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My 90%ter

Started Sep 21, 2013 | User reviews
sslankan New Member • Posts: 5
My 90%ter

This is 1 of 3 lenses I own, (other 2 being primes) for my T4i.

I have owned it for a few months now. (I bought it in the middle of June of 2013.) - and have taken well over.. 3000 shots with this lens

- Used it out doors (even in light drizzle w/ no lens hood or filter)

- have taken many group shots (paired with a 430exII)

- and since getting the lens hood during my trip to New York.. have used that ever since (still no filter and probably never will)

- only shoot in raw (use Lightroom 5)

To this day (which may not be a long period of time. 3 months? I do not see a spec of dust and everything still works fine. (it might be because I baby it and always cover it w/ the plastic bag it came with while its in my camera bag)

I don't use a tripod and get very sharp pictures hand holding.. but since I use a flash, my shutter speed is always pretty high so again.. no problems

But overall I think I take well over 90% of my pictures with this lens and have no dissatisfaction especially since I shoot in Raw and pair it up with Lightroom for any adjustments

I'm subtracting a half star just because it is EF-S only

Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
Zoom lens • Canon EF-S • 1242B002
Announced: Feb 21, 2006
sslankan's score
4.5
Average community score
3.6
ThorkildC
ThorkildC Regular Member • Posts: 227
Re: My 90%ter

I'm subtracting a half star just because it is EF-S only

OK, I also bought the 17-55 EF-S a couple of months ago. But why the half star for the EF-S? Did you expect L quality ? Do you shoot full frame? ... Personally I think the 17-55  desrves a 5 star rating for the IQ alone  

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OP sslankan New Member • Posts: 5
Re: My 90%ter

I'm just disappointed I won't be able to use it on a full frame once I get one ( not now of course but maybe in 2 years )

But it's definitely a great lens

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