Lens Review: Canon 15-85 IS USM

When I was deciding on this lens there really were not many videos on youtube with in-depth reviews of this lens, these usually help me in my decisions so I promised myself within a few months of owning this lens I would put a review up, I hope this will help others in making their decisions.

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[osnapblood]

Hi, i'm using 15-85 lens. And noticed that there are dark corners in the viewfinder same with the pics i've taken. Is this normal cause it's starting to annoy me.

[paradiddleluke]

@osnapblood That is one of the pitfalls of this lens, wide open (f/3.5 at its widest and f/5.6 at its most telephoto) this lens will vignette significantly, giving those darker corners... I have found that the best option is either to stop down about a stop or so, or just fix it in post. happy shooting!

[aronchas]

nice detailed review, so, do you think this lens optical quality is comparable to an "L" lens? thanks for the feedback

[paradiddleluke]

@aronchas I have used a few L lenses but none as much as I have used the 15-85, a big thing about lenses is their personality, which over time you learn what will produce a good image from a specific lens... with this lens it has been very easy for me to get to that sweet spot, the colors and sharpness are great, so I would say that the optics are pretty damn impressive even when comparing to an L lens

[demon23ro]

Great review! Lots of usefull info ! All the best man ! Thanks for posting !

[Spectacular66]

This solidifies my decision to buy this lens! Great photos damnit!!

[RyutechX]

wow sharper than 50mm 1.8?

[oevt]

@paradiddleluke after a look I find it now that 24mm equiv to 28 for an L lens would had been better (maybe) as I never got to see the gear I buy until it arrives..regards..O

[oevt]

@roger767 nice 2.8 but I really appreciate the 15mm side and the 85mm side too. I sold a 28-105 that was used with my eos3 and this seemed the perfect replacement in digital times where iso can be handled more comfy my 2 cents....

[oevt]

@osnapblood My 2 cents. I have mine on a basic Canon t2i it has an included correction for this specific lens on the menu (it seems it worked) and it does not show any vignetting. still the basic bodies of the rebels do not give me a 'focus' perfect I have tried this on 2 bodies the xti and the T2i many shots get to be out of focus no matter what. Not an issue with film eos3 and better bodies have a fix 7d and up for correcting the lens focus spot a canon-no-no

[epiconda]

@groomlake67

Funny how people always talk bad about non-L glass. But all good photographers would know how good a 15-85 is. It's as sharp as a lot of L zooms like 24-105 and 24-70 and even sharper than 17-40. The 70-200 outperforms the 15-85 tho. The L fixed focals are very great lenses but the L zooms dont offer better Perfomance than their EF-S brothers (esp. look at 17-55) .. build quality is better of course.

[groomlake67]

there is no comparison btw. this crap-factor lens and a L lens - forget the comparison here folks.

[anticscrew]

@roger767 That lens was just barely on the market at the time this video was posted

[eyefocusnanuru]

I got this lens with the canon 7d Kit. It's a decent lens. check on my channel to see a video with that lens.