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Canon should discontinue this

Started Sep 22, 2014 | User reviews thread
Michael Thomas Mitchell Forum Pro • Posts: 12,158
Re: Canon should discontinue this
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Scott Larson wrote:

Back when this lens was a hot topic (around 2000-2001), National Geographic (the magazine) had an article on what equipment their photographers used. We discovered they still used Canon 35mm film cameras (no surprise at the time) but incredibly most of their fantastic photos were taken with the cheap 28mm-135mm consumer zoom lens.

Yeah, that was a while ago but it was really funny.

At the time, however, the lens was really unique because (if I recall correctly) it was the only standard zoom available with image stabilization. In fact, wasn't it just one of two lens with the stabilization feature, the other being the 70-300?

When I bought my first Canon D30 in 2001, I also purchased both of these lenses. They spoiled me pretty quickly. I don't recall Nikon having their VR quite yet.

Though we think of this lens as "cheap" today, it was somewhat exotic way back in 2000!

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