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Old 05-27-2006, 06:47 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by SDK2003
The Canon 17-85mm IS is a great walk about lens but the quality is lacking.
Image quality is good enough for holiday snaps, street photos etc and it's quite cheap. So overall not a bad lens but don't expect amazingly sharp photos.
Dude, I bet stepping up from the ultra crappy 18-55 sock lense to the 17-85 IS is still quite impressive
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Old 05-28-2006, 04:14 PM   #17
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Originally Posted by TT
Dude, I bet stepping up from the ultra crappy 18-55 sock lense to the 17-85 IS is still quite impressive
Well, it's doing a nice job on versatility, but have a look at this: http://www.photozone.de/8Reviews/len...6_is/index.htm
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