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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 more info
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Canon vs. Sigma
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’m happy with the quality of the lens, but debated quite a while between this one and the Sigma 10-20mm. So I bought both and tested them on my Canon Rebel xti. I decided to return the Sigma, as I found the Canon to be just a touch sharper. I found the quality difference to be minor and sometimes nonexistent, so the price difference is probably not justified, but I wanted to be sure, so I went for the Canon. The pictures I took for comparison are here (labeled Canon or Sigma as appropriate):
http://picasaweb.google.com/brittanyjbaldwin/SigmaVsCanonWideAngle?authkey=Gv1sRgCKT2raGBhfD9Ww#
I love this lens!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I like zoom lenses. I have a 100-400L that I use all the time. I had no idea that I would like wide-angle lenses so much as well!
This lens is WIDE. Even on the crop factor cameras that it is designed for, it is still pretty wide compared to anything I was used to before.
It is great for landscapes and at 22mm is usable as a 35mm type everyday lens on a crop factor sensor camera.
The effects you can get by using the 10mm side of the lens are extremely interesting and the landscape shots are also very useful.
I even have a picture of an underground waterfall (Ruby Falls) that I took handheld with 1/8th of a second exposure that is sharp and crisp because of the short focal length.
Construction and quality are excellent and I consider this a must-have lens in my kit for my EF-S cameras.
I Love This Lens
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I’ve been using the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs for over a year now and it may be the most used lens in my bag!
It’s a fun lens to have on the camera. I use it on a D40. I am VERY pleased with it.
UW bliss
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I love this lens. The USM with full time focus is great. I don’t think I would by a lens without it. Build quality seems good. Barrel distortion is minimal, very well controlled. Color and contrast are great. It’s so wide that you’ll take a picture of your toes if your not careful. I use it mostly to bring a different perspective to landscape and architectural photos. At the wide end with subjects up close it really does distort. Cute with puppies, but terrible for people. Highly recommended. Amazon was great. I got what I ordered and when they said I would get it.
Canon EF-S 10-22mm f3.5-4.5 Review
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
First of all, I love this lens. For those who are contemplating between the Tokina 11-16mm f2.8 & Canon 10-22mm f3.5-4.5, you can’t go wrong with either one, IMO. Everyone has different things that they look for in a lens.
I personally am satisfied with my Canon 10-22mm. When I was deciding between this & the Tokina, I was divided between focal length & the f#. The f2.8 caught my attention, but the limiting focal length just couldn’t cut it for me. People commented that the Tokina was a solidly built, but the Canon feels great.
My 10-22mm is awesome. I use it for my all-purpose lens. It’s great for landscape photography, especially with panoramic photos. It’s decent for indoor low-light photography, but with a good flash, it’s perfect. I’m especially fond of the distortion effect (some people don’t like it); it makes unique/different photos, which I love.
Overall, I would make the same purchase if I could. I haven’t used or held the Tokina, but I stand by my decision.
For some examples, check out my blog!
http://reevebantug.blogspot.com/
Excellent “L Lens” Optics – Very fun, enjoyable, high quality lens
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
First of all, this lens is an absolute blast to use. If you’ve never shot a full frame camera with a wide-angle lens, you’re in for a treat. Sitting on a chair I can easily see my knees as I look straight ahead with the lens – its just silly.
The optics are spectacular. I was skeptical too, but taking some test photos, they are very, very sharp – comparable or better than my 24-105L and 100-400L (still can’t beat the 70-200, sorry).
The build quality is good… but not great. Take this comment with a grain of salt. Besides my 60mm macro, i’ve only owned and used “L” lenses over the last year – so my expectations as far as build quality go, are high.
There is definitely distortion (i forget if its pincushion or barrel), most noticably at the widest focal lengths when the focus is near (less than 30 feet away). Its definitely not severe distortion, or even distracting. If you look for it, you will find it though. That being said, this isn’t really a problem when you are taking pictures of landscapes, buildings etc. In fact, this lens does a better job of keeping buildings/rooms looking natural in terms of perspective (think about how your pictures have leaning buildings in them usually – this lens is good at fixing that).
For the price (its not terrible but not cheap), I would have liked to see a metal body (of course it won’t be without “L” designation) and a lens hood (something they don’t include outside of “L” lenses). But for the price, its definitely still of good value as it is just that sharp and that much fun to use.
