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Cosina 19-35mm f/3.5-4.5 MC AF Wide Angle Zoom Lens for Canon EOS / EF

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Product Description The Cosina 19-35mm wide angle can fit the whole family in the frame at the next holiday get together. Capture amazing panoramic landscapes. Due to it's extra large viewing area, this auto-focus, ultra wide angle lens is the perfect choice for your photographic needs. Includes bayonet mount lens hood. This lens fits on all Canon EOS bodies. Reviews I was looking for a wide angle lens that I could take places I would be reluctant to take my more expensive lenses and at the price it was a bit of an impulse buy. I was impressed from the start the packaging surpass ed that of much pricier lenses and it has the feel of a much more expensive lens and works well with my Canon D1000. I have been using it for the last few days and am very pleasantly surprised with the quality of the pictures. I have found it to be highly responsive and no more noise then my canon lenses. All in all a pleasant surprise and I highly recommended this "cheap" lens. Since your run-of-the-mill wide angle lens costs at least four times more than this, I wasn't expecting miracles. But for $[...], I was at least expecting it to function. The shutter doesn't fire at all. I plugged it into my Rebel Digital and snapped off a couple of long exposure shots, but after those first two shots, the shutter never fully reopened. Now, when I look through the viewfinder, it's almost totally black and shots in broad daylight come out looking like night (because It's stuck 9/10 closed and won't open any further) What a piece of crap. That's the risk of buying off-brand equipment. Sometimes you get a magnificent gem for practically nothing, but most of the time, you get something you should have just avoided in the first place. This is not a superb lens, nor its pictures will be on the front pages of a magazine. Many people misunderstand the purpose of budget lenses, they want the sleeper lens for forty bucks, no, it will not happen. Lke most cheap lenses, they perform better in daylight at f8 to f11 or when used with flash. It may sound weird, but the flash pictures tend to come out better than even with brand lenses. Another thing I have noticed, at least on my D60, setting d-lightning and noise reduction off gives much better results. Its a tricky spontaneous lens, so expect to play a little with under-over exposure as sometimes the meter is not consistent with these kind of third party cheap lenses. Yes, I would recommend it, just do not expect magical jaw dropping results. No more needs to step back and get everybody in the shot. This lens does the work for you and you dont have the problem on having bluriness on each side of it. Love it love it For $80, what is not to love about this lens? Yes, it has distortion and the contrast could be better, and the edge sharpness could be better, and on and on... but to get all that you have to spend $1600, and this is $80. It is a no brainer. It's built pretty good - plastic but solid. The focus and zoom are a bit clankie but again... $80. How does one complain? I am a pro - I shoot mainly actors headshots so I am not doing a lot of critical stuff on the 19-35mm, but what I have been shooting with it has come out fine, and a few minutes in photoshop and it is dandy. I even shot it out against a canon 17-35 L or whatever the number is, and honestly, the optical difference is nowhere near the price difference. Half the time I couldn't tell which was which - and I am shooting on an 5D Mk 2 which is pretty good about showing up problems. So, if you aren't doing critical work, or you are looking to get into wider angles, this is a good way to start.