17-55 IS issues *rant warning*

charliec wrote in post #10257022
There was a lump of spam on the board but a mod must have scooped it up.

Ahhh...

I have had this lens since March of 2007 (purchased new from amazon.com) and it is the lens on my 40D most of the time. I have been very happy with it and if I had the focusing problem the op experienced I'd send it in for repair.

Tom_D wrote in post #10259384
I have had this lens since March of 2007 (purchased new from amazon.com) and it is the lens on my 40D most of the time. I have been very happy with it and if I had the focusing problem the op experienced I'd send it in for repair.

This^ the image quality of this lens always amazes me, I thought that when I got my 70-200 f4 IS I would be spoiled, but the 17-55 still stays on my 50D.

Interesting comments all. The lens is on it's way to Canon and I am sure that they should be able to fix it. As long as it performs up to par then I'm good. I really do like the lens a lot and it's versatility is hard to beat on a crop body.

i loved my 17-55 on my t1i. If i had a crop camera, I would have that lens again. maybe they might come out with a 17-55 f/2.0 IS... it should be possible in an EF-S mount. probably won't be much bigger than a 24-70 f/2.8 if at all, i think.

Well how I look at it is, there isn't really any substitute out there that matches the technical spec of it. So unless built quality is more important then aperture / IS for you, it's kinda a "suck it up" situation.

Now if the Sigma's new 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM is just as good (or even better) minus the 5mm then, expect people to jump ship.

HyperYagami wrote in post #10265230
Well how I look at it is, there isn't really any substitute out there that matches the technical spec of it. So unless built quality is more important then aperture / IS for you, it's kinda a "suck it up" situation.

Now if the Sigma's new 17-50mm F2.8 EX DC OS HSM is just as good (or even better) minus the 5mm then, expect people to jump ship.

I've actually considered this, but I think it's going to be hard for Sigma to beat the 17-55 optically. Not that it can't be done, but this has been a very sharp zoom lens. If it is just as good, I would probably make the switch and buy myself a B&W circular polarizer with the extra money.