The 1.6 crop sensor comes of age with this versatile and capable lens - providing true photographic value to those who want high quality, without the pro gear price.

People who bought a pro Canon body and lens to shoot wide with digital might experience suicidal thoughts. A lens hood should have been included, IMHO. C'mon, how much do they cost to make? One value star off for that.

Canon has delivered an extremely servicable wide angle lens with the 10-22mm lens. Mechanically, the lens is all good. It's light in the bag, but nicely solid feeling on the camera. All the controls feel smooth and sure. The focus is also very quick. Not only does the lens range give you every possibility in the wide angle repertoire, the images it produces are sharp, detailed and with minimal distortion or CA. At $1100 Australian, it's cheaper than the Sigma 12-24 EX and it takes the same size filters as the 17-40mm. This fact alone puts the EFS streets ahead of the Sigma which only takes gelatin rear mount filters. I suspect the EFS 10-22mm is REALLY hurting sales of the Sigma, IMHO. All in all, the EFS 10-22 is very nice tool to do wide angle with. If you shoot with Canon EFS bodies, the EFS 10-22mm is almost a necessity to get the full capabilities of the system.

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Wide, sharp, light weight, uses hood from 17-40

No hood supplied, aperture is not very wide but usually use f/8-16 with a landscape lens anyways

Finally, I've got a wide angle lens for my 20D!!! Too bad it won't fit on my D60. :( I have a Canon 17-40/4 lens, but found that it did not go wide enough on the 20D for many of the landscape and some closeup shots I wanted to take. Comparing images shot with both lenses in the overlapping part of the range I don't see much difference. I expect to get about the same quality of prints from both. The lens will focus to quite close distances and I used it to take some "environmental" shots of wildflowers where the flowers were in focus, but the slightly out of focus background was easily identifiable. My main complaint was that no lens hood was included with a lens costing that much. Then I found the hood for my 17-40 works just fine on it. If I didn't have a 17-40 I would still be a little peeved. I will be using the 10-22 paired with a 28-235 IS lens in a small camera bag as my walking around, tourist, general purpose setup.

Customer Service

Fortunately I have never had to use Canon customer service. I wasn't too impressed with their distribution department over how long it took them to ship my 20D to the small camera store I patronize last year.

Similar Products Used:

Canon 17-40/4, 20-35/3.5-4.5, 28-135 IS

Image quality

Price

Like everyone I got this because I want real wide angle on my DSLR. To get to the point, I tested this lens against my 17-40L at 17mm and 22mm focal lengths. I was rather surprised - it was almost exactly the same in terms of image quality when I reviewed the images on my PC. It is a fraction softer at the edges when wide open, but it's very marginal. Build quality is not as good as the L, but it's fine I guess - just lacks the solid feel of an L-series lens. I must say that I am a bit pissed off with Canon because of the high price they charge for this lens. It's not even a L-series but cost as much or more than my 17-40 and 70-200 F4L lenses. That said, they have delivered a pretty good lens, I just think it's at least 25% too expensive. They know that they have us over a barrel perhaps. So, all in all, I would recommend the lens to any Canon DSLR owners. I am pretty happy with it. There is a bit of barrel distortion, but you get that with a 10mm lens don't ya?

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17-40 L Tokina 28-70 2.8

Sharp, Good color, Good Contrast, Light weight, Fast and accurate auto-focus, Low CA and flare for a 10-22mm lens.

A bit pricey, No lens hood provided, EFS lens

Wide as you can get! The Canon 10-22mm (16-35mm equivalent on the 20D) opens up a whole new world for the 20D. Its optics are sharp. Focus is fast and it doesn't hunt in low light. No real problem with flare or CA. This lens is so light you'll be surprised. But the build still feels solid. The focus ring on the inside (near the camera body) is a little odd. The manual focus is smooth. The lens hood (not provided) is so huge that it makes people stare. If you want to go wide and you have a 20D or a Digital Rebel this is the best lens. I know I have tried the Sigma 17-24 EX DG HSM and the Sigma 18-50mm EX DG both of which had auto focus and exposure problems on the 20D. (The Sigma lens problems were confirmed to me after several emails to Sigma support.) This lens beats them both hands down. If you want to go wide and you have a 20D or Digital Rebel this is the lens for you. Oh yeah did I mention it's a blast to use.

