None for me, but for someone that is not serious about their photography or the point and shoot photographer, it would be fine.

Cost is way to high for this lens! "OK" Sharp, not good or excellent. Looks and feels cheap No lens hood comes with it. MF is a one thumb. AF is a two thumbs. Sharpness is a one thumb. Color and contrast is just ok, 1 1/2 thumbs.

This lens is fine for the point and shoot photographers. Save yourself an extra $600 bucks and buy the Canon "L" series lens if your serious about your photography or work. I purchased this lens today and took 10 pictures and review them and took it back. It's an "OK", but not worth the price they are asking.

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Well built, IS feature, relatively light weight. Smooth and accurate auto focus.

Soft and unsharp at most focal lenghts/aperture combinations with this particular camera. Inconsistent exposure, especially when using flash.

I recently purchased this lens in lieu of the standard kit lens for a new Digital Rebel. Unfortunately, the 28-135IS was not a particularly good match for this camera. Soft and inconsistent results were troubling to say the least. I finally exchanged it for a 28-105 f3.5/4.5, which I must say is a superb "go to" lens for the DR! I ran several objective tests (with the help of a very knowledgable salesperson) on both lenses, including hand held and tripod shots of subjects of varying complexity and distance. Aperture was also varied along with focal length, paramenters, etc. As per advice from Cannon technical support, I also tried the tests on a second 28-135 and observed the same results, so it is fair to say I didn't just receive a "lemon". The 28-135 did occasionally produce some good results at 100mm focal length when stopped down to f8 (yet still not quite equal to the results from the 28-105). But all other combinations of focal length and aperture were fairly soft and relatively unsharp except for subjects shot at moderate distances (20-30'). So, this might make a good lense for relatively close action events given the IS capability but a faster fixed lens would probably be a better investment. Strangely, the 28-105 seemed to reproduce the superior qualitative 28-135 MTF data published on photodo.com, shooting quite well at all practical apertures in the 50-70mm range. Everything shot at f5.6 or above with the 28-105 is quite sharp at all focal lengths and downright stunning at f8. So, unless you absolutely neeed the IS capability and plan to shoot at 100mm at medium range most of the time I would strongly suggest you spend half the money and get twice the lense for your Digitial Rebel. The 28-135IS simply does not appear to function well with this camera for some reason. Hopefully, the new 70-300 DO lens just announced by Cannon will match up with the DR as well as the 28-105 :)

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Long zoom range 28-135mm IS

Slow focusing in the dark even w. IR assist. Soft pictures wide open.

Tried this lens in an indoor setting on my 10D w/ a 420EX and this thing would just not focus fast enough !! Swapped it with my tokina 28-70mm f2.8 and the tokina was able to find focus faster although without USM !! Also, this lens is soft wide open. You've got to shoot at f/8 or smaller.

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Build quality IS Giving good results when stopped down

Not good wide opened Expensive !!

I bought this lens because it should help to make very sharp photos. One point is the IS which is working fine - but you have to be used to it. The viewfinder seems to shake right before exposure when the IS is working. The lens is built quite good. Feels much better than many other lenses - Canon lenses included. BUT : It's design makes it behave like a superzoom - You shouldn't use it wide open. You have to stop down 1.5 - 2 stops. AND : It's a 3.5 - 5.6 aperture lens. That gives you a useable 5.6 at 28 mm and 9.5 at 135mm. Even when IS gives you 2-3 times longer exposure times- that's not what I want and need. You can take sharp shots at 1/15 sec. but the objects you are shooting are still moving in the shot. So you don't get them sharp. No - this lens isn't sharp when wide opened. YES - it is good when you stop it down. When used with a dslr like 10D where you can boost the ISO up to 800/1600 that may be o.k. You have to decide by yourself.

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Very good here in Hamburg/Germany

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I think zoomed all the way out, it is good for a portrait lens, at around 105, it is a softer focus, so it seems good for portraits, if you don't want tack sharp

not a sharp lens

Have used this lens for well over a year, and have never been impressed with the lens. Athe the wide angle, it is very distorted, I have wondered what was wrong with me that everyone seemed to like this lens but me, was I too picky, and glad to read the reviews agreeing with what I have thought

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never have used it, maybe I have a lemon too??

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Good build quality. IS is nice feature. Good zoom range.

