Avis sur le produitCanon EF 28 mm -135 mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM - Black

Canon EF 28-135mm F3.5-5.6 IS Lens

I use this lens as my walk around lens on a Canon 20D. The Image Stabilization works great and adds at least a stop in low light for hand held pictures. This lens is well built with USM for fast auto focus. The images I get with this lens match up optically to the L lens I use and that is why it is on my camera more then the rest. My L lens are used for wildlife and scenic photography and this is used for my people shots, close up's of flowers, and walking around. This lens lets you focus up close and you have almost a macro lens when used at 135mm.
If you are on a limited budget this lens is a best buy and the most value for your money. I've sold as many images taken with this lens as the L series lens in my bag.
Lens Kit owned
Canon EF 300mm f4 IS L lens
Canon EF 400mm f5.6 L lens
Canon EF 17-40mm f4 L lens
Canon EF 70-200mm f4 L Lens
Canon EF 100mm f2.8 Macro
Canon EF 28-135mm f3.5-5.6 IS lens

The 28-135mm IS lens is light and very easy to carry and to use to get great images. The image quality in terms of looking at images taken on a photo shoot when compared to the L lens in my bag is similar enough to not be noticeable. The lens has a different use then most of the lens I use but it works well and the images are crisp and sharp with great color.
I have owned at one time or other shooting film and now digital most of the lens in Canon's EF lineup that had a reputation for shooting excellent images and this lens matches up very well with all of them.Lire l'avis complet...

Probably The Best Walk Around Lens There IS

I recently purchased this lens, and have absolutely no regrets about it. This lens focuses extremely fast, and is super quiet. The photos come out awesome in both sharpness and color. I could not be happier. Haveing no L lenses I can't compre it to them, but I find it hard to believe that they would be that much better then this one as far as quality of the photos are concerned. I have tried it in all lighting situations, and yes the IS system really does help in low light situations. The range of this lens covers most shooting areas (28-135mm)that anyone will encouter, especially with the 1.6 crop factor taken into consideration on the Rebels and 10/20/30Ds (makes it a 45-216mm). So this is a great walk around lens, and has become the one that stays on my camera now probably 95% of the time.

I have removed two of my other lenses from my camera bag since purchasing this one, one of which is the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, which is an awesome lens in itself.

This is one superb lens that I would highly recommend to anyone using a camera made by Canon that utilizes the Ef lens mount. The only other Canon lens compariable is the 24-105 "L", but for less then half the price you can get this one. So for those on a budget, like myself, that doesn't include the "L" glass, then this is definately a must have lens for your camera bag.

Pros:
1. IS System (awesome for low light)
2. USM (super fast and accurate focusing)
3. Quality of photos (always a must)
4. Could list multiple more reasons to have this lens, but will stop here.

Cons:
Haven't found any as of yet, and at this point I don't think I will.Lire l'avis complet...

Really Good Walk Around Lens

The Canon EF-S 18-135 IS is a worthy addition any Canon camera with the smaller APC sensor. The quality of the lens is very good and the price is great too. It also takes great pictures. It is a lens with a focal length that lets you keep it on your camera almost all of the time. It covers such a wide range of zoom and close ups, that you will find yourself using this lens most, if not, all of the time. I leave mine on all of the time. The image stabilization works really well in low ligh situations. It really takes the shake out of night photos.

If you are looking for an almost one lens solution for your Canon camera, then this just may be the lens you are looking for.Lire l'avis complet...

smooth lens and great features

This lens is now my new favorite. If you're used to a smaller/non-bulky lens, it can be a little intimidating to get used to using but once you do, you will not be disappointed. It's easy to switch out with other lenses. The focus is sharp and the zoom is great. It's smooth in adjusting and gives a lot of options on what kind of image you're going for. The only downside for me so far, is with the autofocus (if not using manual), it can take what feels like forever before it actually focuses. It focuses for a split second and then slowly.......... adjusts and refocuses once again. I feel like it takes a minute but id said in the range of up to 30 sec depending on the lighting and whatnot. I'm not an aficionado in photography, still learning, so pardon if this doesn't help a lot of people, but just from an extreme novice's point of view, I do love this lens and the variety of options it gives me for taking photos at the price I got it for. I think it is well, well worth the sacrifice. You shouldn't regret it.Lire l'avis complet...

