Canon EF-S 10-22 mm Lens
Canon EF-S 10-22 mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Lens, Black
- Capture dramatic landscapes and architectural shots with this EF-S ultra-wide angle zoom
- Enjoy steady shots even in low light and shoot sharp movies handheld
- High image quality thanks to spectra coating. Focal Length & Maximum Aperture : 10 – 22mm; 1:3.5-4.5
- Get closer and still enjoy an ultra-wide field of view with 0.22 m minimum focusing distance
- Maximum magnification is 0.17 (at 22mm)
Benefits
- Super wide angle zoom for all EF-S mount bodies
- Superb image quality
- Lightweight and compact
- Focusing distance of just 24cm.
- Fast near-silent USM AF
- Super Spectra coatings
- Circular aperture
- Optional exclusive lens hood
Detailed Features
Look at a more detailed look into the Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM Super wide angle for APS-C sized sensors
With its effective focal length range of approximately 16-35mm in 35mm format, the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM is a remarkable lens with outstanding image quality that will take your photography into new dimensions and areas of dramatic expression.
Beyond human perspective
Canon EF-S 10-22 mm Lens
the super-wide zoom not only gives you the freedom to get exactly what you want in the shot, it dramatically alters perspective to allow for dynamic expression. The lens allows you to get extremely close to subjects, exaggerating the difference in size between a near object and its background. Creative photographers can use this phenomenon to create excellent separation between subject and background for a strong sense of presence or for a pan-focus effect with everything from foreground to background sharply in focus.
Small, light and close
Exceptionally light and compact for its focal length range, the EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM also has an incredibly close minimum focusing distance of just 24cm.
Fast focus
A ring-type USM works in conjunction with the camera to provide super-fast, precision auto focusing and predictive tracking – with full manual override available at any time.
Designed for digital
Designed specifically for digital photography, the lens has specially shaped lens elements and Super Spectra coatings to suppress ghosting and flare, which can cause by reflections off the camera sensor. An exclusive optional lens hood can further reduce the incidence of flare.
Background blur
A circular aperture allows for a pleasing background blur when shooting with a wide aperture; ideal for creating a sense of depth and getting your subject or model to stand out from
NEWSCAMERA REVIE
(From Canon lens literature) This zoom lens provides ultra-wide-angle coverage to the APS-C shooter. Equivalent to a 16-35mm zoom on a 35mm camera, its optics designed from the ground-up for digital SLR use. Three aspherical lens elements, plus a Super-UD element, assure image quality. Its ring-type USM means fast and silent AF along with full-time manual focus.
(Our own comments) Because the APS-C sensor is smaller than the 35mm frame, even 18mm lenses achieve only the equivalent of a 29mm lens on a 35mm camera. Canon’s new 10-22 gives digital SLR users back that ability to see the more of the world. At (US$)800, it’s not for everyone, but the intermediate photographer will enjoy drawing in more of the world around them; they’ll just have to be careful to not include their feet own too often, because this lens will do that.
Test Notes
The Canon 10-22 EF-S is a surprisingly high quality optic, although one would perhaps expect that, given its premium pricing. It does unusually well wide open, although some softness creeps into the corners of the frame at its longest (22mm) focallength. It’s “sweet spot” of maximum sharpness ranges from f/5.6-8.0 at 10mm, f/8 at 14mm, and f/8 at 22mm.
Chromatic aberration is a little high at the 10mm focal length, but decreases steadily as the focal length is increased. Shading (aka Vignetting) is also a little high, reaching a maximum of about 0.85 EV units wide open at 10mm, but dropping to about 0.5 EV when stopped down to f/5.6 at that focal length. Shading decreases as the focal length is increased, and drops to a minimum at apertures two stops or more down from maximum.
Geometric distortion is fairly low, for such a wide-angle lens, ranging from about 0.5% barrel distortion at 10mm to about 0.2% pincushion at 22mm. (The zero distortion point is somewhere around 15-16mm.)
Overall, this is a lens of remarkable quality, a real boon to shooters needing true wide angle capability on their d-SLRs with APS-C size sensors.