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[HiFiGuy1]

As the <span style="text-decoration: line-through;"]proud owner of a 28-135 kit lens, I must concur with Peety. It is certainly not terrible, and it has a very useful range, but mine is flawless and I'll gladly sell it to you today for $200. Seriously, if you want it, let me know. I am also sort of compulsive with my gear, and it is as if it hasn't been used. Front and rear caps, too.

[Jim]

As the <span style="text-decoration: line-through;"]proud owner of a 28-135 kit lens, I must concur with Peety. It is certainly not terrible, and it has a very useful range, but mine is flawless and I'll gladly sell it to you today for $200. Seriously, if you want it, let me know. I am also sort of compulsive with my gear, and it is as if it hasn't been used. Front and rear caps, too.
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I really appreciate the various comments and I did read the excellent piece at LensRental.com. I was unaware that there were ever "IS" lenses used as kit lenses. If yours is in fact 28-135 IS USM lenses I might very well be in the market. Thanks. PS: The one I was considering is long gone. (from B &amp; H)

[neuroanatomist]

If yours is in fact 28-135 IS USM lenses...

Canon does not and has not ever made a 28-135mm lens without IS. So, if it's 28-135mm, it is an IS USM lens. There were several flavors of the 28-105mm lenses (with and without USM, and a Mk II for one of those), but none of them had IS.

I was unaware that there were ever "IS" lenses used as kit lenses.

<div>Yes, IS lenses are used in kits - in fact, in just about all kits sold today. The currently available Rebel kits, from the T1i down to the XS, all ship with the EF-S 18-55mm IS lens (and/or the EF-S 55-250 IS lens). Currently available xxDs and the 7D are bundled with the EF 28-135mm IS USM lens, and the 5D MkII 'kit lens' is theEF 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM lens. </div>