Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM - Any users/advice ?

[NFLD Stephen]

Welcom to the forum Alan!

WhenStephen commented on the 15-85mm being, "not wide enough for indoor ambient pictures,"he was referring to the aperture.

That's exactly what I meant! Thanks for clarifying John.

[dragonmojo]

Thanks for the warm welcome all!


I'm a digital SLR noob, but I've had 35mm experience back in the day. Brass-bodied Canon F1 (with the full 180 degree film advance lever), 50mm kit, 24mm & 100mm lens. Add to it a Vivitar flash and Bogen tripod. I shot mostly Kodachrome, both 25 and 64, and had enlargers on two occasions. Souped my own negatives and prints... even made my own albumen silver paper for a school project! I studied the old masters (Adams, Stieglitz, Cunningham, White, Ray, Weston, Lange... et al) so my involvement was on the fine art end of the spectrum.


What I like to shoot? I would say landscape, nature, and anything with graphic representation... but I'd like to keep my options open as I rediscover photography in the digital age. Wow, silicon replacing silver and computers replacing darkrooms.


Back to the topic at hand: believe me, I'm intrigued by both the 15-85mm and 17-55mm lens through the testing provided by Bryan. I agree that I will probably not miss the gap between the 17-55mm and 70-200mm, but would like to have a 15mm at the short end. It'd be nice to have the widerfixed f/2.8 aperture tho'. My wallet's thin, and thinner yet now that I've spent an exorbitant amount to get started in DSLR photography. That has me leaning toward the bang-for-buck 15-85mm ($400 or $500 cheaper!). Money talks!


Ciao!