Bottom line…. if you only use a crop camera (not full frame) you will absolutely love this lens if you ever wish you could get more in the frame than your current lens. The image quality is worth it alone… but seriously, its a REALLY fun lens!
Love this lens! Surprised!
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I bought this as a birthday gift for my husband, because he had requested it. I have never been much interested in wide-angle lenses–to me, long telephotos were the ones I lusted for. This lens has changed my mind. It opens up new worlds of photos that I had never thought about!
The quality seems great, as usual with Canon lenses. It’s small and relatively lightweight. The pictures look good to me–I don’t have the chops to evaluate them in a technical way, but the color rendition and sharpness look good.
Wide Angle Zoom
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This lens has been fun to shoot. It has opened up new doors for ideas. Its sharp and fast to focus.
It is a speciality lens but in a tight spot and for creative views I recommend it.
Blown away…
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I read a lot of reviews about this lens before making a purchase of my own. The 2 things I liked the most about what I read were the claims that Canon appeared to be using “L” glass, or near-”L” glass in this lens, and of course the main feature of having an ultra-wide angle capability with a 1.6 APS-C camera like my EOS 50D. I can say now after some field testing that this lens gets a 5-out-of-5 stars on both of these accounts.
Crisp focus and tack sharp images seem to be trivial to achieve with this quiet USM AF lens. I found the best 50D lens micro adjustment on my camera to be +3, but also found +0 to be quite acceptable, using the LCD monitor/moire pattern tuning technique at both ends of the zoom range. What REALLY tooted my horn however was the new found capability to take shots that were simply not achieveable before with my 28mm lens. Whole rooms in the house became one-shot deals, as opposed to the cumbersome image stitching technique. Groups of people near by – no problem getting them all into 1 shot. Landscape challenges – a snap without having to back up and up some more, and still wind up stitching multiple images together. Of course, everything written about straight-line distortion at the 10mm end of the zoom is true, but not to an excess, and in my opinion is MORE than offset by the capability to simply “get the shot all at once”. An indoor 6 story atrium that previously took 6 stitched photo’s to capture – now easily captured in 1 shot.
Focus was achieveable at a tiny bit over 4″ from the front of the lens. No IS on this lens, which I missed while trying some low-light shots (I kept waiting for IS to kick in out of habit, since all my other lenses are blessed with this feature), but this is only a concern on extreme close-up’s, which is not generally what you’d use this lens for anyway.
The lens has an AF/MF switch of course, and is only usable on certain camera’s that are compatible with EF-S type lenses (there is tons of online info about that to be read elsewhere). The filter size is 77mm. There is a light hood available from Canon, which I don’t own yet, and I’ve read that it’s marginally beneficial for blocking light since it’s so small in order to accomodate wide angle zooming without getting in the way. I’ll still buy one and put it on for extra front-end lens protection at around $14. It’s easy to bump in to things and a lens hood makes a lot of sense for that reason alone. Anyone who’s ever bent the metal of a filter after lightly bumping in to something, and then struggled with filter removal, lens cap fitting, etc., will know just what I mean.
I took some test shots with the built-in flash, and the 10-22mm lens does block the lower 5-10% portion of the picture at wider angle zooms. I was able to compensate for this in most shots by pointing the camera downward a bit more. Still, I’d recommend an external flash when using this lens, to take care of this interference and of course to get far superior bounce flash shots. There was no issue with the lens blocking any output from a camera mounted EX flash.
No lens creep on this lens. The overall lens length does not change with zooming. The zoom ring is snug, but turns smoothly, as does the focus ring, which can be turned after AF’ing for any fine tuning of the focus. The subject end of the lens does NOT TURN when zooming, which is great for circular polarizers and other filters that need to stay oriented. The lens length is 4″ (with a UV filter attached) from the front of the lens to the camera body face.
At first I thought this lens might be a specialty lens that I would only use when I needed whole room shots or was met with other wide angle challenges, but with an effective 35mm range on an APS-C camera, the quality of this glass makes it a candidate for a lot more uses as well, enabling quick access with a twist of the zoom ring to any action that comes in “close”, or to capture 2 subjects that are not conveniently side-by-side, as is sometimes the case with candid photo’s.
I have to admit that I’m writing this review after taking less than 300 photo’s with this lens, but the image quality and jaw dropping access to amazingly wide “views” that I’ve never had the ability to capture in one shot with a dSLR compelled me to brag “now” about this lens. If I encounter anything noteworthy after taking some more test shots under various conditions, I’ll amend this post.
