An ultra wide-angle zoom lens with dynamic expressive capability for all EF-S mount EOS cameras; exceptionally small and lightweight for maximum mobility.
With its effective Focal length range of approximately 16-35mm in 35mm format, the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM is a remarkable lens with outstanding image quality that will take your photography into new dimensions and areas of dramatic expression.
Beyond human perspective
The super-wide zoom not only gives you the freedom to get exactly what you want in the shot, it dramatically alters perspective to allow for dynamic expression. The lens allows you to get extremely close to subjects, exaggerating the difference in size between a near object and its background. Creative photographers can use this phenomenon to create excellent separation between subject and background for a strong sense of presence, or for a pan-focus effect with everything from foreground to background sharply in focus.
Small, light and close
Exceptionally light and compact for its focal length range, the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM also has an incredibly close minimum focusing distance of just 24cm.
Fast focus
A ring-type USM works in concert with the camera to provide super-fast, precision auto focusing and predictive tracking - with full manual override available at any time.
Designed for digital
Designed specifically for digital photography, the lens has specially shaped lens elements and Super Spectra coatings to suppress ghosting and flare, which can be caused by reflections off digital camera sensors. An exclusive optional lens hood can further reduce the incidence of flare.
Background Blur
A circular aperture provides a pleasing background blur when shooting with a wide aperture; ideal for creating a sense of depth and getting your subject or model to stand out from the background.
Would you recommend this Item: Yes Pros: Good Resolution, Accepable Vignetting, Very Quite AF Cons: EF-S fit only, Price
User Lens Reviews
Average user rating from: 122 user(s)
Overall rating (weighted)
4.4
Sharpness
4.4
Build Quality
4.3
AF Speed
4.4
Value for Money
4.5
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Love this lens! Surprised!, Wednesday, 17 June 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.8
Sharpness
5.0
Build Quality
5.0
AF Speed
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
I bought this as a birthday gift for my husband, because he had requested it. I have never been much interested in wide-angle lenses--to me, long telephotos were the ones I lusted for. This lens has changed my mind. It opens up new worlds of photos that I had never thought about!
The quality seems great, as usual with Canon lenses. It's small and relatively lightweight. The pictures look good to me--I don't have the chops to evaluate them in a technical way, but the color rendition and sharpness look good.
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My favourite lens, Tuesday, 09 June 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
5.0
Sharpness
5.0
Build Quality
5.0
AF Speed
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
My main use of this lens is to create landscape panoramas, usually with a tripod in day light, but often to get a lot of scene when going back is not an option.
I find the optical quality good, and I get good colors & Contrast with it, with Depth of field I find impressive. Standing close to a cliff's edge, I can get both near by stones & plants and far clouds in focus.
The auto focus is quick & accurate, this probably being the only lens that never fails to autofocus, whether on people from close range or on landscape far away.
People who hold the lens often comment about it being lightweight, e.g. it is lighter than the EF-S 17-85mm I use as a kit lens on my Canon 450D.
Bottom line, I don't see myself departing with this lens till that far-away day when I can upgrade to Canon 5D & EF 16-35mm f/2.8L lens.
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This Must Be a Joke!, Sunday, 07 June 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
1.5
Sharpness
1.0
Build Quality
1.0
AF Speed
2.0
Value for Money
2.0
Unless this is going to be installed on the Hubble Telescope or one of our satellites or on the underside of one of our spy-planes, I can't see what or how to justify the quoted price.
Additionally, they have a lot of nerve to cite shipping and handling! For this price I would expect it to be driven to me and put into my hand personally! But hey, that's just me!
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UW bliss, Friday, 22 May 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.5
Sharpness
4.0
Build Quality
5.0
AF Speed
5.0
Value for Money
4.0
I love this lens. The USM with full time focus is great. I don't think I would by a lens without it. Build quality seems good. Barrel Distortion is minimal, very well controlled. Color and contrast are great. It's so wide that you'll take a picture of your toes if your not careful. I use it mostly to bring a different perspective to landscape and architectural photos. At the wide end with subjects up close it really does distort. Cute with puppies, but terrible for people. Highly recommended. Amazon was great. I got what I ordered and when they said I would get it.
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I Love This Lens, Saturday, 16 May 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.3
Sharpness
5.0
Build Quality
4.0
AF Speed
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
I've been using the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM SLR Lens for EOS Digital SLRs for over a year now and it may be the most used lens in my bag! It's a fun lens to have on the camera. I use it on a D40. I am VERY pleased with it.
