with efficient picture stabilization. It is even more tempting when we look at its price – in the digital L-grade lenses era, the price has dropped noticeably. A couple of years ago it was hard to find this lens for less than 2500 Polish zloty and now it can be purchased for as little as 1800-1900 Polish zloty.

In summation, our pictures would be of much better quality if we used the combination of the EF-S 18-55 mm kit lens and the tested EF 28-135 mm, rather than the EF-S 17-85 IS USM alone. The only drawback is the necessity of adding a weak kit lens when we need a wide view corner. We gain a much wider focal length range in telephoto mode, plus better aperture and the opportunity of saving a few hundred Polish zloty in exchange.

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Camera: Canon 300D Parametry: 135 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/250 sec, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3072x2048 pix, 1.9 MB	Camera: Canon 300D Parametry: 135 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/400 sec, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3072x2048 pix, 2.0 MB	Camera: Canon 20D Parametry: 28 mm, f/9.0, exp. 1/200 sec, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3072x2048 pix, 5.2 MB

Camera:Canon 300D Parametry: 135 mm, f/7.1, exp. 1/250 sec, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3072x2048 pix, 3.1 MB	Camera: Canon 20D Parametry: 85 mm, f/5.6, exp. 1/20 sec, ISO 100 File: JPG, 3504x2336 pix, 2.3 MB	Camera: Canon 300D Parametry: 50 mm, f/4.5, exp. 1/24 sec, ISO 200 File: JPG, 3072x2048 pix, 2.4 MB