In all honesty, it’s hard to imagine anyone who has ever been challenged by a wide angle shot not immediately falling in love with this gem once they get in to the field with it. Five star thumbs up on this one. Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs
My funnest lens
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
This lens was recommended to me by a photographer whose talents I admire greatly. Sure, it cost a lot, but it is still cheaper than a lot of other lenses I want. My arsenal includes some very highly rated lenses, but this one is the one I enjoy most when wanting another perspective on a subject or scene.
In simple layman’s terms, the lens gives me everything I expected and more. Sharp, clean wide angle shots. It hasn’t let me down yet and I have no regrets that I bought it.
An excellent but expensive ultrawide zoom
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
(4.5 of 5 stars)
This was my third lens purchase, after getting the kit lens with my Rebel XS and the 50mm f/1.8. Why did I choose this lens? Well for one, I was suffering from cheap lens syndrome. While I enjoyed the results I was getting from my other lenses, they weren’t much fun to work with because of the cheap build quality. More importantly perhaps, I was finding myself at 18mm on my kit lens more than 50% of the time. While I was generally happy with those results, I was disappointed by the barrel distortion, CAs and flare, and wanted something wider that would give me more flexibility.
I read many reviews of the 10-22mm, as well as the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 and 11-16mm f/2.8. All were received pretty positively. I didn’t consider Sigma or Tamron options because of apparent quality control issues. So why did I pick this one?
1) Focal length/zoom range: As far as focal lengths were concerned, I wanted something that would give me a fair amount of flexibility, since I’m not too keen on switching lenses frequently. At the wide end, it really does help to have a zoom. The 10mm (16mm equiv) setting is pretty extreme and can be useful, but often the intermediate focal lengths (12-17mm) are more appropriate. Furthermore, at 22mm the resulting perspective could be described as “wide-normal” – things still appear pretty natural. Therefore, you get a lens that dabbles with extreme perspective on the wide end while offering a fairly normal perspective on the long end.
Those who are buying the lens purely for the widest setting may be more attracted to the Tokina 11-16, as it gives you nearly an extra stop in maximum aperture and is apparently a bit sharper than the Canon.
2) Distortion: Some have commented that they don’t use the 10-16mm range as much because of distortion. I imagine these are the same people who are using the lens as a substitute for backing up. In fact, the Canon offers the lowest amount of optical (barrel) distortion in its class – much smaller than most standard zooms at their widest setting. It is trivial to correct in post-processing. Therefore, I can only assume that the complaints are about the perspective distortion, which is the result of using the ultra-wide focal lengths. This is the whole point of an ultrawide lens!! If you don’t want perspective distortion, back up and zoom in! Or if you’re looking for parallel lines buy a full frame camera and the $2500 tilt-shift 17mm lens. Problem solved.
3) Handling of flare: This is the single characteristic of this lens that I appreciate the most. Based on samples I’ve seen of the Tokinas and other 3rd party lenses, the Canon is the hands down winner on managing flare. With this lens it is possible to have the sun directly inside or just outside the frame with very little consequence to the final image. Even when you do manage to get flare in the frame, it is fairly minimal and not very unsightly. This is a very desireable characteristic of an ultrawide lens, since lots of light sources will find their way into your huge field of view. I find myself shooting into the sun even more than I normally would because of it. Another benefit of this characteristic is that there is little incentive to buy or use the bulky lens hood.
4) Chromatic Aberrations: Compared to the Tokinas, this lens has minimal CAs at the wide end that many will be able to live with in their JPEGs. If you want to get rid of them, it is again trivial to do by shooting RAW and post-processing.
5) Light weight: Despite being about the same size, the Canon is lighter compared to the Tokinas (13 oz. vs. 20 oz.). I feel that it is ideally balanced on my small Rebel XS, and therefore appreciate the weight advantage.
6) Colors: Is it just me or does this lens render beautifully saturated colors? Wonderful green trees and gorgeous blue skies.
Complaints:
1) Price: The Canon is significantly more expensive than 3rd party alternatives, which is not unusual. Maybe more annoying, though, is that it is priced similarly to the full-frame equivalent, the 17-40mm L. Basically you’re paying the same price for a lens with less glass and poorer build quality (though the build is not bad). As with the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 Canon has put “L” glass in a consumer body and charges “L” prices because there’s no in-house competition. On the bright side, compared to the Nikon equivalents (12-24mm and 10-24mm), which are around $900, this is cheap.