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An excellent but expensive ultrawide zoom, Monday, 11 May 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.3
Sharpness
5.0
Build Quality
4.0
AF Speed
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
(4.5 of 5 stars)
This was my third lens purchase, after getting the kit lens with my Rebel XS and the 50mm f/1.8. Why did I choose this lens? Well for one, I was suffering from cheap lens syndrome. While I enjoyed the results I was getting from my other lenses, they weren't much fun to work with because of the cheap build quality. More importantly perhaps, I was finding myself at 18mm on my kit lens more than 50% of the time. While I was generally happy with those results, I was disappointed by the barrel distortion, CAs and flare, and wanted something wider that would give me more flexibility.
I read many reviews of the 10-22mm, as well as the Tokina 12-24mm f/4 and 11-16mm f/2.8. All were received pretty positively. I didn't consider Sigma or Tamron options because of apparent quality control issues. So why did I pick this one?
1) Focal length/zoom range: As far as focal lengths were concerned, I wanted something that would give me a fair amount of flexibility, since I'm not too keen on switching lenses frequently. At the wide end, it really does help to have a zoom, because the small details aren't resolved as well so photos are less conducive to cropping. The Canon gives the most flexibility in this respect, offering the widest setting as well as the biggest zoom range (2.2x vs 2x vs 1.45x).
That said, those who are buying the lens purely for the widest setting may be more attracted to the Tokina 11-16, as it gives you nearly an extra stop in maximum aperture and is apparently a Bit sharper than the Canon.
2) Distortion: Some have commented that they don't use the 10-16mm range as much because of distortion. I imagine these are the same people who are using the lens as a substitute for backing up. In fact, the Canon offers the lowest amount of optical (barrel) distortion in its class - much smaller than most standard zooms at their widest setting. It is trivial to correct in post-processing. Therefore, I can only assume that the complaints are about the perspective distortion, which is the result of using the ultra-wide focal lengths. This is the whole point of an ultrawide lens!! If you don't want perspective distortion, back up and zoom in! Or if you're looking for parallel lines buy a full frame camera and the $2500 tilt-shift 17mm lens. Problem solved.
3) Handling of flare: This lens does a very good job at managing flare compared to the Tokinas based on samples I've seen. Even when you do manage to get flare in the frame, it is fairly minimal and not very unsightly. Because of this, I have no plans to buy the bulky lens hood.
4) Chromatic Aberrations: Compared to the Tokinas, this lens has minimal CAs at the wide end that many will be able to live with. If you want to get rid of them, it is again trivial to do in post-processing.
5) Light weight: The Canon is lighter compared to the Tokinas (13 oz. vs. 20 oz.). I feel that it is ideally balanced on my small Rebel XS, and therefore appreciate the weight advantage.
6) Colors: Is it just me or does this lens render beautifully saturated colors? Wonderful green trees and gorgeous blue skies.
Complaints:
1) Price: The Canon is significantly more expensive than 3rd party alternatives, which is not unusual. Maybe more annoying, though, is that it is priced similarly to the full-frame equivalent, the 17-40mm L. Basically you're paying the same price for a lens with less glass and poorer build quality (though the build is not bad). It's annoying marketing garbage and it's the same with the EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8. Canon puts "L" glass in a consumer body and charges "L" prices because there's no in-house competition. On the bright side, compared to the Nikon equivalents (12-24mm and 10-24mm), which are around $900, this is cheap.
I got this lens during rebate season, but I would have hesitated to spend more than $700 on it with the good 3rd party alternatives available.
2) Sharpness: I must have had unreasonably high expectations in terms of sharpness. It is by no means bad, but I don't think it's appreciably better than the 18-55mm IS at 18mm. This is perhaps more a compliment to the new kit lens rather than an insult to this lens. Part of the problem is almost certainly that details become very small at the widest settings, so it is more noticeable when objects are not perfectly resolved. Sounds like the Tokina 11-16 might be a little better in this respect, but not significantly.
3) Vignetting: This is most noticeable wide open at 10mm, but again is fairly easily corrected. Not a big deal to me.
Overall, I'm very happy with this lens. It has more or less displaced my kit lens, as I use my 50mm f/1.8 for any moderate tele needs. I should note, however, that dealing with wide focal lengths requires a lot more skill as a photographer in almost every respect: composition, selection of aperture, focusing, and metering. This is not a point-and-shoot lens. It is a great photographic tool that will challenge you to be more creative. You will get the best results with this lens when you are thinking outside the box. In fact, some of my favorite photos from this lens are when I use it for close-ups. It's not by any means a macro lens, but the perspective distortion as well as the large depth of field can make for some nice close-up shots with the right background. Regardless of the brand, I whole-heartedly recommend a wide-angle zoom to those who enjoy capturing big scenes or getting close to their subjects. It's challenging to use but fun and rewarding.
