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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
 The best lens I own, Mar 30, 2023
I have had this lens for about a month and a half now and let me start out by saying WOW. I looked at the lens in the store along with the Sigma 12-24 and I was in total awe of what I saw though the view finder with the Canon 10-22. This is an ultra wide angle lens that is incredible. I went home and thought about where I would use this lens and determined that I would use it quite a bit. I went ahead and bought the lens and I continue to be more impressed with it every time I use it. I have used the lens for both close-up and wide angle shots with great success.
The 10-22mm is equivalent to 16-35mm field of view. With a minimum focal distance of 24cm (about 9.5 inches) you can get very close to objects and still get alot of focal width in the photo. There is incredible clarity in the lens. The photos I have taken are very clear with only a slight hint of softening at the corners at 10mm; everything else is sharp after that. There is a little barrel distortion at 10mm but everything else up to 22mm is nice. I have not gotten any light flare in my photos. The Ultrasonic motor is very quiet. The depth of field is outstanding. A slim UV filter helps prevent some slight vignetting at 10mm. With a maximum aperture that ranges from f/3.5 to f/4.5, the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens is a medium speed lens. I would recommend using a tripod if you are at all unsure about your ability to hold the camera still for action shots with this lens. The lens it's self is fairly light weight. If you are going to use filters the lens requires 77mm.
The lens can produce some interesting distortion shots if you are taking close-ups and are not perpendicular to the object. For close-up shots with out distortion it is best to be perpendicular to the object.
Inside the lens housing there are three aspherical lens elements and a Super UD element that produce clear vibrant shots. The lens it's self sturdily built and comfortable to handle.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
 Very good lens, but possibly poor long-term investment, Mar 28, 2023
I am very impressed with this lens. I didn't realize just how wide-angle this lens was. At 10mm, I can stand just a few feet in front of a 13-story building, and get the whole thing in the picture, from the entrance to the top of the building. You have to be careful that you don't have people at the edges of the frame or too close to the lens, or they will appear very distorted when taking pictures at 10mm. Other objects like clouds and flowers also get distorted slightly, but it's hard to tell as much.
PROS
- The optical quality is very good
- It uses the higher quality ring-type USM focusing
- It can focus on something as close as 2.8 inches away
- It is the only option for EOS digital cameras to get true wide angle shots due to the smaller APS-C sensor in those cameras.
CONS
- These EF-S lenses are more of a temporary solution to let cheaper digital SLRs do true wide angle. In 5 years when you upgrade your camera, it may not support this lens. The only reason the smaller APS-C sensors exist is that they are cheaper to produce. At some point in all newer cameras, the APS-C will most likely get replaced by a larger sensor that is the same size as 35mm film when costs go down, making this lens obsolete.
I've still decided to buy this lens, as I don't want to pay thousands for a camera with a large sensor, nor do I want to wait years until such a camera becomes affordable before I can take wide angle photos.
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