-cheap -light

-poor color -very poor details -low light

I bought the lens with the digital rebel xt kit. When I used this lens to take photos, frequently I was disappointed with them. I will keep this lens as a backup but will be replacing it with a better lens, perhaps the Tamron 28-75mm or the Canon 17-85mm.

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Canon 50mm f1.4

Light weight, low noise, quick and accurate auto focus. Good images and fine for general purpose use.

No distance scale, hard to manual focus and no "infinity" end stop on focus.

The lens came as part of a package with an EOS-350D. For the small additional cost over the price of a body only, it is pretty impressive. The lens doesn't look as good as some of the other Canon lenses, but at the price who's complaining?

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Canon 28-135 IS USM zoom

Cheap (if you get it in a kit), light, good at F11, flare resistant.

Soft at apeture extremes, bad CA, no distance scale, no USM.

This was my first lens when I bought my 300D. Far from a perfect lens, it has somehow captured my heart with its admirable performance and light weight. This is a great "kick around" lens for when you do not want to put your more expensive glass at risk. This lens is a good low cost wide option for first time Canon DSLR buyers.

Again, there's not much to complain about considering that the lens was FREE w/ my Digital Rebel

flimsy focusing ring

Considering the price paid ($0), this is a pretty nice lens. I have only one complaint. The manual focus ring is extremely flimsy which is annoying when manual focus is required in low light situations. However, it is rare that I have to use manual focus because I use my 420EX flash in low light, and the lens has no trouble focusing with the aid of the infra-red light built into the flash.

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Light, compact. For basic point and shoot work the lens is a fun toy to play with.

Noisy, unable to manually focus on known distance due to lacking markings on the lens. Setting to each focus extreme does not produce desired result of close-up or infinity focus. For a serious photographer who likes to tweak settings manually it is a waste of money. Take the 200$ and put them towards an EF lens of choice.

The lens lacks basic features required for manual operation. What I really do not like is that there are no markings about the focus distance. No way to determine where infinity is - unheard of. In automatic mode it is useful most of the time.

Light, Cheap, 28 cm. close focus, Good semi-macro picture quality. Good detail at close distance.

Soft if you expect sharp pics. Low contrast, colour not so vivid.

Since the lens came with my 300D (compulsary when buying 300D) and I was a Nikon fan on 35 mm SLR film camera, so I must used this lens during the first period of having the Canon 300D before starting to collect other Canon better lenses. I found that this lens give rather soft pics even comparing to my compact digital camera like Nikon coolpix 3100. However, it is not as bad as you are thinking !!!! It give good detailed pictures, natural colour (not vivid). And since it's min. focus is only 28 cm., I could use it for semi-macro shooting for flowers picture probably with ratio of 1:3.5 macro I guess. And at the close focus shooting like this, the pictures came out very satisfactory much better than I expected for the low end lens like this. And its light weight, give you comfort on the easy day with your family weekend out door picture taking. Just remember one things that the picture is acceptable by this lens for casual shooting and you will not regret.

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EF 24-85mm F3.5-4.5, EF 50mm F1.8. And many other Nikon Lenses for nikon Cam.

all..BUT most of all:== Weight 2 sharpness 3 colours and 4. price 5 and its d*** FAST too!!

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This is a very good lens without doubt the best perfomer reg price/performance,i cant justify the investment for the 17-40 mm L lens as this little jewel is so close that you can correct the faults in photoshop! I mean my newspaper are very very satiesfied with my pics _holy moses ! they dont now it comes from this pearl and my light weight canon D300!And soon i can use it with my new Canon D20! wauw-- well its all about weight and this is an important fact for me! i dont want to have bad shoulders and arms in 20 years! BUY IT!

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-Sharp pictures -Light -Price

-Well, like said, it's a kit lens. -Low light AF isn't the greatest.

Didn't choose this lens, it came with my Digital Rebel. I'm glad it did, the lens is not bad at all. It is a kit lens, so don't expect this to be the only lens you'll have in this focal range. However, I've gotten some great shots and haven't made any plans on replacing it soon.

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28-90 f/4-5.6 USM (POS)

Light weight, price, centre/telephoto image quality.

Wide angle performance, unless you like soft lilac coloured branches.

I have two conclusions about this lens. 1) At the telephoto end I have taken some surprisingly good shots. Better than my 28-135 and not far behind my 50/1.4. I have taken portraits with good edge definition and skin detail. 2) At the wide angle end this is without doubt the worst optic to ever be mounted to any of my cameras. Backlit fringing is just awful and edge definition is just as bad. Both are improved but still unacceptable by F8. If you are buying this as a general purpose lens you may find it acceptable. If you are buying it for the wide angle capabilities you will never get a good shot and will be dissappointed. I really don't see the point in zooming out if the edge of the picture is blurred or washed out, so this is a somewhat useless lens for me. I wish I had kept my 20-35 USM! Now I have to buy a 17-40L to really do the camera justice.

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EF20-35, 50/1.4, 28-135.

None, honestly. It's cheap, though not for what it is. The EF 50/1.8 prime is a world-class lens and costs $21 less.

Soft, low contrast, muted colors, hazy, slow, and shoddily made. The zoom ring on my lens began sticking when I came off a cold street into a warmer train. Yuck!

I bought this lens with the kit, figuring that the useful focal length range would be a no-brainer for $100. After I shot with it I was frankly shocked at how soft and dull-looking my pictures came out. Unless the photos were shot in bright sunlight, results were very dissapointing. Even in bright light the shots were never quite sharp. I was about to return the Rebel when I decided to test the camera with a different lens, so I bought the $79 EF 50/1.8 prime. Viewed on my monitor at 100% I was astounded by how much better they were than the kit zoom photos. Not only MUCH sharper, but also much more contrasty, vivid, and colorful. By comparison, the kit zoom photos looked like a grey haze was haginng over them. Also, I was suddenly able to shoot handheld in very low light, and was delighted with my photos. I've taken the kit back to the store exchanged it for the body only. I applied the $100 refund towards a Canon EF 24/2.8 prime lens, which acts as a roughly 38 mm lens on the Rebel. Sure, the two primes aren't as cheap or versatile as the zoom, but frankly after using the 50mm lens I knew that I would never want to use the zoom again. The Rebel is capable of truly impressive resolution and contrast. With the kit zoom you simply won't be able to tap its full capabilities. After all, a $1000 camera of any kind is a not an inconsiderable investment--why get an SLR and use it with a point-and-shoot quality lens?

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