Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens

Pros: Light weight, Easy to Use, Fast & Whisper Quiet Focusing
Cons: Expensive at $500

The Canon EF 28-135 3.5-5.6 USM* Image Stabilization IS lens is one of several IS lenses available from Canon. There is the EF 75-300/4-5.6 USM IS, EF 100-400/4-5.6L USM IS, EF 300/2.8L USM IS, EF 300/4L USM IS, EF 400/2.8L IS and EF 600/4L USM...

Pros: Excellent image quality; Image Stabilization; Excellent focal length range
Cons: Plasticky, whereas the 28-105mm f3.5-4.5 feels more solid; Heavier; IS eats battery

I am an amateur photographer that has recently purchased my first digital SLR camera. I have the Canon EOS Digital Rebel XTi, and am very satisfied with it. I have gone through two primary lenses before coming to the Canon EF 28-135mm lens. The ...

Pros: Good "walk-around" lens. IS system, sharp, full time manual focus. USM lens motor.
Cons: Heavy, IS eats batteries, 72mm filters are expensive, pricey

I have just recently jumped into the world of Professional digital cameras. I've shot photos for years with my old film cameras but I'm just too fidgety to be happy waiting for my film to come back and so I've ditched the film and hopped onto the digital ...

Pros: Image Stabilization is a nice and useful feature in some circumstances.
Cons: Fantastic lens, but a little "salty" for photogs on a budget.

The Canon EF 28-135 IS USM is a GREAT lens, but it might be a little bit too expensive for some photogs on a limited budget. The Canon EF 35-135mm f/4-5.6 USM is the "Affordable" Alternative. This very compact telephoto zoom lens is relatively light and ...

Pros: 5x zoom, IS, range on 35mm, sharp
Cons: FOV on Canon consumer dSLR, zoom creep, slow f3.5-5.6 aperture

Around the same time last year I finally had enough ends to make the jump into SLR photography with the Canon 300d digital SLR. I knew that getting an SLR would lighten my wallet quickly as I would have to build a system that fit my shooting style. ...

Pros: Good range, Sharp, & IS!!
Cons: For me, none

Photography has been a hobby of mine for several years. About 2 years ago, I bid farewell to the po ...

Pros: Image Stabilized, Ultrasonic Motor, wide zoom range
Cons: IS Uses a lot of battery power, maximum aperture could be wider

CANON 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

Canon's new line of image stabilized(IS) lenses has changed the rules of 35mm photography. One can now shoot hand held, where a tripod was previously needed.
I use this lens for wedding candids and...

Pros: Image stabilization, ultra-fast and quiet AF, great zoom range, lightweight and compact, contrasty and sharp.
Cons: Zoom design, small maximum aperture, expensive, pronounced linear distortion, plastiky feel.

I was amazed when I first picked up this lens. It was compact, lightweight and easy to carry around without the hefty weight of an L lens. Yet I felt disappointed at the same time. For such a great lens, it could have been better designed and built. ...

Pros: Good range, high quality, IS.
Cons: A bit plasticky.

I've had this lens for a while now so I thought I'd share my experiences. The first time I saw this lens was in my local camera shop attached to an EOS 3 body. I tried it out and found that the IS feature was quite noisy. It was a kind of rattle. I ...

Pros: Looks cool, Image Stabilization is great
Cons: Heavy, clumsy

I bought this lens to replace the 28-80mm zoom that came with my Elan IIE. I'm not going to list statistics for the lens; I'm just going to describe my subjective experience with it.

I chose this lens only after HUGE amounts of research. I...

Pros: Awesome image stabilization, ample zoom range, good optics.
Cons: Cost, Lens-slips out when facing down

I nearly went insane trying to decide which lens I should use with my Canon EOS-300 (a Rebel-2000 without the packaged 28-80 lens). There are so many lens options that face you: zooms vs. fixed focal lengths, focal length ranges, lens "speed," etc. ...

Pros: Excellent range, fast autofocus, image stabilizer is awesome!
Cons: None

I have had this lens for about 18 months now, and I have never regretted buying it. This was my first lens when I switched from Pentax to Canon, and I immediately fell in love with Canon's USM technology -- it focuses so fast! (That was the reason I...

Pros: Affordable, sturdy, good optics
Cons: a bit heavy, would be better if f/2.8

I have been using this lens for over 4 years and it never failed me. Now that I am switching over to digital SLR, the new Canon EOS 300D, I am still using it for my primary lens. Only on specific conditions that I am using my other lenses, especially for ...

Pros: Versatility
Cons: Filter size, price, speed

The Canon 28-135 IS an all-purpose, leave on the camera most of the time, kind of lens.

The zoom range is VERY handy, allowing close-ups from not too close. Able to go wide easily. With the EW78B-II lens hood, glare has never been a...

Pros: The Image Stabilizer. Sharp results. Extended zoom range.
Cons: A little slow at f5.6 @ 135mm

I purchased this lens because I like the 28-100 zoom range. I do a lot of available light photos so the "IS" appealed to me.

The Photo reviews I read on this lens were impressive. I bought it and the reviews were justified. The "IS"...