Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs: Customer Reviews & Product Details

I bought this lens a week ago and have found it to be a good choice, though not up to Takina's 12-24 F/4 which I would say is the best lens in this class. The Canon is lighter which makes it comfortable to shoot with a heaver camera like the 50D espically with a battery grip on, which I don't own yet but plan on buying soon. The extra two degrees at the wide end is a big advantage also with this lens, though you lose it at the zoomed range this is not such an issue as I think most people who will buy this lens will have that covered buy another lens if the really need it.

This lens is soft in the corners especially wide open, this is common in a lens of this class and the Takina also does this but not to the degree of this Canon it also handles CA better and the Takina I would say has a much stronger build. Takina is well known for making tank lenses. I would take this lens over the Sigma and Tamron versions (Tamron usually I find to be the best for 3rd party lenses), but in my opinion, the Takina just out performs these lenses and does so with a constant F/4 aperture which is very important to me. Flare control does seem a bit better also with this lens though not by much, it can make a big difference in some shooting scenes.

This is a great lens overall, so don't think I am unhappy with it. If the lens was cheaper I would probably recommend it but it's the same price a Takina's, Sigmas and Tamrons without the benefits so I will be returning it.

If you can't get the Takina this would be a great second choice.

I got this lens when I first got into photo and I had no idea what I was doing. I'm sure glad I blindly bought this lens! It's such a fun lens to shoot with, super wide, nice crisp images. extremely durable too, mine has been hit by a couple skateboards and there has been no damage.

I took this lens out on a photo shoot with my Canon EOS Rebel T1i the day after I received it from Amazon.com. I had been a bit skeptical about purchasing it because I did not know how much I would need or like a truly wide angle lens, since I tend to prefer telephoto lenses. However, when I first used this lens, I was very impressed with the image quality and with what I saw through the viewfinder. The wide angle of view offers some very interesting new photo opportunities!

The images this lens produced for me were superb in terms of color saturation, clarity, and sharpness. The pictures were so sharp that I could crop them, keep only about 5% of the original image, and still have tack sharp pictures! Aside from the cheaper build of this lens, it performs on the same level as my "L" lenses.

As an added bonus, this lens offers an excellent depth of field with a close focusing distance of about 9 to 10 inches! That makes it possible to get close-up shots of flowers where every part of the flower is in focus - no more depth of field concerns!

When zoomed out toward the widest angle, my camera's built-in flash causes a shadow from the lens to appear in the picture. But when an external flash is used, this is not a problem. I used a slim Circular Polarizer filter with this lens with no problems - no vignetting!

Before buying this lens, please understand that it is an EF-S lens that can be used only with Canon cropped sensors, such as the T1i, 50d, etc. It will not work with the full-framed Canon cameras (eg, 5d, 1ds, etc.).

Everything you see through 10mm lens wide view is totally OMG-!! It is pretty expensive for beginner like me, but it was definitely a good buy. Build quality is very nice. USM is quiet and fast. Before you buy it, make sure you know it is 77mm, and not 58mm, so you need new UV Haze filter for it. I got a lens hood and it is huge!! Thats another OMG for me, but I will tell you, this lens is awesome. (or I should say, 10mm wide-view is awesome. I am a beginner and I don't know much about sharpness and colors)

bottom line, this lens takes amazing pictures you just can't get with any other lens for this camera. Worth every penny.