Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs
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Digital Cameras Photo Reviews of Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs
Customer Review: Excellent "L Lens" Optics - Very fun, enjoyable, high quality lens
Summary: 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!
Customer Review: This lens will change the way you look at the world
Summary: 5 Stars
The Canon 10-22mm zoom is made specifcally for Canon single lens reflexes with "APS"-size sensors -- the various iterations of the Digital Rebel and the 10D-20D-30D series. It won't work on an SLR with a "full-size" sensor like the Canon 5D.
Most SLRs come with a standard 17-55 or 17-85mm zoom that has a maximum field of view equal to a 28mm wide angle lens on a full-frame SLR. On the cameras it fits, the 10-22mm lens give you the same field of view as a 16 - 35mm zoom on a normal 35mm SLR. It's the wide end of things that brings a whole new world to photography. With this lens you can capture the whole horizon in a landscape, get the whole room in an interior shot, and capture the full view of a street scene. And if you get down low or up high, you can get some very dramatic views. Just be careful the keep the camera level. You can correct for those inevitable converging lines using Photoshop.
There are less expensive alternatives to this lens, notably the Sigma 10-20mm, but the Canon's corner-to-corner resolution and almost negligible distortion and chromatic aberration make the Canon worth something extra. (You may be able to pick up a Canon-refurbished lens from one of the large retailers from time to time, and that cuts the difference between the Sigma and the Canon in half, although you get a shorter warranty).
Canon ought to include a lens shade, and you should consider buying one. Although you don't need it to reduce flare, the hood does provide some protection for the front element of the lens if you don't use a filter.
Assuming Canon continues to make SLRs with APS-size sensors, the lens will be around for a long time, and even if Canon switches to full frame sensors, you can use it as long as you have your existing Digital Rebel or 10-20-30D.
Customer Review: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens
Summary: 5 Stars
This compact, extremely well designed and light weight wide angle lens should have been designated an L series lens. For all of the small sensor digital SLR cameras, this lens cannot be beat. It is fast, quiet, accurate and has an internal focusing system. When equipped with the 77mm UV filter, this lens is protected against dust and seals it from most of the rain showers one encounters in most photographic situations. My recommendation is to purchase a high quality filter as the optics of this lens deserves the best.
I use the 16-35mm f2.8 on the full frame 5D. For the occasions where a lighter, smaller camera is needed, the Rebel XTs, XTi, for example, the same range can be covered using the 10-22mm EF-S. The 20D, 30D, 40D, also, with their 1.6 sensor, will cover the same range when using the 10-22mm EF-S lens. It should be noted that the 10-22 lens is not compatible with the full frame cameras.
Some images obtained from this lens have, on occasions, rivaled images using the 16-35mm f2.8 with the 5D. No lens will be 100% perfect and you will learn through experience, that each lens will have strengths and weaknesses. Knowing what the lens is capable of and your skill as a photographer will always be the varying factors.
For the serious photographer, or an aspiring one, like myself, the super wide angle lens is a must have! I purchased this lens and its lens hood through Amazon. Like the other many products I have purchased through Amazon, both the service and product has been exemplary.
The 10-22 EF-S lens is truly a remarkable lens. One of Canon's finest in my opinion. If you are wanting a super wide lens, look no further as this one is by far the very best out there.
Customer Review: Very Sharp Lens!
Summary: 5 Stars
I took this lens out on a photo shoot with my Canon EOS Rebel T1i the day after I received it from Amazon.com. I had been a bit skeptical about purchasing it because I did not know how much I would need or like a truly wide angle lens, since I tend to prefer telephoto lenses. However, when I first used this lens, I was very impressed with the image quality and with what I saw through the viewfinder. The wide angle of view offers some very interesting new photo opportunities!
The images this lens produced for me were superb in terms of color saturation, clarity, and sharpness. The pictures were so sharp that I could crop them, keep only about 5% of the original image, and still have tack sharp pictures! Aside from the cheaper build of this lens, it performs on the same level as my "L" lenses.
As an added bonus, this lens offers an excellent depth of field with a close focusing distance of about 9 to 10 inches! That makes it possible to get close-up shots of flowers where every part of the flower is in focus - no more depth of field concerns!
When zoomed out toward the widest angle, my camera's built-in flash causes a shadow from the lens to appear in the picture. But when an external flash is used, this is not a problem. I used a slim Circular Polarizer filter with this lens with no problems - no vignetting!
Before buying this lens, please understand that it is an EF-S lens that can be used only with Canon cropped sensors, such as the T1i, 50d, etc. It will not work with the full-framed Canon cameras (eg, 5d, 1ds, etc.).
Customer Review: So where's the red line for this excellent lens?
Summary: 5 Stars
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.