Post by vickersfour on Feb 16, 2010 21:44:41 GMT 1
Hello Folks
I recently bought a Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS lens, which arrived today. Although I don’t have any other EF-S lenses, I needed a decent wide angle lens and this one was the widest I could find and had some very encouraging reviews so I ‘bit the bullet’ and it arrived today. So I was quite keen to give it a try. I took these shots today to see what it would do. It was mounted on a recently repaired EOS 40D (so also a good chance to see if the repairs have worked).
The first shot is at 15mm and f8 of both Walney based King Air’s. What I found was sharp across the entire image (sometimes find with wide angle lenses that the sharpness softens towards the edges).
The next shot was of G-CDZT cockpit, again at 15mm but with the lens wide open at f3.5 with flash. An even harsher test, but again sharp all the way to the edges.
A big selling point of this lens is its image stabiliser, they claim it is equivalent to four stops. The shot of G-KWLI was taken at Filton in very poor light at 1/25th of a second hand held, try that without an image stabiliser!
Couldn’t resist the last shot, taken at 10000ft over BCN on the way back from Filton to Walney, a very dramatic looking sky just before sunset. Taken at 85mm and f5.6.
Its not a very comprehensive test but I think I am happy with it and would go as far as to say I would recommend this lens.
Cheers
Shaun
I recently bought a Canon EF-S 15-85mm IS lens, which arrived today. Although I don’t have any other EF-S lenses, I needed a decent wide angle lens and this one was the widest I could find and had some very encouraging reviews so I ‘bit the bullet’ and it arrived today. So I was quite keen to give it a try. I took these shots today to see what it would do. It was mounted on a recently repaired EOS 40D (so also a good chance to see if the repairs have worked).
The first shot is at 15mm and f8 of both Walney based King Air’s. What I found was sharp across the entire image (sometimes find with wide angle lenses that the sharpness softens towards the edges).
The next shot was of G-CDZT cockpit, again at 15mm but with the lens wide open at f3.5 with flash. An even harsher test, but again sharp all the way to the edges.
A big selling point of this lens is its image stabiliser, they claim it is equivalent to four stops. The shot of G-KWLI was taken at Filton in very poor light at 1/25th of a second hand held, try that without an image stabiliser!
Couldn’t resist the last shot, taken at 10000ft over BCN on the way back from Filton to Walney, a very dramatic looking sky just before sunset. Taken at 85mm and f5.6.
Its not a very comprehensive test but I think I am happy with it and would go as far as to say I would recommend this lens.
Cheers
Shaun
