19-35mm for 35mm, and equal to 35-56mm when used on 10D, 20D, Digital Rebel/ Rebel XT. 35-56mm is really not that wide, but where else can you get a cheap wide angel like this? (unless you have 20D/Rebel/Digital Rebel and have the EF-S 18-55mm kit lens) As far as picture quality, I think it's fine. You can notice the distortion when focus is 19-20mm. Straight line is not exactly straight, but it's a common problem for mid and low end wide angel when used on shorter focus. It's a $200 lens, I expect this problem before I bought it. Compared the picture taken on this lens and the Canon kit lens 18-55mm. Pictures on this lens is a bit sharper than the ones taken on 18-55mm, but the different is hard to notice unless you look closely. This lens comes with hood. That's a plus.

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Sharp! 19mm is fun! Nice color Price

flare barrel distortion noisy autofocus

I bought this lens a few months ago to use as a wide-angle lens on a Canon Digital Rebel. I haven't been disappointed. The pictures that I've gotten out of it are quite nice, especially group shots. The sharpness tends to not be so great below f/5.6, but it has only really bothered me when set to f/3.5. The color has been perfect as far as I can tell and I haven't had any trouble with fringing. The construction actually seems a lot sturdier than what I had expected after reading these boards. The lens is, however, rather prone to flare, even with the supplied lens hood. There is also appreciable barrel distortion at 19mm. The autofocus is also fairly noisy. Those are my only complaints, though. Overall I have been very satisfied with this lens.

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Good zoom range for landscape, general photography on a DSLR Cheap, lightweight and compact Sharp pictures at 20-24 mm, f11 Good contrast

Chromatic abberations: purple fringing Cheap build quality Corners blurry at f5.6 or less

I've only had this lens for two days, so take this for what it's worth. The first copy I received showed severe purple fringing at all focal lengths and stops. Purple bleed at the edges was 3-4 pixels, and 5-6 pixels in the corners, on my 6.3 Mpix DSLR. There was some green fringing as well on opposite edges. I took the lens back and Robinsons kindly gave me a different copy. Similar situation but not quite as bad. My RAW converter has corrections for this, and they work quite well, but it takes some tweaking to get the right settings. Poorest sharpness is at the 35 mm end, 19 mm is better, 20-24 mm is best. Edge sharpness is poor at f5.6 is less, but improves at f8 and gets better at f11. I was able to get a sharp picture at 24 mm, f11, with careful corrections for chromatic abberation. If you are looking to upgrade from the Canon 18-55 mm kit lens, skip this one and buy a 20 mm or 24 mm prime. Not a complete lemon, but I don't recommend this lens.

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Tamron 28-300 Canon 15 mm fisheye

Wide Zoom Angle. Long Tamron USA Warranty. Sharpness. Price.

For the price, none as far as I could see.

For the price, this is a excellent lens. I have taken some excellent photographs with this lens. The corners seem to be sharp. Good contrast and color reproduction. The L series Canon EF 17-40mm AF USM L lens may be a little better quality, but at well over two times the cost.

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Small, light, fast auto-focus. Quality far exceeds the cost.

Screw on 77mm filters are not cheap. (but if you use a modular filter system rather than screw-in filters you can use the same filters on more than one lens - regardless of the lens diameter)

Excellent lens. Not only for price, but overall. Produces clean, sharp images. Shooting at 19mm is very fun. This lens makes shooting landscapes that much more enjoyable with the added angle of view, over a standard zoom, and one's artistic nature can be that much more nurtured.

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Convenience, zoom range, value, AF, light weight for the size...

Sharpness, focus play, size (vs zuiko prime), durability (?), speed (f2.8 ?), feel...

I have just moved from a fully manual OM-1 & zuiko 24mm prime & 28-48mm zoom in an effort to get a wider angle, convenience & 25 year 'new' technology... This combo is worth half the 25 year old equipment (FMV) so this is the first qualifier... I was surprised to find my 25 yr. old 24mm prime to be noticably sharper. If you love really crisp pics, shoot slides or enlarge prints you may want to weigh your options carefully. I would rate this lens equal to the Zuiko zoom in comparison shots... Stopping down helps - of course then we are looking at f8 & perhaps grainier film. The compromise is in having compositional options of 2 or more lenses at several times the price... I can only give it 4 stars because in the end image quality has to be my ultimate criteria...

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Sharp Lightweight Fast focus Cheap

77mm filter, cost you more money

After compare the result with the Tokina, this lens is awesome, Sharp in the focus, and worth in the price. Highly recomended this lens compare with other similar 3rd party product.

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Cost (Paid $165 after a $20 rebate) Sharp 6-year Tamron USA warranty Takes filters

Not wide enough on my Canon 10D (19mm becomes 30.5mm) Not constant aperture

I wrote this lengthy review and during the posting process the computer acted up and did not post my review. So I am gonna summarize my review: For the money and quality the closet rival is the Canon 17-40 at 5 times the cost. Just get this lens if you are on a budget and want professional results.

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Same as before

Same as before

This is an addendum to my original review in May '03. Still very pleased with overall performance of this lens. Have to add that at 19mm, image at edges of the frame are very soft. There is an abrupt drop in performance beyond 14mm from center of frame. Stopping down makes slight improvement. This is observed on negatives and should not affect users of Digital cameras with 1.4x focal length conversion factor. Zoom it up to 24mm and these problems are gone. Have read reviews on Canon's 20-35mm 1:3.5~4.5 and Nikon's 18-35mm and users have reported similar problems on those lenses. So for a consumer grade lens, the Tamron's performance is comparable to Canon's and Nikon's equivalent product. I noticed the softness at the edges only when photographing buildings where there is a lot of architectural detail. For general scenery, the softness is not noticeable. So for architectural photography, one has to resort to prime lenses for superior sharpness at the corners and significantly less barrel distortion.

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Great value for money... Flower hood supplied... Great focal range with nice wide angle... Top lens for group people shots... Awesome landscape lens...

About the only one is the 77mm lens get a little expensive...

I always believed in Nikon lenses for Nikon cameras but this lens has changed my mind forever. This lens is awesome. It takes extremely sharp images throughout it's entire focal range and is incredably easy to use. I didn't really see the extra benefit of the 19mm as opposed to 28mm and I really only bought this lens because it was 1/3 of the price compared to new however now I can't stop using it. This has quickly become one of my most used lenses in my camera bag. Supplied with flower hood also which normally you have to pay extra for. Great value for money compared to the dearer (twice the price retail wise) Nikon 18-35mm. Wouldn't be surprised if they all come out of the same factory but with different badging.

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