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Canon's best value all-purpose lens

Canon's 28-135mm IS is a great lens even if you buy it on it's own... but it becomes and incredible deal when bought as part of a D40 kit.

The first thing that is noteable about the 28-135 is that it is not a kit lens, and it is not an EF-S lens. This lens was designed to work on full-frame cameras, including film cameras, the 5D and the 1Ds series. That means it is also a good choice for a 1D series camera (with the 1.3X crop). Of course it can also be used with the 1.6X crop EF-S compatible cameras like the Digital rebel, 30D and 40D.

I've owned this lens twice now, once some years ago before a switch to Nikon, and now I own it again having bought the D40 kit which included it. I find myself using it all the time, and in fact I sold my 24-105mm f/4L because I felt the 28-135 was close enough in quality and capability.

Photos are sharp at any focal length, and I have never experienced lens flare. Distortion is well controlled, as is chromatic abberation. Focusing is adequate, as is the IS function, but these are the areas where performance is less than the $1000+ L lenses... still for a full-frame lens of this quality, these are compromises I am willing to make since I saved $800 by swithing from the 24-105 to this lens.

In summary, Canon's 28-135 is an optically excellent lens with adequate focus and IS capabilities, available at a good price and compatible with all of Canon's EOS cameras. There are few lenses like that in either Canon or Nikon's line-up.Lire l'avis complet...

Great value in kit with DSLR!

The 28-135 has gotten a lot of both good and bad press over the years. People either like it or they don't. There's little middle ground.

It's often available in kit with a DSLR body, where it usually only costs an additional $200. That's a great value! The lens normally retails for over $400.

I've used two of these lenses over the years and currently keep one as a backup to L-series. Image quality is excellent... On par with 24-70/2.8L and 24-105/4L, both of which cost a whole lot more! Build quality is pretty typical Canon mid-grade... Some plastic, not as well sealed against dust as most L-series... but with USM (Ultrasonic Motor focusing: fast, quiet and allowing full time manual override or FTM) and I.S. (Image Stabilization). Do not that with the type of IS on this lens it's recommended you turn it off when using the lens on a tripod. It doesn't detect lack of movement and turn itself off, the way some I.S. does on far more expensive lenses.

I do recommend getting the accessory lens hood and using it faithfully. It's large and will partly block most cameras' built in flash (but those are wimpy little redeye producers anyway, so of pretty limited usefulness IMO). But it will protect the lens. Don't bother with a "protection" filter. Cheap ones can cause focus errors, image softness, flare and loss of contrast. Quality, mutli-coated ones are less likely to cause problems, but are pretty pricey. Besides, just how much "protection" can you really expect from a thin piece of glass, anyway?

One minor gripe about the 28-135 is that they often tend to have "zoom creep". This is where the lens extends all on its own, while carrying it around mounted on your camera. It's usually just a bit irritating.

As an EF lens (not an EF-S), the 28-135 is usable on both crop sensor and full frame Canon cameras of all types.

28-135 is a nice "normal to moderate telephoto" focal length range on the crop sensor DSLRs most of us use these days. This isn't everyone's cup of tea, but can be very useful. It pairs up nicely with a wide angle zoom - such as Canon EF-S 10-22 or Tokina 12-24/4. In fact, this makes for a very versatile two lens kit that on a crop sensor camera (such as Canon Rebel/xxxD series or 20/30/40/50D, 7D) actually covers a wider range of focal lengths than most film shooters ever owned in their entire lifetimes, back in the days when 35mm was king.

As an f3.5 to f5.6 lens, the 28-135 isn't terribly fast (i.e., doesn't have large max aperture). I.S. helps it overcome lower light situations by allowing you to use a bit slower shutter speeds, as do the higher ISO capablities of many more recent DSLRs. Still, for portraits it can be nice to have a larger aperture lens that allows one to blur out busy backgrounds. The 24-104 is only one stop faster at it's long end. A 24-70/2.8 is only two stops faster. A prime lens such as Canon 28/1.8, 50/1.8, 50/1.4, 85/1.8 or Sigma 30/1.4, 50/1.4, 85/1.4 can give three to four stops more light and control over bokeh. And, slower shutter speeds made possible by I.S. cannot help with motion blur from a moving subject, only with camera shake.

Cheers!Lire l'avis complet...

