Canon® Canon EF-S 15-85mm F/3.5-5.6 IS USM

The Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM is a standard zoom lens designed for crop-frame Canon DSLRs, such as the , and . Key features include:

• Four-stop image stabilization

• Very sharp image quality

• USM motor for quick focusing

• Excellent walk-around or primary lens

Great Walking-Around Lens. The replacement lens for the infamous 17-85 IS, the 15-85 has Canon’s 4-stop image stabilization and USM for quick focusing. It’s small enough and has the right range to make an excellent walk-around or primary lens on crop-frame cameras.

To be honest, when this was first released we had no intention of stocking it. I considered it overpriced for what it is, but we had a number of requests so we added it to the inventory. The good n…

To be honest, when this was first released we had no intention of stocking it. I considered it overpriced for what it is, but we had a number of requests so we added it to the inventory. The good news is it’s very, very sharp, has superb image stabilization, and is very well built. The bad news is it has significant barrel distortion at the wide end and it vignettes rather badly (if you shoot in RAW this is no issue since it’s easily fixed in post-processing). Truth is, if it were a $450 lens we’d be singing its praises. As a $700 lens, I find myself underwhelmed.
April, 2013