I got this lens during rebate season, but I would have hesitated to spend more than $700 on it with the good 3rd party alternatives available.
2) Sharpness: I must have had unreasonably high expectations in terms of sharpness. The lens produces excellent micro-contrast at normal viewing sizes (very good for all but the largest prints). However, looking at the images at full size on your monitor will reveal somewhat inferior pixel level detail. The results do respond pretty well to sharpening, though. Sounds like the Tokina 11-16 might be a little better in terms of pixel-level detail, but I wouldn’t expect it to be too noticeable. For the best sharpness across the frame I try to keep the aperture between f/5.6 and f/8, and never smaller than f/11. Larger than f/5.6 the center is fine but the edges degrade. The only serious complaint is the extreme corners, but this is typical in almost all wide-angle lenses. In any case, I am of the opinion that sharpness is an over-emphasized lens characteristic. I will take the contrast, handling of flare, bokeh and low distortion of this lens over greater sharpness any day.
3) Vignetting: This is most noticeable wide open at 10mm, but again is fairly easily corrected. Not a big deal to me.
4) Not really a complaint, but a warning: The lens isn’t very compatible with the built-in flash except at the longest focal lengths. A lens shadow appears at shorter focal lengths, and the flash is unevenly distributed anyway so the effect is pretty undesirable. Better keep the kit lens around when you want to use flash.
Overall, I’m very happy with this lens. It has more or less displaced my kit lens, as I use my 50mm f/1.8 for any short tele needs. I should note, however, that dealing with wide focal lengths requires a lot more skill as a photographer in almost every respect: composition, selection of aperture, focusing, and metering. This is not a point-and-shoot lens. It is tempting to use the 10mm setting a lot but you will find with time that it does not suit all subjects equally well – Some of my favorite photos were taken at intermediate focal lengths, where the IQ of the lens really shines.
This is a great photographic tool that will challenge you to be more creative. You will get the best results with this lens when you are thinking outside the box. In fact, some of my favorite photos from this lens are when I use it for close-ups. It’s not by any means a macro lens, but the perspective distortion as well as the large apparent depth of field can make for some nice close-up shots with the right background. Regardless of the brand, I whole-heartedly recommend a wide-angle zoom to those who enjoy capturing big scenes or getting close to their subjects. It’s challenging to use but fun and rewarding.
Can’t beat the pictures this lens takes
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
bottom line, this lens takes amazing pictures you just can’t get with any other lens for this camera. Worth every penny.
Amazing lens for 1.6 crop sensor
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
It’s been reviewed to death here and elsewhere so not much to add from me. Amazingly wide, very good contrast and color, nice details also. The only thing to pick on is the plastic look and feel but it is also the plastic that makes this lens so light and portable.
I know this has nothing to do with the product, but I want to add my comments about Amazon. The packaging seems to be getting worse these days, may be they are going green and using less plastic air/bubble to pack but it does not make you feel good when a 700 dollars lens come bouncing in a box with no impact cushion. Having said that, I would have to say Amazon provides the best customer service/support among other merchants that I buy from, I can always buy from Amazon with confidence because I know they would do anything within reason to make my purchase satisfactory. I buy my gear from a few other online merchants too due to availability but their exchange/return policy is nowhere near what Amazon would do for you.
Canon EF-S 10-22 mm Wide angle zoom
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
After reviewing all the lens choices available in the 10-20mm range I choose Canon’s 10-22mm. I am pleased with the new lens performance.
The construction is sturdy, distortion is low compared for the 10mm end compared with other lenses. The images are very sharp if the camera is tripod mounted. I shoot hand held most often and most of the images are very sharp as long as I pay attention to not allow shutter speeds below about 1/50 sec.
I do miss the IS quite a bit.. like that on my Canon 18-55 kit lens.
And I do feel that for a lens this expensive ($650+) Canon should provide a lens hood.
Overall I’m very satisfied with my purchase
This Must Be a Joke!
Rating:2 out of 5 stars
Unless this is going to be installed on the Hubble Telescope or one of our satellites or on the underside of one of our spy-planes, I can’t see what or how to justify the quoted price.
Additionally, they have a lot of nerve to cite shipping and handling! For this price I would expect it to be driven to me and put into my hand personally! But hey, that’s just me!