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

heres two from my new "get to know minneapolis" project

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A street photograph

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soonerce wrote in post #11836781
Just got this lens this weekend to replace my 18-55 kit lens and am loving it! This lens is so much more stout than the kit lens (of course, it is about 6 times more expensive). Took it out with me to a local museum and am very pleased with the results. C&C welcome!

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Love this pic! Very Nice!

blackcode wrote in post #11879331
Love this pic! Very Nice!

Thank you! This was one of the last days of snow from our record setting blizzard.

Those are some great pics. I just ordered this lens and am waiting for it to come in. I did a lot of reading up on this lens before purchasing it, has gotten a lot of great reviews the only complaint being the price.

Aleo67 wrote in post #11880605
Those are some great pics. I just ordered this lens and am waiting for it to come in. I did a lot of reading up on this lens before purchasing it, has gotten a lot of great reviews the only complaint being the price.

You will love it - I purchase this lens after only a few months into having my first DSLR - I wasn't happy with the kit lens and the first picture I took with this was "WOW!" and I am still impressed with that it does.

How many/often using DPP Lens Correction? (Re: Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM)

How many of us and/or how often are using the current release of Canon's free Digital Photo Professional to correct for lens aberrations? The EF-S 15-85 has significant barrel distortion at wide angles. I was amazed how DPP's lens aberration correction tool essentially completely removed the barrel distortion. It also did a nice job on chromatic aberration, at least on shots of the ISO 12233 lens resolution chart.

There are some commercial products that also do lens aberration correction (or plan to do for given camera & EF-S 15-85mm combination) such as DxOor Lightroom3. I think they will have a difficult time doing better than DPP, al least for distortion and chromatic aberration.

I am tempted to use DPP's chromatic abberation and probably the other corrections on a nearly routine basis. Any thoughts about doing this?

I use DPP primarily now, mainly because I like the way it processes RAW files. To me LR3 processed them a bit more grainy than DPP did. I have used DPP, LR3 and PS to correct barrell distortion and they all seem to do just as good of job as the other. I haven't had much CA so my experience is limited there. As far as adjusting for lens distortion on every picture, I haven't done that yet. If I have a wide end shot that has straight lines I'll definitely adjust it, but if it looks good without the adjustment I'll leave it. Make sure you update to the latest DPP from Canon's website, I just did it last night and found the version that shipped with my t2i was fairly old.

Jim60D wrote in post #11881404
How many of us and/or how often are using the current release of Canon's free Digital Photo Professional to correct for lens aberrations? The EF-S 15-85 has significant barrel distortion at wide angles. I was amazed how DPP's lens aberration correction tool essentially completely removed the barrel distortion. It also did a nice job on chromatic aberration, at least on shots of the ISO 12233 lens resolution chart.

There are some commercial products that also do lens aberration correction (or plan to do for given camera & EF-S 15-85mm combination) such as DxOor Lightroom3. I think they will have a difficult time doing better than DPP, al least for distortion and chromatic aberration.

I am tempted to use DPP's chromatic abberation and probably the other corrections on a nearly routine basis. Any thoughts about doing this?

Here's my thought on this lens:

Pros:
Fast AF
The IS is awesome!
It has a good balance between weight, range, and speed.

Cons:
Overpriced. I guess this is because this lens popularity. I notice that the price keep rising.
Lens creep.
Noticeable vignetting, especially if you take JPG with old body like my 350D.

Below is a test shot taken with this lens. ISO 400 70mm f/6.3 1/10sec IS on, handheld

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population2 wrote in post #11891472
Storm Trooper - Lens Test

Masterpiece..

Great walk around lens.

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Waleriy wrote in post #11896667
Masterpiece..

Thanks!
It's just a test shot. I'm surprised how sharp it is at 1/10.
I've seen other people take 1sec shot with this lens and the image stays sharp.

Still not sure about its landscape potential, as I am a complete newbie, but here's an early shot after returning from the 'Jurassic Coast' Dorset, S. England.

Sometimes I get great shots, sometimes not...

ergo, nothing wrong with the kit. (!)


Derek

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Here's another view, same place, Jurassic coast UK. is anyone else using this as a landscape lens?


Derek

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DrFingers wrote in post #11923718
Here's another view, same place, Jurassic coast UK. is anyone else using this as a landscape lens?


Derek

Yep, sure am...

This is Sydney Heads, I have oversaturated the sea but that's not a lens issue