Canon EF 22-55mm f/4-5.6 USM Review
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This lens is functional and lightweight, but old-fashioned. The build quality is very cheap and down to there being a plastic lens. The image quality is quite weak, especially in the corners, with strong chromatic aberration at wider apertures. It also has significant vignetting and distortion, and the bokeh is just average.
This lens is functional and lightweight, but it feels old-fashioned. The build quality is very cheap due to the plastic lens construction. The image quality is quite weak, especially in the corners, with strong chromatic aberration at wider apertures. It also has significant vignetting and distortion, and the bokeh is just average.
Pros
- Functional and lightweight
- Quick and accurate autofocus motor
Cons
- Very cheap build quality
- Weak image quality, especially in corners
- Significant vignetting and distortion
- Average bokeh
The build quality is very cheap due to the plastic lens construction, and there are reports of electronics failing. The zoom and manual focus rings are not smooth, and the lens is not ideal to use with polarizing graduated filters.
This lens is a lightweight and functional lens, but it feels old-fashioned. The build quality is very cheap due to the plastic lens construction, and there are reports of electronics failing. The zoom and manual focus rings are not smooth, and the lens is not ideal to use with polarizing graduated filters. The autofocus motor works fairly quickly and accurately. However, the lens does not have image stabilization. Additionally, the image quality is quite weak, especially in the corners with strong chromatic aberration at wider apertures. Vignetting and distortion are also quite significant. The close-up quality is quite soft with very low contrast. The bokeh is just average, and it's challenging to get out-of-focus backgrounds. Overall, this lens is a minor curio, but it demonstrates how much lens technology has improved in the last 20 years.
The close-up quality is quite soft with very low contrast. The bokeh is just average, and it's challenging to get out-of-focus backgrounds. Overall, this lens is a minor curio, but it demonstrates how much lens technology has improved in the last 20 years.
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