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Canon vs. Sigma, Friday, 08 May 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.8
Sharpness
4.0
Build Quality
5.0
AF Speed
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
I'm happy with the quality of the lens, but debated quite a while between this one and the Sigma 10-20mm. So I bought both and tested them on my Canon Rebel xti. I decided to return the Sigma, as I found the Canon to be just a touch sharper. I found the quality difference to be minor and sometimes nonexistent, so the price difference is probably not justified, but I wanted to be sure, so I went for the Canon. The pictures I took for comparison are here (labeled Canon or Sigma as appropriate):
I like Zoom lenses. I have a 100-400L that I use all the time. I had no idea that I would like wide-angle lenses so much as well!
This lens is WIDE. Even on the crop factor cameras that it is designed for, it is still pretty wide compared to anything I was used to before.
It is great for landscapes and at 22mm is usable as a 35mm type everyday lens on a crop factor sensor camera.
The effects you can get by using the 10mm side of the lens are extremely interesting and the landscape shots are also very useful.
I even have a picture of an underground waterfall (Ruby Falls) that I took handheld with 1/8th of a second exposure that is sharp and crisp because of the short focal length.
Construction and quality are excellent and I consider this a must-have lens in my kit for my EF-S cameras.
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My funnest lens, Sunday, 01 March 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.3
Sharpness
4.0
Build Quality
5.0
AF Speed
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
This lens was recommended to me by a photographer whose talents I admire greatly. Sure, it cost a lot, but it is still cheaper than a lot of other lenses I want. My arsenal includes some very highly rated lenses, but this one is the one I enjoy most when wanting another perspective on a subject or scene.
In simple layman's terms, the lens gives me everything I expected and more. Sharp, clean wide angle shots. It hasn't let me down yet and I have no regrets that I bought it.
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Canon EF-S 10-22 mm Wide angle zoom, Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.8
Sharpness
5.0
Build Quality
5.0
AF Speed
5.0
Value for Money
4.0
After reviewing all the lens choices available in the 10-20mm range I choose Canon's 10-22mm. I am pleased with the new lens performance. The construction is sturdy, distortion is low compared for the 10mm end compared with other lenses. The images are very sharp if the camera is tripod mounted. I shoot hand held most often and most of the images are very sharp as long as I pay attention to not allow shutter speeds below about 1/50 sec. I do miss the IS quite a bit.. like that on my Canon 18-55 kit lens. And I do feel that for a lens this expensive ($650+) Canon should provide a lens hood. Overall I'm very satisfied with my purchase
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Wide Angle Zoom, Sunday, 08 February 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.5
Sharpness
4.0
Build Quality
5.0
AF Speed
4.0
Value for Money
5.0
This lens has been fun to shoot. It has opened up new doors for ideas. Its sharp and fast to focus. It is a speciality lens but in a tight spot and for creative views I recommend it.
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WOW!, Monday, 02 February 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.0
Sharpness
4.0
Build Quality
4.0
AF Speed
3.0
Value for Money
5.0
This is a VERY cool lens for non traditional photos. I am a Realtor. I use it primarily for shooting interior shots of homes that I am selling, and showing to buyers. Now, outside of the work place, I love this lens for shooting many unconventional photos. The clarity is superb. I use it on both my 40D and XSI. I shoot a great deal of sports photos and you can take an entire gym for some shots of basketball, just for starters. Feels and produced the quality of my "L" primes. Love this lens. Enjoy!
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Not compatible with all Canon EOS SLR's, Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
3.3
Sharpness
3.0
Build Quality
3.0
AF Speed
4.0
Value for Money
3.0
I'm sure this is a fine lens, but I never got a chance to use it. I own a Canon EOS 5D and, apparently, "EF-S" lenses are not compatible with it. Only "EF" lenses will work with the EOS 5D. I didn't realize that until I received this lens and (believe it or not) read the instructions before opening the plastic. This was not evident to me from the description, but now I know.
I hope this comment saves you some time and money if you own a 5D. Please ignore the rating. Amazon wouldn't let me post the comment without attaching a rating... not really fair since I could never try it.
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Excellent, Excellent, Tuesday, 06 January 2009
Overall rating (weighted)
4.8
Sharpness
5.0
Build Quality
4.0
AF Speed
5.0
Value for Money
5.0
I strapped this onto my 40D and it was like a whole new world of possibilities was revealed. This lens has the same field of view as the Canon EF 16-35mm f/2.8L II USM on a full-framed sensor. And boy is it wide.
Although I would have liked in f/2.8 thru the zoom and weather sealing, I cannot complain otherwise.
You'll want to photograph all the big things and tight spaces you otherwise couldn't get in with your other lenses.
It is an excellent lens.
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Great wide-angle, Tuesday, 30 December 2008
Overall rating (weighted)
4.3
Sharpness
5.0
Build Quality
4.0
AF Speed
4.0
Value for Money
4.0
I am very pleased with this lens. Images are sharp all the way to the corners. I can't see any Chromatic aberration. Recommended.
