Quote Originally Posted by Matt P


I want to see a 17-85 2.8 L. The 17-55 isn't long enough to match my 70-200, and the 24-70 or 24-105 aren't wide enough, and I don't feel like carying around (not to mention changing) more than 2 lenses.
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I'd much rather see an EF-S version of the 70-200 series...sorta like the Tokina 50-135 f/2.8, except without the CA and with IS and USM. I think Canon could make that lens with awesome image quality, and it would match up very well with the 17-55 f/2.8.


The problem is, while 17-85 is a great range, it is 5x zoom. The current state of the art in lens design doesn't really allow for a handholdable 5x f/2.8 zoom...MAYBE it would work at f/4, but even that's a bit of a stretch. The current EF-S 17-85 is a compromise lens...you get an ideal single-lens range for a crop body, but at the expense of variable aperture, sub-par wide-open performance, and noticable distortion.