beautiful lens, sharp

none that i can say

great lens that is sharp and accurate. i love seeing my composition through the 17-35 range! the lens is super-lightweight, too. The 82mm filters are quite pricey, though.

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This is a lot of lens for the money. It is extremely sharp. Construction appears rugged and professional.

The lens hood is a bit difficult to get on. The lens, as I now know all wide angles are, is a bit susceptible to flare.

This is a very sharp lens. Some distortion on corners at the 17mm setting (no surprises there), which can be used to exaggerate an image. Now that I am aware of the need to keep the sun at my back, I am very pleased with this lens. You can see some of the pictures I have taken with this lens at www.jhberkandassociates.com/Joe_Berk_Photography.htm.

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No other ultra-wides; closest thing is a 24-120 Nikon.

Great optical performance for the price

No internal focusing. Very bad mechanics (despite of the finish).Huge filter thread requires Lee filters.

The autofocusing refused to work after one week of use (I touched the rotating focusring in AF once and lens broke). I´m sending it back tomorrow. I´ve allready put an ad of the lens in a magazine. Now I´ll start saving for the tokina wide angles

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No extreme wide angles.

Sharp. Solid.

None so far.

Very impressive lens. I am using it much more than I thought it would. It is very sharp and nicely made. Feels solid and reliable. Produces nice results.

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Tokina 19-35

Sharp and flattering, especially for the price. Good color rendition. Surprisingly good build quality. Balances quite nicely on my EOS.

Auto Focussing is noisy and slow, although I do tend to use it more manually than AF. Some distortion but nothing that really bothers me. Flair prone! leave the hood on all the time!

This is becoming one of my favorite lenses. It lets one add character to just about any shot - just zoom it open and step in close and all sorts of interesting things happen. And the zoom range lets me take just about an shot. I've been using it for interiors, portraits, theatre projections, just about everything, and it really opens me up creatively. I tried out a bunch of other Canon lenses; the Sigma was so much more affordable and the difference in quality wasn't that significant to me (not as significant as $700). 82mm filters are expensive, and a pain in the neck to use with the hood on, but all and all I love this lens.

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no problems yet. I did return another Sigma product that i bought last year because it was causing my Elan II to skitz out. I bought the 17-35 even though I had a bad experience.

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Canon 28mm, Canon 17-35 L, Canon 20-35 usm

His fabulous range at a good price. Also the optical quality is very good. An important point is that the lens doesn't need a ultra thin polarizer filter. A standard 82mm filter is ok, with no vigneting, at all. The focus is achieved very quickly. The build quality is good.

The Canon HSM version can't be refocused in AF mode.

This lens is very interesting for the price, but also in front of his competitors (Canon EF 17-35mm 2.8 & EF 20-35mm 3,5-4,5). The filter size can be afraid some potential buyers, but the lens offer a lot of possibilities, with a very good overall possibilities. Using the very good hood and a polarizer filter is hard, but can be done. And also the lens works great on the EOS 3.

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Fabulous range, sharp as a tack, very good build quality, fast focusing, nice hood & case included.

Can't override AF (Canon only), enormous 82mm filters. Hard to store in a smallish camera bag due to the large hood.

This is a helluva lens for the price. Every landscape photographer should have one of these in his/her bag. Be careful to keep your shoes out of the frame!

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Canon 20-35

This lens is optically very impressive. It is tack sharp and there is almost no light fall-off even at 17mm. I did not notice barrel distortion either. Construction is very durable yet light. A perfect hood is a nice addition.

Changing maximum aperture is not a sign of professional design. 82mm filter thread is a bit too much -- a circular polarizer of this diameter costs a fortune.

This is a very impressive lens without a scary price tag. Unfortunately, Minolta Maxxum version does not have an HSM motor, but even without it this lens is a delight. Except a huge filter thread, there is nothing wrong that I can think of.

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Minolta 17-35mm f/3.5
Vivitar Series 1 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5

Great ultra-wide angle, sharp, HSM may not be as fast as USM but I feel it is more accurate, Also, Manual focus adjustment is just peachy. Despite earlier posting lens DOES have Internal focusing.

Hmm, tinged warm oh so very slightly? Maybe it's just me. 82 mm filter thread is ridiculous, super-fat (I have to SHOVE it into my medium sized gadget bag) Sparkles in the plastic shell are a bit much. (cheesy)not 2.8 thoughout range.

Great lens! My only problem isthe HUGE filter thread. I mean honestly?! Also, I hate the sparkles! WHy! what would possess them to put sparkles into the plastic shell? Either way, it seems very rugged and the AF is fast (HSM only) Definately worth it.

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Tamron 19-35
Canon wide equivelent 20-??

Sharp, well built, value

would like more fluid manual focus feal - edge flare at 17mm

Great lense overall. I use often. Only issue is edge flare (be careful with people). I would recommend to anyone, though.

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