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Sigma 17-35mm EX DG HSM (focus and EV problems on the 20D) Sigma 18-50mm EX DG (same problems as 17-35) Canon 24-70 L Sigma 70-200mm EX APO HSM

Light and compact (100g lighter than the not-as-wide Nikon 12-24DX, 300g lighter than the full-frame Sigma 12-24) Relatively inexpensive (it's abt 25% cheaper than the Nikon 12-24DX in my country!) Fast focussing Sharp Low distortion

Currently only usable on 2 DSLRs, 300D and 20D Lack of bundled lens hood Price (could still be cheaper! it's not a L but priced like one) Not mountable on a 1 Series DSLR

This is my first truely wide-angle lens on a Canon DSLR and I continue to be amazed by the coverage. My previous "wide" lenses include the EF-S 18-55 and Sigma 18-125. Physically, the EF-S 10-22 is pretty small and compact (385g). It feels well built despite the light weight. Focussing is very fast and accurate due to the USM motor. The lens surprises me with the sharpness and is capable of resolving fine details on the Canon 20D. It's pretty sharp wide-open too. Distortion is low too (perspective distortion is another matter but is common to any wide angle lens when the lens is tilted). The great optical performance is probably due to the use of three Aspherical lens elements and a Super-UD element (which is similar to the design for Canon's best super wide-angle zoom, the EF17-40F4L). Below's a sample: http://forums.clubsnap.org/showpost.php?p=1018728&postcount=75 It's a great buy for Canon 20D and 300D users looking for a super wide-angle and intends to stay on the APS-C format for quite a while. But for those that are thinking of upgrading to a 1 Series DSLR, the EF17-40F4L or EF16-35F2.8L might be a better choice (and sacrificing extreme wide angle for the moment). Main gripe is that Canon did not bundle the lens hood, EW83-E (which is extremely hard to find). For the price (which is higher than the EF17-40F4L in some countries), it's not acceptable. Value rating of 4 because of its limited use (only 2 DSLRs now and non-mountability on 1 Series DSLRs), but overall rating of 5 due to the good performance and build.

Customer Service

Not needed yet but Canon Singapore provides fast turnaround for any problems.

Similar Products Used:

Sigma 18-125 DC, Canon EF-S 18-55, Canon EF 24-85 with 0.7x wide angle converter attached (~16.8mm at wide angle end)

Build. Less bulky than 15-22mm. 10-22mm becomes 16-35.2mm so super wide angle. Only little distortion at 10mm.

Price

Main issue for d-SLR of APS-C size is cropfactor to have real wide-angle. With the 10-22mm this 'problem' is solved. Lens is well build with fast AF. Very small and light compared to 15-30mm Sigma. Fast AF and 'small' design adds up to the responsiveness of the 20D. Picture quality is good.

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Sigma 15-30mm

real wideangle lens on an affordable digital slr, reasnably good image quality

cannot be used with the eos 10d, doesn t work on an analog slr (of course)

I ve bought the 10-22, because finally i can have a true wideangle zoomlens on a digital slr with a chip-factor of 1.6. the lens is quite ok, with just relatively little distorsion, with good image quality in the middle, but worse at the edges, specially if it goes down close to 10mm. As there is nothing else on the market, i had no choice (other than buying a 1ds mark2, with a 1.0 chip for 8 grand). I wouldn t go for the other ef-s lenses, as their quality is said to be inferior. Also, if digital slrs with larger chips get affordable, one can throw those lenses in the bin, as their image circle is too small.

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canon ef 17-35mm