SUBSCRIBECanon EF-S 17 - 85mm IS USM
May 6th, 2005
A great walkaround/travel lens that’s been receiving great reviews. Despite its not an L lens, its still expensive. Got it for around P31,500 at Avenue Photo in Hidalgo from P37,500 original price in mall outlets. While the aperture is f/4 - 5.6, the image stabilizer (IS) feature makes it possible to take shots, handheld, in poor light as it affords a 3 stops equivalent exposure.
Because this is an EF-S lens, for now, its only useable in Canon’s 300D, 350D and 20D DSLRs and have an equivalent of 28 - 135mm lens in 35mm/full frame cameras.
But it would have been better if this was a faster lens.