Slow (like most consumer zooms), not sharp wide open.

Overall a decent zoom lens. Very good consumer zoom, but not close to the quality of a Canon L zoom. I'm surprised at the number of high ratings for this lens. At the risk of being flamed, I'll suggest that most people giving this lens a high score (5) have never use L lenses and are comparing it to cheap consumer zooms. For me, a lens worthy of "5" rating has several characteristics: the are usable wide open (sharp at all apetures), have good contrast, excellent bokeh (out of focus areas), and excellent build quality. All the Canon L lenses I've used meet these criteria. This lens has some, but not all of these characteristics. Bokeh is ok. I do not consider this lens usable wide open - it's simply not sharp until stopped down 2 stops. Those who don't beleive this may want to take a look here: http://www.tawbaware.com/canon_lens_test.htm. This is a good consumer zoom, but does not come close to living up to the reputation it has gained.

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Many, many other Canon and Nikkor zoom lenses.

Best non-L zoom Canon sells. Sharp, crisp photographs. IS is a big advantage. Convenient size and range.

A bit heavier than I'd like. Not really important but I feel I had to put something here!

There is no wonder that this lens is often called the best consumer zoom made by Canon. I have been using this lens for a few years now, first with film and now with digital. This is my "go to" lens for so many shots in spite of a collection of other Canon lenses, mostly "L". The size and quality make it a winner. The quality is first rate: sharp, great contrast, picks up tiny details. The image stabilization is right on the money. Enlargements from digital (10D and 300D) at 16x20 show nice crisp details, double page are a given. If you are using film cameras with the kit lens, get this one as a replacement. For those thinking about going to digital, this is also the lens to get. The introductory level 300D comes with a kit lens that is good for the $100 you pay but the quality you will get from the 28-135 IS is miles ahead. Can you tell that this is a favorite lens of mine?

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Repairs never needed for lenses.

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Nice range. IS works well. Not too heavy. Relatively inexpensive

Poor sharpness at telephoto end.

I bought this lens about 2 weeks after getting my 300D in an attempt to improve upon the 18-55 "kit" lens. While the IS feature is nice, the optical quality of this lens really appears no better (and in some cases worse) than the 18-55. More specifically the lens is reasonably sharp stopped down to f5.6 or so from 28 to about 80 mm. Beyond 100mm and particularly all the way out at 135 though, I see a marked reduction in sharpness. F8 is OK, but only OK. Wide open at 135 is pretty much unuseable.

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-Image quality is very sharp. -Fast, quiet autofocus. -Smooth manual focus -Versatile focal length of 28-135mm -Image stabilizer for hand held shots

Prone to glare, must buy the hood (EW-78B) seperately.

I am very impressed at how fast and quiet the autofocus is. It doesn't "hunt" unless your in very lowlight or trying to focus on the clear blue sky. This can easily be overcome by switching to manual focus. IS (image stabilizer) freezes the image and prevents camera shake from ruining hand held shots. Just remember to turn it off when using a tripod or the lens won't function properly. (IS) doesn't appear to drain the battery at a ridiculous rate although I do use lithium. The lens is slightly bulky but not enough to prevent me from hiking with it on and around mountains. It is built well and feels sturdy. I haven't experienced any zoom creep to date. Upon receiving my prints back, the overwhelming theme in all of them is sharpness. Excellent image quality. 28mm shots of horizons had no noticeable distortion. At 135mm the images are still surprisingly sharp. This lens has a minimum focusing distance of 19.7 inches which is not bad for closeups of flowers, insects, etc. Manual focus is smooth and easily set to infinity. The lens is definetely overly prone to glare so buying the (EW-78B)hood is a must. The maximum aperture is f3.5 up to about 50mm, then it shifts to 5.6 max for the remainding 85mm's. The focal length of 28-135mm makes this lens excellent for portraits as well as outdoor photography.

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Hasn't been necessary

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Price/Value Build quality Versatility

28mm not the best wide open but at F8 great!

This lens was ranked pretty high by all of you in this web-site so I thought I would give it a try with the purchase of my new 10D camera. This lens does great for portraits, sports, and a great all around lens. It may not be the best with clarity and contrast like some of the L lens I used but for the price it a great deal. Since I'm using it with my 10D I think it is performing better than if I had a full frame CMOS or 35mm film camera.

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