| Designed for Canon SLR cameras, the highly portable Canon EF 28mm f/2.8 wide-angle lens offers a terrific price-to-performance ratio. The lens offers a fast f/2.8 aperture that makes it easy to use in low light, providing a bright viewfinder image in the camera. The lens also focuses as close as 10 inches without accessories. And optically, it provides excellent edge-to-edge contrast and sharpness while correcting for linear distortion, ensuring that straight lines in a photographic subject--such as architecture--remain straight. Other features include a 75-degree diagonal angle of view, a 52mm filter diameter, and a one-year warranty. Specifications
- Focal length: 28mm
- Maximum aperture: f/2.8
- Lens construction: 5 elements in 5 groups
- Diagonal angle of view: 75 degrees
- Focus adjustment: Overall linear extension system with AFD
- Close focusing distance: 1 foot
- Filter size: 52mm
- Corresponding mounts: Canon
- Dimensions: 2.7 inches in diameter and 1.7 inches long
- Weight: 6.5 ounces
- Warranty: 1 year
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 Ideal waterfall lens |
| Review Date: May 1, 2005 |
| Reviewer: Scott Burgess, California |
Waterfall lovers will appreciate a 28mm lens, and the Canon f/2.8 is no exception. A 24mm lens often puts you into the spray zone. A 35mm lens isn't as dramatic. I prefer fixed focal length lenses for waterfalls and similar landscapes to eliminate the ghosting that blemishes photos taken with zoom lenses: this lens has fewer groups/elements, consequently fewer internal reflections. I sometimes couple this lens with a 12mm Kenko extension tube to create dramatic closeups of flowers.
Don't feel the more expensive f/1.4 is a "better" lens. In my experience, the ultrawide aperture lenses are harder to optically correct and seldom noticeably better--but they are noticeably heavier and more expensive. While the wide aperture might help with shooting action, you should ask yourself if a significant fraction of your photos require this. Otherwise you're paying money for nothing.
In short, this inexpensive lens is a solid performer and a great value. |
Awesome
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| Review Date: June 9, 2009 |
| Reviewer: Marcio Jose Bastos Silva, Vermont, USA |
| I bought this lens some time ago and have taken several photos with it since then. I can assure you that despite this lens is quite inexpensive and made maily of cheap plastic, it produces wonderful photos! Sharp on all four cornes! Do not buy that Canon 50mm lens if you have a 1.6 crop factor camera such as Canon Xti or Canon 40D because it will become a 80mm! This Canon AF 28mm F/2.8 on a 1.6 crop factor Camera is actually a 44mm and will do the job much better. It is very light and fast. I really enjoy to connect this little lens to my Canon 40D and go around the city capturing all that I find Interesting. The ony thing I would say against this lens is that it is not a USM lens what means that the auto focus is a little slow sometimes however, for the price it is what you get and I really do not not care to wait a few seconds more for the focus mecanism to lock on the subject of my photo. I RECOMMEND THIS LENS! IT IS A JOY IN MY LIFE AND AN EXCELLENT TOOL... FOR PROFESSIONALS AND AMATEURS.... |
A Really Good Choice for a Budget 28mm Lens
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| Review Date: March 6, 2010 |
| Reviewer: WILLIAM MCLEAN, Medford, OR USA |
I like my Canon EFS 60mm f2.8 USM better, but this 28mm f2.8 lens is easily equal to it (just noisier focusing). With both lenses the colors, contrast, and sharpness are excellent. I prefer the 60mm lens only because getting up close, without actually getting up close, is more comfortable for me, and I think people are more relaxed when there is space between them and the camera. But when I'm shooting in a crowded space, indoors or outdoors, this little lens earns its keep. I wouldn't want to be without it. I also like my super-cheap Canon 50mm f1.8 lens. It too is very sharp for a budget lens. I wish they had made that 50mm the kit lens that came with my camera. I guess that was a marketing decision - thinking that a zoom lens would impress more potential buyers.
My camera is the 12.2MP XSi and I can't afford L-Series lenses. I'm an amateur on a limited budget. But, with these three lenses, and my Canon PIXMA Pro9000 Mark II printer, I can print startlingly sharp images up to 13X16". The prints are especially sharp when shooting in RAW format. Cheap Class 6 32GB secure memory cards are now available so storage of large RAW photographs is no longer a burden. With all this, I can't justify purchasing a more expensive camera or purchasing L-series lenses.
Actually, when shooting people up close, sharpness is of lesser importance - after a certain point. I also use the Canon EF-S zoom 55-250mm IS lens. In very crowded outdoor events (like town festivals and sporting events) this lens reaches out into the crowds to catch people in the act of being themselves. Setting the camera to Portrait softens the complexions of the subjects - making them look better in my photographs than they do in life. Also, when I increase the ISO setting I can get cool shots of athletes in action. I especially like this lens because of the Image Stabilizer. With it I can shoot at its extreme length without needing a tripod or mono-pod.
I'm very happy with my choice of cameras and with my lens collection - except for the kit lens that came with the camera. I guess it's okay, but it lacks that certain something that would make me want to use it. Being a zoom lens is about all it has going for it.
It may seem that I have gone too far off the subject. I did this because I figured that anyone in the market for a budget 28mm Canon lens might benefit from a broader view of what to buy now, and what to buy in the future. I can't help that I'm a talkative and opinionated old geezer. |
Really nice lens
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| Review Date: January 2, 2006 |
| Reviewer: Don Lorenz, wappingers, new york United States |
| I had used this lens at night with low light and taken many indoor shots. My camera multiplies the les to 1.6 and it become a 44mm lens. The shots were cystal clear. |
Killer w Cropped Sensor
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| Review Date: June 26, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Henry D. Friedman, Syracuse NY |
I used this lens w a Canon 10D cropped sensor lens. The combination was killer. I took so many wonderful images. The images were sharp, full of contrast, w beautiful color. Did I mention inexpensive, small and light weight. Maybe I was lucky? Eventually, I gave my 10D w this lens to my son.
Maybe I never used the lens on a full sized sensor camera. I am considering buying another copy w an APS Canon such as a Rebel XSi as a walk around travel camera.
Note that this is a very simple lens design w relatively few pieces of glass between the subject and the sensor.
IMO, not fair to expect too much in optical performance such as edge to edge sharpness on a full sensor camera.
On the other hand, I am a prime lens photographer and I believe that lenses with fewer glass elements are preferable and lenses with too many glass elements, as "perfect" their design and construction might be, do not escape "optically unscathed".
Others will disagree. That is my opinion, based on my personal experience and perception. |
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