My favorite walk around lens

I picked this lens up with my initial camera purchase as it fit my favorite shooting range. It has quickly become one of my favorite walk around lenses and coupled with IS you can’t go wrong. I find this to be the ideal lens for my outdoors, family events and vacations. It was perfectly suited for a recent trip to Disney and almost exclusively used. I was perfect for capturing all the daily events and with IS still being able to hand hold the camera and capture night time shows, fireworks, and indoor 'Character Meals' with almost all the pictures coming out sharp and clear (wish I could attach samples to show just how sharp).

Image quality produced of both color and sharpness are really very good with this particular lens. It is very close to the infamous L-Series glass falling only slightly shorter on color saturation/tonal depth, but still creating very accurate renditions. I have found sharpness only starts to have a noticeable difference at about 300% magnification when I compared similar shots taken with an L at the same focal distance. And I know, build quality doesn't equal L, but it is much better than most other non-L lenses. With USM, it is also very quiet with autofocus being fairly quick.

I have been very happy with this lens any time I have used it and for the price I would recommend it to anyone looking at it. I had seen a suggestion to the 17-85mm IS for true non-crop range. Personally I found the 17-85 lens to have too much barrel distortion for me to live with which is why I ruled it out quickly.

If I had any complaints one would be that there is an extremely minute amount of stiffness in the zoom ring, so that it almost feels as though it might stick …but it doesn’t. The other would be that I wished it started at 24mm end or slightly lower, but then that would make it compete too much with Canon’s 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM at more than half the price.

I gave this an excellent rating, because it would take a lens more than twice the price to give you better. And for non-pro situations many people don't need that level of build quality and overly clear sharpness (you won't see it in a 4X6 or 5X7 print).Lire l'avis complet...

My new walk-around lens!!

I don't know WHY Canon includes the 18-55mm lens kit when you buy the camera... I upgraded from a Canon digital point and shoot to the XSi, I loved it immediately, but after using the point and shoot for so long, I was used to being able to zoom 10x and I didn't realize I had such a short focal length with the new camera (with the lens it came with).

After using the new XSi camera for about a month, I was in need of more focal length! The XSi SHOULD come with this EF 28-135 lens, it's perfect! I hardly ever take it off my camera, unless I am needing super macro or to take photos of the moon or distant animals. The focal range is perfect for what I need for everyday shooting and the zoom is great. It doesn't have as wide of an angle as I had hoped, but it does the job!

It is quite LARGE, but not as heavy as you'd expect, fairly light for the size. It uses 72mm filters, so I'll have to buy those as well, but it's well worth it, I love this lens. It focuses fairly easy and fast and the photos are very sharp, well worth the money -- even used on eBay!Lire l'avis complet...

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5-6 IS lens

This is a great all purpose lens, in fact it's the only one I use now. It takes super clear pics, close-ups or landscapes. It's very easy to adjust and frame. The IS feature is wonderful! I wouldn't want a zoom lens without it. Two things I don't like: 1- the front end of the lens feels loose, wobbles back and forth. It doesn't seem to affect the picture quality, but just doesn't feel solid enough. I plan to contact Canon to see if this can be fixed.
2- The weight. It makes the camera feel heavy and out of balance. It's not a big deal for me, but my wife doesn't care to lug it around too long.Lire l'avis complet...

Zoom or Not to Zoom

Bought this lens last month and so far I like the quality it provides. Granted this is a kit type lens that is provided with the 7D,60d,5d, etc. but does not lack the quality as those kit lenses provide with consumer grade DSLR's. I shoot as a semi-pro at many events that require a pretty fast aperatures and a wide focal range. I prefer fixed focal length lenses (primes) to overcome the lack of lighting at events, however sometimes its not feasible because subject distance varies. This is where this lens came in. My budget didn't allow for me to get one of them mouth watering L series lens with the super fine optics and huge aperatures, so I had to compromise. This lens was my choice over the 28-105mm (wich is also a great semi-pro lens) because I needed that 135mm end more over the 105mm due to shooting full and APS-H size sensors. If I was buying for my APS-C sized cameras I would probably went with the 105mm because of the 1.6 crop ratio. All in all I am completly satified with the lens but I do note that you can not compare to a L series, but for the price I would take it over any of the 3rd part top of the lines lenses with equiv. focal lengths.Lire l'avis complet...