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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