from bigron452

I upgraded from the T3i to the 70D and got this lens in the kit. I had the 18-135 IS on the T3i, and enjoyed that lens as it turned out to be my daily walk around lens. Same thing here with a few bonuses! With the focusing system of the 70D, it's much quicker and slient. That makes a huge differe...

from iguy

I have had this lens for about 6 months now, and it has performed impressively. It is the only lens I have now, having sold several others to make things simpler. I spent four years basically collecting gear instead of learning to take pictures. Thankfully, that futile endeavor is over. I am very...

from gunsmokeray

I am extremely happy with the performance of this lens. I am an advanced amateur with decades experience with many lenses. This lens is sharp throughout the F Stop range. The zoom range from wide to short telephoto allows me to compose most of what I want to photograph in camera. The image stabil...

from viktas

Serious sharpness for a entry level lens. Through out the entire range, impressive. Not the highest build quality but total satisfaction using a crop sensor and getting most out of your sensor in sharpness. Light weight, focus by wire is different and STM is quiter then the 40mm pancake. Plus thi...

from Grusum

Full time manual focus works and works GREAT. You just need to understand it uses the STM motor to focus NOT a set of focus gears. Prove it for yourself. Put the 70d into Live View shooting mode, cause the camera to focus, use the +/- key on the top back of the camera to enlarge the image and TH...