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Optically how good is the EF-M 11-22 IS STM lens?

Started May 24, 2017 | Polls thread
nnowak Veteran Member • Posts: 9,074
Re: Optically how good is the EF-M 11-22 IS STM lens?
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lilBuddha wrote:

Franz Kerschbaum wrote:

Think I was not clear enough: the ef-s 10-22 is a very good lens (I owned both)! The 17-40 is in my view not deserving the red ring...

Perhaps you had a bad copy. Regardless you are entitled to your opinion, though it isn't shared by the majority of reviewers or others who have owned it.

I am not sure what majority you are referring to, but the 17-40mm is not a highly regarded lens.  The 17-40mm looked good years ago when it was compared to the original 16-35mm f2.8 and 16-35mm f2.8 II.  All of those lenses were mediocre, the 17-40mm was just a little less mediocre.  This was back in the day when Canon had a reputation for being incapable of designing a good wide angle lens compared to Nikon.

Time moves on and 14 years later, the 17-40mm is no where near the quality of any of modern Canon wide angle zooms.  The lowly 10-18mm STM on crop easily trounces the 17-40mm on full frame.

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