Canon EF-S 17-55 2.8 USM

[peety3]

This lens is officially OFF my shopping list. In shopping for a second wide-angle lens since my girlfriend and I are both photogs, this was a high consideration. I've rented it twice and seen IS troubles twice. First time, IS would "rock" in one axis each time the shutter was half-pressed, and sometimes again when the IS would stop. Second rental, with 40D in AI SERVO, focus couldn't lock at one point, and the whole time that focus was hunting, the IS was rocking. On our big shoot that weekend, it kept jumping.


Perhaps those issues will never plague each of you, but I for one don't want a lens that has such a high rate of plaguing me.

[quattrophinia]

maybe the "rental" was the issue?


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[Sean Setters]

No one else ever has problems with their 17-55 because all the bad ones go the peety3! ;-)

[Matthew Gilley]

A very similar issue with a used lens I purchased. Luckily Adorama was great and let me return it since it's rating didn't match the performance. Knowing others have have experienced the same symptoms makes me a little more cautious about purchasing one in the future. In the end I'll still buy one, no lens beats it for low light performance on a 1.6x body. For the less than a week I had it it was amazing. The price was the only hard thing to swallow.


Its an amazing lens.

[HelenOster]

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[HelenOster]

A very similar issue with a used lens I purchased. Luckily Adorama was great and let me return it since it's rating didn't match the performance.
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Thank you for taking the time to leave your comments about returning a faulty item to Adorama Camera.


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[peterborough_photography]

never had any of those faults :-) this lens is sharp and chrisp and can shoot in the dark without a flash !!!

[cxr]

would this be a better choice than the 24-70 in a cropped frame body? i find its range short but having f2.8 and IS is very nice but then again you'll be hearing &amp; reading of the dust issue with this lens and you'll think twice whether to go for this or the sealed L lens. what are your thoughts?

[Sheiky]

I boguht the 17-55 and a friend of mine bought the 24-70 at the same time and I must say I'm more happy with mine than he is with his 24-70 []


It depends on the use, but IS is definitely a nice feature. Also the IQ from the 17-55 is awesome. Can really compete to L-lenses. Also his 24-70 suffered from chromatic abberation more then I've ever noticed on my lens. Never had any problems with it. Also the 24-70 is pretty heavy...that makes the 17-55 a lot more userfriendly.


Dust is a horror-myth if you ask me. Also a little dust in the lens doesn't affect the image much. You should be more aware of duch on your sensor. I wouldn't let the so called "dustproblem" scare you. I believe that most users are pretty much super satisfied mith this lens and I haven't heard any complaints yet.





The 17-55 is a really great lens!! Unless you're planning on going Fullframe any time soon...

[Chris White]

cxr,


As I mentioned in your "canon 24-70 f2.8 IS USM" forum, I own both and like both. I have had the 17-55 for a year and it has been a workhorse, being on my 50D @90% of the time. I have not had any issue with dust. If I could only have one with my "crop" camera, it would be the 17-55. I find the 17mm much better in my house than the 24mm. My main purpose for the 24-70 was to gain the extra reach which leads to less cropping and better end results for my indoor sports photos. Having said that, I have no plans to get rid of my 17-55, it is still an outstanding lens. All charts aside, when the processed pictures are placed side by side the quality is equal.
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