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Amazing travel lens

Started Jan 15, 2019 | User reviews thread
Dale Garman Senior Member • Posts: 1,025
Re: Amazing travel lens

I have one and used it for several years as a travel lens.  Here is what I found:

  • excellent image qualty
  • good range for travel lens
  • pretty fast at f2.8
  • IMHO one of the best choices for travel with a cropped body

Here is what I didn't like:

  • Heavy, but no heavier than other zooms, but heavier than some primes and weight and size does matter with travel
  • lens creep drove me nuts so using it at events for example was very hard as I was always adjusting the zoom, the build quality seems sloppy, although the IQ is fine.  It's a really expensive lens for such poor build quality.
  • dust in the lens - but it didn't really seem to affect images.  If you don't have it now, you will.  It is just a "feature" of this lens and has been mentioned numerous times in these forums by almost everyone who owns one.

I have since move from 7d MKII to a 5d MKIV that I travel with and so have moved to a 35 f2, which is great lens with great optics, lighter and smaller and works really well in most circumstances.

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Canon EOS 70D Canon EOS 7D Mark II Canon EOS 5D Mark IV Canon EF 50mm F1.4 USM Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM +9 more
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