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 Good around f/8, terrible sharpnes and CA wide open, zoom ring stuck at any moment August 16, 2010
L. E. Guarapo Ramos (Venezuela)
I have two copies of this lens.
Construction quality of this lens is very cheap, sucks a lot of dust that stucks zoom ring at any time.
Recently aperture blades got stuck.
I will not repair this crap.
Buy 15-85 instead.
 Good Value-Beware of broken aperture wire issue August 10, 2010
Tommy Boy 3368
This is actually a replacement lens-my first 17-85 broke after half a year of ownership(broken aperture wire). Since I could not do without this lens (I was left with only the 70-300 lens on 4th of July in Vegas), I had to either buy a replacement or get it fixed quickly.
Overall built quality is OK, the price was economical and I am happy with the picture quality. Recommend for those who are on a limited budget like myself,
Overall good July 16, 2010
blake1402
I purchased this lens in order to have one lens with a fairly wide range for traveling. It worked very well for this task. If you are very picky about your photos, you will notice some chromatic aboration around 17mm, but that is to be expected for a lens of this range. The image stabilization works surprisingly well and allowed me to shoot crisp pictures at shutter speeds nearly as low as 1 second hand held. The large range combined with the somewhat wide angle at 17 mm made this an excellent choice for me while traveling. I would recommend this lens.
OK but wish I had bought the 17-55 instead July 15, 2010
L. Hermann
I bought a 50D and this lens (EFS 17-85) as the kit lens in April 2009. Canon lenses only have a one-year warranty, which is very short. After 15 months of fairly regular but gentle use, the lens locked up when closed and will no longer zoom. I checked on the internet and there are several reports of this particular lens locking up. One person posted a whole set of photos of how to take the lens apart. Apparently a screw comes loose inside the lens and it locks up. Now I have to send the lens to a Canon repair center and the lens is off warranty so it will cost who knows how much to repair it. I am really sorry I bought this lens.
Great all around, not that reliable. April 28, 2010
C. Mc Nulty
Is a great all around lens for a 1.6 sensor.
It took decent pictures but nothing that will take your breath away.
It's a great kit lense replacement.
My aperture ring is now stuck. after more than a year and around 20k shot's
I'm not satisfied with that failure so soon.
I always take good care of all my equipment, the camera has at least twice that amount of shots (xti) and is working great with the 18-55
A camera failure at this point, will be more close to failure (getting to 50k shot's) but not a lens, or not this one at least.
(Update)The repair by a canon authorize center, is $180.00 , they will replace 2 parts as they said is necessary in order to avoid future problems...
It will take almost 7 weeks to get it done.
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