price only

flare not sharp slow

This lenses is real sucksZZZZ!I BOUGHT MY CANON ELAN 7E with 28-90,after i made photos ,i decided to swap my camera to nikon n80.But when i go to b&h salesmen just reccomend me to change lense to 28-135 IS USM,and now my canon shine!!!I can't believe Canon cam made such low quality lenses like 28-90!!!

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I return this junk to B&h

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Sigma 28-300,Canon 20-35 ,Canon 28-135 IS USM.

Light weight and fast focus.

Your photos look like they were taken using a point and shoot camera.

Overall this is an OK lens for snapshots and the like. I was very disapointed when comparing this lens to a old 35-80 Tamaron SP on my Nikon. Listen to what other people have said here and don't buy this lens as part of a kit unless money is real tight.

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Tamaron SP, Vivitar, Canon 70-135 IS.

Cheap

Everything but the price.

I got it only because I wanted to learn how to use my new Eos 7e and I was pretty much a begginer. With that in mind, I highly recommend you do the same if you want to learn photography. The range is good even for outdoor sports where u r somewhat away from your target. But I think that''s about as good a praise as I can give it. The aperture is so small at 70mm+ that I rather take pictures at 50mm or less where I can still go for f/4.8 or less. Even on a portra or press film from kodak or fuji, the less simply cannot produce good results on indoors or overcast days. Quality feels cheap, mainly due to the plastics involved. I got a 24mm 2.8 and about to go for a 28-70mm 2.8L lens for a good wideangle and zoom range coverage. If you are not into sports, I think this will pretty much cover your needs.

Sharp images good colour
and contrast

None

Lens came with the kit (Canon EOS300)
Steered clear of the 28mm-80mm after the poor performance reports.
Very pleased with it. Great for landscapes and portraits.

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Not Needed

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Canon 70-210mm F4L

Sharp, good image quality, greate colers
90 zoom is nice for portreits

Feels a bit loose to me. Flairy at 4.0F

It kame in my Canon EOS 7e kit and like it very much, both, the EOS 7e and the lense. they work prety good for me

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No

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Sigma 70-300 APO

- No (or almost no)Vignetting
- No visible distorsion

- Not true Ultra sound motor: it is impossible to correct the AF.
- Flary at large apertures.
- f/4.0 and f/5.6 is too high for portrait.
- Build quality so-so.

To be honest, I bought this lense only because the
50mm/1.8 was not available. I have to admit that for 120$ I could not expect a much better zoom. You have to go to manual to put a sun protection (you risk to break the AF motor) and you will need it because the lens is sensible to side light.
Otherwise for a normal use I did not have any problem and I am more satisfied by the lense than I expected originally. This lense will give satisfaction in most of the cases.

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I did not need it.

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- Mamiya 45mm/2.8 and 80mm/2.8 (middle format)

Cheap..
Silent..
good enough for first few months of casual life.
Cant see much distortion

no FTM
front element not stable at all.
Confused AF at backlight/low light

First lense i get with EOS7(EOS30)
good enough for most fo location.
Sadly, i cant go anywhere without a tripod.
Im wating for money to build up so I can buy 28-135 IS.

Beware.. if you have cash to spend, dont get this lense.. at lease get FTM.

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Cheap, small.

Everything other than cheap and small.

It certainly is cheap for a Canon, and at that it will produce OK results, with color and contrast marginal -- even at this price. However, if you are a little more serious about photography then this lens will disappoint you more often than not. It is just too soft in large apertures and its construction is pretty flimsy with a very loose zoom barrel. The plastic mount is also a potential problem. Of course it is not Full Time Manual or Internal/Rear Focusing, but then these are the least of its limitations. I would just barely pass it as a starter lens, and in my opinion it should not even be offered as a kit option with the EOS ELAN 7/7E (why pay all that for a great body to use with such a poor lens Canon?). For the same amount of money (or less) you can get the Tamron 28-105mm f/4-5.6 -- a much better lens in every way. Better yet, go for the Canon 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM II instead. It costs twice as much but the quality and lens capabilities are just great! Two stars across the board for this point-and-shoot quality, SLR price lens.

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Don't know.

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Canon 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 USM II
Sigma 28-105mm f/2.8-4
Sigma 35-80mm f/3.5-4.5
Tamron 28-105mm f/4-5.6
Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6
Tamron 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 Super II
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4
Canon EF 85mm f/1.8
Minolta 50mm f/1.7 MD
Pentax FA 50mm f/1.4

Light, good zoom range.

Quality and sharpness varying from wide to tele. Wide is vignetting, distortion but is relatively sharp. Normal 50mm is very unsharp, telephoto seems to be good.
Made of plastics.

I was used to shoot with fix focus MD Rokkor and Minolta XG. Heavy, made of glass and metal. Well, times are changing and Canon offer light 28-90 lens as basic lens with EOS300. Camera is really much better, than bundled zoom lens. Do not buy it, if there is any other choice. Take fix focus EF 50/1.8 - similar price, better pictures. If you need zoom, spend more money.

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Light
better range than 28-80

distortion at 28
has trouble in low light- noisy

it came with my camera and i am happy with it at everything but 28ish - but i like using that length

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