Re: Avoiding EF-S Lenses... Smart or Dumb?


mexican_equivalent@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Most importantly, the EF 17-35L and EF 17-40L aren't nearly as
versatile as the EF-S 17-55mm to serve as an all-purpose walkaround
lens in a 1.6x crop camera. Not when you lose 40%-50% of your range.

Addendum:

To be fair, the closest EF-L lens would probably be the 24-70L f/2.8
lens. I completely overlooked that one. Priced 10% more than the EF-S
lens, but it can't do wide angle and has no Image Stabilization. This
would probably be a more realistic comparison to the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8
IS than either of the two examples I used.

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