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from Thessaloniki, Greece Summary: This is one cheap lens! Came as kit with 300V, with same silver colour. It is at the bottom of Eos zoom lenses, therefor it is a special case...
So,
if you look for a lens for snapshots, if you shoot 2-4films per year, if you want to upgrade your film point&shoot with a cheap slr set, if you rarely make enlagments...
...then look no more, this is a lens for your Eos! Just buy the kit and forget it!
This piece cannot be compared with any of the rest EF zoom lenses. That would be unfare, like comparing a cheap town car with a Ferrari.
If i could turn back time, i would go for a used 28-105/3.5-4.5 (the older model) when i bought the 300V. Same consumer-level lens, but much better results... Strengths: - LIGHT!
- CHEAP, almost the cheapest Canon zoom lens (after 28-80)
- Nice zoom range
- Decent AF speed, even without USM motor
- Acceptable when stopped down, not bad for outdoor use where sufficient light is present.
- You don't have to care if it breaks, you can always find used at prices around 50euros...
- Warm colors
- Delivers enough for it's price Weaknesses: - CHEAP, almost the cheapest Canon zoom lens => almost the worst optically Canon zoom lens!
- Rotating front element =>no polarisers
- Very difficult to almost impossible manual focus(4mm focus ring)
- Big distortions at the wide end, almost every line is curved!
- Consumer-toy-level of build quality (expected)
- Slow lens (expected)
- Terrible wide open Similar Products Used: Canon EF 28-135is
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Various M42 manual focus primes Customer Service: Not needed yet.
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