I bought this to replace my kit lens and love it. At the time I bought mine, it was going for closer to $300 and I think it was a bargain at that price. I have since moved up to Canon's 24-70 L. I'm not going to tell you there's no difference in image quality, there is. But the L is 5x the price! And the quality difference was really small and subtle. On some shots, I suspect people couldn't tell if I used this lens or my L; image quality is that good. Focusing is fast, silent, and precise. Focal range is just what you'd want for an every day lens. I also love how light it is. I originally planned to sell this lens on eBay to help pay for my L, but that lens is so heavy and this one so light, I've elected to keep it for walking around and general shooting. For this kind of price for performance, I can't imagine going off brand.

I bought this lens for my Canon 30D and I use it all the time! This USM is very fast and quiet, and the 28-105mm provides a very good range. This makes it great for travel, and at an affordable price!
Pros: wide angle and telephoto, has macro function, price is affordable, quiet.
Cons: no image stabilization(but really not a big deal)

Due to budget constrictions, this is the only lens I own for my Canon Rebel XT. It's medium focal length lies perfectly between a wide angle lens and a telephoto lens and works perfectly for portraiture photography.

My only complaint is that it is not an IS (Image Stabilization) lens, but with decent lighting and a tripod, blurry pictures can be easily avoided.

Bought this for a friend of mine who is into photography. He just absolutely adores it and now uses it on a full time basis vs. switching from regular lens to his zoom lens. To this day, he just raves about it and has taken many professional quality loking photos with this lens.

I finally gave in and bought a fancy camera and a couple lenses. This is the lens I use most often for almost everything. I especially love how people comment on how serious a photographer I must be from the looks of it. It's really easy to use, takes good pictures, and is just all around awesome. Highly recommended.

Happy with the lens. Great lens for people on a budget. It gets me closer to my subject than the kit lens. I would like to get really close but those lenses are out of my $ reach right now. I keep it on my camera at all times.

I had knocked my on the ground.. and still works great.. a bit lose in focusing.. but it is awesome!

This is a good general lens. I bought a Canon 40D body only. The kit lens was out of stock and I wasn't getting good enough reviews to wait around until it was available. I purchased this lens as my primary lens. I had read good reviews and it was well within the price range. The autofocus is quick and smooth and picture quality is very good-excellent. I think this is a great choice to replace a "kit" lens and not break the bank.

I have a digital rebel XT with a kit lens (18-55mm). This lens is much better than the kit lens, better quality, better zoom, better speed...

This is my favorite all around lens. This lens makes up for my laziness when I don't feel like dragging out my tripod to get great close-ups. You will not be disappointed with this lens.

I bought an XTi when they came out and skipped over the kit lens to buy this one. I have not regretted that decision once. This lens not only has taken absolutely spectacular photos, but it has shown itself to be constructed extremely well.

I was at a family gathering and was in the midst of switching lenses when the stupid family dog squeezed between me and and the chair behind me, knocking me off balance enough to drop my 28-105. It fell about four feet and landed front-side down onto the concrete porch. After recovering from my heart-attack, (and completely missing the moment I was transferring to my telephoto for) I reattached it to my camera and continued to take another hundred or so photos. That was about 6 months and 3k photos ago. It's still going and taking great photos, though it doesn't zoom as smoothly as it once did. I guess that's the price for my stupidity in conjunction with idiot dogs.

This lens is a great upgrade from the kit lens from Canon. It produces great color and sharpness and the auto-focus works quickly. For an aspiring photographer on a budget this lens is great.

Lens is pretty much brand new. As described, great lens for what I need. Great price and arrived on time.

When people talk about this or anyother EOS lens and the 28-105mm digital being equal to a 44.8-168mm film, You need to understand "THIS IS NOT AN INCREASE IN FOCAL LENGTH" but instead is the crop factor. This Lens 28-105mm WILL NOT MAGNIFY THE IMAGE EQUAL TO A 48.8-168MM FOCAL LENGTH LENS. It instead has a field of view ie:"CROP FACTOR" equal to a 48.8-168mm film lens. The only way to increase the magnifacation is to increase tha FOCAL LENGTH OF THE LENS=PHYSICS.
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Michael E. Burk

I've had this lens for about a year and have been very pleased with it. I spent a good bit of time traveling around Europe with this lens as the primary work horse and was very happy with the results. The auto focusing is very quick and quiet, produces a good quality picture, and is an overall good value for the price. Those interested in purchasing filters for the lens for protection or other effects should get a 58mm filter. It's certainly not on the level of a professional grade lens but provides a good step up from a basic kit lens.

