The Canon EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM Lens- Indeed an Excellent Type of Lens

Recently, the Canon industry introduced two new DSLR lenses along with the Speedlite 580EX flash that offers digital features, that is the Canon EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM and the EF-S 10mm – 22mm USM lenses. Well, the EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM lens offers a 5x zoom with an equivalent field of view of about 27mm – 136mm and is available at a price of $600 while the EF-S 10mm – 22mm USM lens offers an equivalent field of view of about 16mm – 35mm in the price of $800. Presently, these new lenses can only be used on the Canon EOS 300D and 20D DSLR cameras. These are the type of cameras which is much better than the other rivalries such as the Olympus E500 camera.

In addition to the Canon EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM and the EF-S 10mm – 22mm USM lenses, the Canon industry also released the Speedlite 580EX flash along with the digital features which include the zoom associated to sensor size as well as the control of the camera white balance. This flash is available in the price of $480.

Just like the Canon EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM and the EF-S 10mm – 22mm USM lenses which is also released together with the Speedlite 580EX flash that offers digital features, its rivalries such as the Olympus E500 camera is also released together with the two more ZUIKO Zoom lenses.

This camera was released in the year of 2005 and in the month of September, a year after the E-300 was also announced. This E-300 is the first affordable Four Thirds System DSLR. The Evolt E500 camera features an 8 megapixel Kodak 4/3 type CCD sensor, a large 2.5 inches TFT LCD screen display with a 215,250 dots resolution and a wide viewing angle, as well as the more traditional pentaprism viewfinder. It has measurements of 130 x 95 x 66mm with a weight of 479g including the battery.

On the other hand, the Canon EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM and the EF-S 10mm – 22mm USM lenses was released to target those serious photographers. These two lenses are designed to work solely with the two Canon DSLR cameras stated above. The EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM lens is an advanced, lightweight, as well as an all-purpose zoom lens which is perfect for mid-range wildlife, travel, and general photography. This lens that offers a 5x zoom features the widest range of any lens in this series.

Unlike to the lenses released in tandem with the Olympus E500  camera, the EF-S 17mm – 85mm IS USM lens also features the latest Optical Image Stabilization Technology of the Canon industry and offers up to 3 stop compensation for image blur caused by the camera shake along with the slow shutter speeds.

It also boasts a 17 element and 12 group constructions such as the one double-sided aspherical element for crisp and high contrast corner to corner detail. Indeed, this is one of the most excellent lenses that are now available in the market.

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Hi I am Arkin Smith, I created this article to share of my reviews about digital cameras. I hope I can help to bring clear information about the latest cameras. Like Canon ef-s and Olympus e500.

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