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Opinions on 15-85 or 18-135 (STM) or 24-105 requested

Started May 24, 2015 | Discussions thread
Myer Veteran Member • Posts: 3,338
Re: Opinions on 15-85 or 18-135 (STM) or 24-105 requested

I'm on my 2nd 15-85.

The 15-85 is my standard lens of choice. It's pretty much sharp throughout the range. Full tele and wide open.

It's my travel lens. It's my scenery lens.

You don't want anybody to tell you about the width. Well I will.

When you come home from a trip and your photos just don't look like what you saw it's usually because your eyes saw a lot wider than your lens & camera captured.

Several years ago I was on a hiking trip with my daughter and I was jogging on the trail catching up with her. I tripped on a root or rock and went flying. I landed on my front where my camera was.

It took me over an hour to clean everything up. The camera and lens worked but the lens had a squeak and a few other things. From then on I suspected the accuracy of the focus.

Canon was going to charge about $300 to fix it so I sold the lens to a store and bought a new one.

Great lens.

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