This lens should have come with the canon rebel xt.It is noticable improvement over the kit lens.Within a month i purchaced the 70-200F4,non i.s.L lens and love it.I needed a better quality all around lens and chose the 28-105 usm.Image and sharpness are good at f5.6 or better and overall results are very good outdoors.I have only taken 30 or so shots with it so far but plan on using it alot in the future.I purchaced the canon hood at the same time.My next investment will be a good flash,but for now i am set on lenses.For the price you cant beat this lens,i recommend it as and upgrade for rebel xt kit,or buy the body and lens seperate.

I've had this lens for about a month now and have used it on several occassions with wonderful results. The first time I layed my hands on its well made body I was changed forever. Moving up from the kit lens to this is a WORLD of difference. Images are sharper, more colorful, and the image is ALWAYS exactly the way I want it.

The 28-105mm's build quality is impeccable with near silent focusing and non-creeping zoom. My XT has always felt a little too light and breakable for me so adding this lens to it made it seem better somehow.

Moreover, with the EW-63 lens hood flare is not a problem. Some reviewers have said images are too soft on the 105mm end but if you don't shoot graph paper for a living it doesn't really matter. I was also worried that I would miss the extra 10mm that the kit lens offered but I've rarely thought about it since I've gotten this lens.

Many of you are also probably deciding between the 28-105mm and 28-135mm IS for your walk around lens. Ignoring the extra 35mm (I never really needed 105mm myself) the IS feature is just not worth the extra $$ you have to shell out unless you know that you're doing sports or night photography.

I could not recommend this lens more for any hobbyist looking for great photos.

This is a excellent lens for the price. I've brought it on vacation several times since purchasing it in mid-August and I find that this is the lense I've used probably 90% of the time on my Digital Rebel XTI.

Pros: Autofocusing is very fast and quiet!! Sharp and solid build.

Cons: Autofocus shifts/stutters slightly in extreme low-light situations. No other faults that I've noticed yet.

This is my first lens that I have purchased for my new Canon XTi and I couldn't be happier. The lens shoots way better than the kit lens that came with the camera, so far i haven't seen anything that I don't like about it! I recommend this lens to anyone who wants to upgrade from the kit lens and not spend a whole lot of money, its built great, shoots great, and the auto focus is faster and quieter than the kit lens. Can't beat it for the price, my local camera store wanted $330 and they woulda had to order it! Amazon comes through again!

I purchased my first DSLR in July - The Rebel XT. Everyone suggested that I get this lens. Well, after buying it - putting it on, I can see why (compared to the kit lens that came with the Rebel XT).

This lens is SUPER fast Auto Focus (but then again, coming from the P&S world, no duh). The zoom is incredibly far (more than I would ever need). However, due to the Rebel XT - it isn't as wide as I would have liked. I read about this before I purchased. So when I'm doing portrait shots - I just step back a little and everything is just fine.

Definitely recommend this lens. You can't even hear the USM focusing... Beautiful.

Needed a general lens for a wedding after battling with switching between the 20-35 and 70-200. This one fit the bill on my Canon 10D. Most of my shots were done at f16, but even the ones wide open seemed to come out as I had intended, with a little PhotoShopping at 50 percent. Glad I got this lens! Of course, with a boatload of dough, I'd probably get two camera bodies, matching flashes and a lens on each. Until I earn enough, it's this lens for sure.

The perfect lens for macro to short zoom, one to be used for general purpose work. After my puppy pulled the camera off the kitchen table and the former lens broke, I did a lot of research before plunking down money. This lens is everything I had hoped for, producing sharp photos with good range for most situations.

This is a wonderful lens. It is much more crisp than the stock lens, and has much better auto focus. You get what you pay for. The f/3.5-4.5 has a low enough f stop, that lets you take pictures without a flash in almost any situation as long as you are willing to sacrifice the iso a bit.

Lens too soft at 105 mm and F3.5. If you must have an inexpensive zoom this lens is acceptable but there are much better (and more expensive) lens out there. The 50mm f1.8 II for $70 is much sharper- of coarse it is not a zoom lens.

For around $230, there is really nothing to complain about. It has almost the same optical quality as the twice expensive 28-135 IS. If you do some google, you may find it compares very nicely with the much more expensive EF 24-105 f/4 IS. It is not as good, but very close. The optical difference, if any, will only show itself with 100% crop and pixel peeping.

The only weak point I observed so far is that it is a little soft wide open (3.5) at 28. However, if you stop down a little bit, e.g., 4.5 or 5.6, it becomes very good.

I roughly compare it against tamron 17-35 2.8-4 (model# A05, which is known to be a sharp lens) at 28. As I mentioned before, tamron beats this lens if wide open (3.5). But when stopped down to around 5.0, there is no difference (in fact, canon may even be a little better in terms of color & contrast).

I tend to use this lens mostly outside with aperture 5.6 or smaller. I used it for some portaits, as well as travel photoes. For this purpose, it does its job perfectly.

