Incredible Lens

This lens has been with me through all. It is durable, it is versatile, its 4.0 does the job unless you are shooting in low light situations with a lot of action. The images are crisp, the range of tones (highlights, shadows, midtones) are more than the naked human eye can see. Try it, shoot a photo of the sky on a cloudy day and then look at the shot, youll be amazed at what the lens can do. Read more

Perfect for Indoors and Scenery

I use this lens on a Rebel XT. This lens is a very, very well built, and solid product. I am very happy with it and recommend it highly. I compared the EF-S zooms with IS and for the same money I have this L series lens with a MUCH nicer build quality and razor sharp glass. It is slightly heavy, which I like, as it makes for easier hand holding. With the cropped digital sensor this lens provides excellent indoor and scenery range of view. There is zero distortion even at... Read more

I was in need of a lens to replace the 'Kit' lens that came with my Rebel XT, and found this lens was the one that fit the bill. I used it, and compared it in the field, to other canon lenses, and decided that this particular lens was what I needed. ... Read more

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

After buying my DigitalRebel I became increasingly frustrated with the wide angle "kit lense". The pictures were never sharp, and using the kit lense was a nightmare. When doing landscape, I often mount a polarizer and ND grad filter ontop of my lenses. With the kit lense, this means that anytime I wanted to focuse I had to turn all the filters on the lens thread (a disaster!). On my search for a better ultra-wide angle lense, I also considered the 12-24 mm lens from... Read more