Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLRÂ Cameras

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Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLRÂ Cameras

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Great All Purpose Lens

I bought this lens last year for my first Rebel (300D). I used it a lot to take indoor shots with and without a flash (the 420EX Speedlight works well with this lens). I've been able to photograph my daughters' (both) at various school events (band, chorus, etc) with and without a flash.

I just upgraded my Rebel to the Rebel XT (350) and this lens works even better at the higher resolution!

I recently started using it for more obscure things like nature closeups. The lens is a dream in this capacity as you sometimes have to hunt around a lot to find your "target" and only have a few shots before it is gone again. The IS helps ensure that one of those few shots work out well.

If I have a complaint, it is the size. It is rather long, and was a pain in the neck before I bought a new bag. I took a leap of faith and decided to replace this lens with the new Tamron 18-200mm Di II Zoom. Well, after about a week & half the Tamron was packaged up and is heading back. There is no competition! Should Canon decide to go the "DO" route and shrink this lens (like they did with the 70-300) I might replace this one, until then it is "stuck" on my Rebel XT.

Oh yeah, important stuff: The IS feature uses power from the camera battery. On the behemoth of a battery on the original Rebel, I could go on and on. With the XT, however, I seem to get about 300 - 400 photos before having to recharge the battery (even then it is about 1/2 full). So far this is not a very big issue.

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLRÂ Cameras - Canon

A great introductory all-purpose lens

When I bought my first Digital SLR (Canon D60) I coupled it with this lens and used it for about two years before going to a faster lense (Canon USM 24-70 f/2.8L)

This is an excellent all about lens for those times when you either don't care to carry around multiple lenses or can't carry around multiple lenses. Overall performance is quite satisfactory though sometimes with my D60 it had a tendancy to under-expose. But with all things digital that is rather easy to correct in post-processing.

Overal for a relative inexpensive lens with a good field this will be a great starter lense above the EF-S that seems to come standard with most digital SLRs these days which I'm not a fan of.

Canon - Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Lens for Canon SLRÂ Cameras

THE Consumer-Grade Canon Lens to Get

Dollar-for-dollar, this is the best consumer-grade Canon lens available. The focal-length makes it a great walk-around lens. The onboard Image Stabilization allow for crisp zoom shots without a tripod. If your hands shake a lot, this lens will help overcome that.

On the flip side, I found the Macro option provides a really startling level of detail up close. I also found the combination of the f3.5 and Image Stabilization to be of great use in low-light, indoor shooting where flash is prohibited. It's a fairly fast-focusing lens, too.

Even though I have upgraded to an L-series lens, the 28-135 is still a personal favorite. Considering it is 1/3 the price of an L-series lens, I cannot find a single fault with it. Anyone looking for a general-purpose lens for under $500 to compliment their Canon Digital Rebel, Rebel XT, 10D or 20D has found it here.

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