I am debating to give it a 4 star or 5 star (due to the soft issue wide open at f3.5). But considering its price, I am inclined to give it a 5 star.

The Canon Ef 28-105 Lens is a good lens, however, if your a serious in photography, i would pitch a few more $$$ for a better lens

Sure this lens isn't an L, but for a starter or a cheap walk around it's great. I bought it as a walk around instead of buying a point and shoot. It's much better then any P&S camera I've tried, and cheaper then most of the good ones too. For the stuff I really want good IQ on I use my primes. I only gave it 4 stars because I don't use it as much as my other lenses, and it is a little cheap feeling. But it's very light which helps on long hikes so I can deal with it being somewhat cheap feeling.

I dont know all that much about lenses, Im starting with this one as a replacement of the kit lens that the Rebel XTi comes with. All I can say is that Im happy, it feels well built and the quality is very good in all aspects.

This is the first lens I bought for my first dslr (a Canon Rebel xt). I really like this lens for multiple reasons:
1. It's an excellent value.
2. It's versatile for most shots you will want to take.
3. It allows you to manually focus even when set to "af".
4. It has a very quiet motor.
5. It feels solidly built.

Things I have learned since buying this lens (aka warnings):
1. 28mm is not all that wide when you are using a Rebel xt (or similar
dslr); there is a conversion factor to consider.
2. This is not the fastest lens in the world, nor is it image stabilized.
When the light gets pretty low, be prepared to use a tripod.
3. This lens is awesome!

Very good optics, very well made, you can focus even with the AF on, te top of the lens does not rotates so if you're using circular polarizing filter you won't lose your adjustment when focusing.

If you're looking for the very best zoom lens for almost every situation (except macro and wide angle) this is the one... believe me!

First off, this is a very good first lens. If you are looking for an inexpensive lens to take photos of family and friends then this lens is perfect.
With that said, I am looking for a lens to do more. I have outgrown this lens. It's just to soft for me. It's pretty sharp for the price but not near as sharp as I would like.
Bottom line:
To soft for anything other then general family photos. Hope this helps.

I'm using this on an XTI to replace the substandard lens that came with the camera. I purchased this lens because of the great reviews of the lens and the price. I wanted this lens to get me through until I could purchase an L lens. I have been very pleased with this lens. I have shot all kinds of photos, day and night using this lens. At night I use a tripod ... sometimes I need to manual focus at first shot if there isn't any light near. Once I have the initial focus (manual) then the autofocus will normally "kick in" and work to obtain a more fine focus on the subject. I have taken some very, very good night photos using this lens this way. In low light I either use a tripod or a monopod ... flash helps much indoors of course. I now have the 50mm 1.8, for a low light and a great price and sharp pictures. I also have the 70-200 4L IS, which is a great lens with excellently sharp pictures. The 28-105 gives me a bit wider shot of course than the 70, but not as sharp as the L lens. However, the 28-105 is sharp and does a very good job for me.

This is the lens that I used to keep on my Rebel XT most of the time until I got the 17-40 f/4L. The 28-105 range on the Rebel is equivalent to 44-168 on a 35mm camera. The wide angle is a little lacking on a 1.6 crop camera but most of the time you can take a step back if you really need to. The ring-type USM provides fast, silent and accurate focus. Full time manual focus means you can easily adjust the focus without having to mess with any switches. The quality of the lens is way better than the EF-S 18-55 f/3.5-5.6 kit lens and for the money, it can't be beat. You have to step up to L lenses to beat the quality of this lens.

Make sure to get the 28-105 f/3.5-4.5 II and not the cheaper f/4-5.6 It's definitely worth the difference.

This is the least expensive of four Canon lenses I own. It however is the best "walk around" lens you can imagine. Its picture quality rivals that of my "L" series lens (within reason) and its compact size makes it all the better. I recently took this lens and my 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 "IS" lens to a theme park. I walked around with them all day, and by days end this was clearly the winner as far as my neck and body were concerned. The "IS" model closest in range to this weighs about 3 times as much and is over twice the size. Now with that said, be aware this is a non "IS" lens which requires adaquate light to get good results. It can not compare to a f/2.8 "IS" lens which excels in indoor conditions with no flash, but im sure anyone with any photographic experience is aware of the same.
This lens has become my only lens when comfort is a factor which needs to be taken into account. Its the "work horse" of my lens arsenal at a price you simply can not beat.

[...] This lens will not knock your socks off, but if this is all you can afford, it will do the trick as one step up upgrade to your kit lens.

Good things are that the focus is really good at 105mm and it will produce good saturation at times -- both of these things I couldn't say about the kit lense.

Bad things are soft edges and just overall not very sharp images.

Overall, it's fine for a while but it will leave you longing for something better if you are serious about photography.

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