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 enlarge | Brand: Canon
Category: Photography
List Price: $1,900.00
Buy New: $1,084.00
You Save: $816.00 (43%)
New (29) Used (2) Refurbished (1)
Avg. Customer Rating:  120 reviews
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Optical Zoom: 2.9
Maximum Focal Length: 70
Minimum Focal Length: 24
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.6 x 5.6
all-glass-optical
MPN: 8014A002
Model: 8014A002
UPC: 013803020090
EAN: 0013803020090
ASIN: B00009R6WT
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 the needle in the haystack July 28, 2005
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
A lot of people who buy this lens have to return it because they get a bum copy; when reading forums or other sites, it's likely some people will downplay this lens' superiority for this quality flaw.
Regardless, returns are possible and nothing great comes easy (unless you're one of the lucky ones who, like me, got a working one right away). This lens is a masterpiece. Solid and striking, it is a tank and multifaceted. In only two days of owning this beauty, I have managed to take close-ups of flowers (in which you can see the pollen on the petal), far away shots of Mt. Rainer (from across the ocean), and standard portraits of people. Not a single shot disappointed, not a single shot lacked.
If you have a kit lens, or a Sigma/Tamron/Lower Canon lens covering this focal length, but aren't always satisfied with your shots, you may want to consider splurging on this lens. I am doubtful I will need another lens unless I get into astrophotography given this lens' verstality. It feels like several lens put into one and works like a dream; its focusing is fast and silent, its details sharp and stunning even at 3000+ pixels, and I could not be a happier girl with this lens in my hands.
Simply the best in this focal length range July 18, 2005
8 out of 11 found this review helpful
I bought this lens to replace the Ef-s 17-85mm on my 20D. That lens is nice especially with the IS, but too darn slow. The 24-70 is an L series lens, which according to Canon means "Luxury". If being sharp, contrasty and fast means "luxury" then by all means this is just that. I have taken about 400 pics since buying this lens and am just amazed with it. It is heavy, bulky and expensive, but if you want or need the best, this is it.
Absolutely The Best Lens July 11, 2005
It you decided on purchasing a Canon DSLR because you wanted high-quality digital photos and now are looking for the perfect lens to purchase with it, this is it. It will give you the highest quality images that your camera can produce. This lens is on my camera 95% of the time. If you are starting out with only one lens, this is the best choice in lenses.
Professional Item June 1, 2005
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
What a lense!! I bought it to basically replace the 18-55mm lense that came with my EOS 20D. I was a little concerned about the price, but what an item. It's superb. I know that a good lense doesn't make a good photo, but with this lense the picts I do take just seem so much clearer. I'm stunned at how good it is.
The only slight con about the lense is it's weight. But, that should not stop you buying.
This is the One! April 9, 2005
14 out of 19 found this review helpful
Yeah, if you only had one body and had to live with one lense, then this would be the one. It goes down to 24mm, which is wide enough for just about anybody and up to 70mm, which can deliver darned good portraits. Yes it's a little heavier than the competition, but holy moly, holy cow and holy anything else, the competition has nothing that can serve up the crisp and sharp photos you'll get with this baby.
This is one of my gal pal Sara's walking around lenses (she never leaves the house without a couple cameras). She swears by it. Shoots just about everything with it, from the deep blue sea at dawn to fever trees on the Kenyan plain just before sunset. She's done thousands of baby pictures, horse photos and barnyard shots. She's a shooting Madonna and she only shoots with Canon "L" lenses (well she does have a Sigma 600mm mirror lense she sometimes uses, but don't tell anyone.)
Jack Priest, Sailor Home from the Sea
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