Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS

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Has anyone tried this lens as yet or know anyone who has.
I am considering it to replace my Tammy 17-35 and Sigma 24-70.
I would normally read some reviews before buying however i cant find any.
 
I don't think it's available yet. I've not seen any reviews either.

However, the Canon USA website describes it as 'stella' which even with a bit of poetic license suggests that it's pretty good. Canon's MTF graphs are impressive.

It's the perfect focal length range for me, and if it was f/4 throughout it would probably be on my list. But f/3.5-5.6 is just too high to get very much depth of field control.

However, if the spec works for you, I doubt that the lens will disappoint, especially at the price. When it arrives.
 
Ummm i have seen them selling for around £650 in the uk but saw it on ebay from a uk dealer who is selling them for £530 ish without boxes as they are shipped with the 7D and he is selling them as body only.
I am use to F2.8 lenses and worry that i would not be happy with it.
Hoped a dealer on here might have tried it and could say it is a great landscape lens which would then promt me to buy it..
 
'Stella' surely suggests it's a potent continental lager :nuts:

Sorry.

Looks promising, but maybe rather expensive for what it provides.
 
Test chart crops i have seen but i am really unable to correspond this to real time photography. (bad eye sight)
can anyone give me a low down on the results, i am looking for a good quality Landscape lens and have a budget of £500.
I have a good portrait and macro lens plus a 70-200 and 1.4 extender for tele work.
just brought myself a new tripod and head and would like to really try my hand at Landscapes as it is something i really enjoy.
 
Raider, from looking at your camera bag I would have thought you would be wanting a wide angle lens like the Canon 10-22 for landscapes?
 
Yes you might be right however i find 10mm too wide for some reason, i have just sold a 17-35 tamron and found that to be wide enouigh really 15mm would obviously be a little wider.
I am partially sighted and i guess if i am looking at a wide wide view (10mm) i am unable to pick out detail, but at 17mm i can, if that makes sense.
 
In that case the Tamron 17-50 is a great lens, I have one myself, unless you dont mind sacrificing the speed for the extra length of the 15-85. Also the Tamron is much cheaper at around £350
 
Real world images here

Looks very very good!!
 
Thank you, does look like it might be good.
Price for a good canon lens is always high, the EF-S 17-55 is testiment to this but if the optics are good with a wide coverage it would certainly suit my needs.
 
In that case the Tamron 17-50 is a great lens, I have one myself, unless you dont mind sacrificing the speed for the extra length of the 15-85. Also the Tamron is much cheaper at around £350

i actually have a wanted ad in the wanted section for a Tamron 17-50, it is cheaper and f2.8 however when i saw the 15-85 i just thought it had a good area of coverage and if the optics were on a par with the 17-55 it was worth considering
 
Test chart crops are now available HERE.

Sorry to say that I don't trust their tests with wide angle lenses at all. They shoot a flat test target at very close distance, which is fundamentally not the way to do it. They even acknowledge this problem in their review of the Canon 17-55 2.8, and also in their description of how the tests are done.

Those test are meaningless, even for pixel peepers.

Real world images here

Looks very very good!!

A nice set of pretty pictures, that would look equally good shot on a compact. They tell us nothing.

Sorry to be blunt :( :)

Have to agree that for the OP the Canon 10-22 is the best wide angle for landscapes, but if you don't need the width, Canon 17-55 2.8 is perhaps the sharpest wide zoom you can get for a crop camera, bar none.

On the other hand, landscapes are usually not very demanding optically, as you usually shoot distance, at a mid range aperture, in good light with a decent shutter speed or tripod.

In which case, pretty much any lens will give very good results indeed. You will perhaps see more benefit from using a polarising filter or a grad, or having a go at panoramas and HRD technique. Plus a lens hood.
 
Hope somewhere has one at the Pro Solutions event next week :)
 
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