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The Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM standard zoom lens features an Image Stabilizer and high zoom ratio. With the Image Stabilizer turned on, you can obtain sharp, natural-looking pictures in dim lighting without using flash or a tripod. Very handy for places where flash is prohibited. The lens uses ring-type USM for swift, silent autofocus and full-time manual focus. Its closest focusing distance is 20 in. (50cm). Diagonal Angle of View: 75 - 18 degrees, Filter size: 72 mm, Closest Focusing Distance: 1.6 feet.

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Equipped with an Image Stabilizer and high zoom ratio, the Canon EF 28-135mm standard zoom lens delivers sharp, natural-looking pictures virtually ever time. The lens is particularly handy for places where flashes are prohibited, as it excels in dim lighting without requiring a flash or a tripod. Other features include a ring-type USM for swift, silent autofocusing and full-time manual focusing; a close focusing distance of 20 inches; and a maximum aperture of f/3.5 to 5.6. The lens carries a one-year warranty.

Focal length: 28-135mm
Maximum aperture: 1:3.5-5.6
Lens construction: 16 elements in 12 groups
Diagonal angle of view: 75 to 18 degrees
Focus adjustment: Rear focusing system with USM
Closest focusing distance: 1.6 feet
Zoom system: Rotating type
Filter size: 72mm
Dimensions: 3.1 inches in diameter, 3.8 inches long
Weight: 18.9 ounces

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Price	$124.95	$474.99	$496.99	$260.00	$999.00	$258.00
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Item Dimensions	3.81 x 3.09 x 3.09 inches	5 x 4 x 3.5 inches	4.09 x 3.27 x 3.27 inches	4.02 x 3.11 x 3.11 inches	4.21 x 3.31 x 3.31 inches	5.3 x 4.4 x 4.2 inches
Item Weight	1.19 lbs	1.60 lbs	1.16 lbs	1.31 lbs	1.48 lbs	7.41 ounces
Lens Type	Standard	Normal	Telephoto	Standard	Telephoto	Normal
Maximum Aperture	3.5	f/3.50	38	f/5.6	4	3.5
Maximum Focal Length	135 millimeters	135 millimeters	135 millimeters	200 millimeters	105 millimeters	105
Maximum Aperture Range	F3.5 - F5.6	F/3.5-5.6	F3.5 - F5.6	F3.5 - F5.6	F4.0	f/3.5-4.5
Maximum Format Size	35mm full frame	—	35mm full frame	APS-C / DX	35mm full frame	Full Frame
Minimum Aperture	36	—	32	38	22	4.5 millimeters
Minimum Focal Length	28 millimeters	28 millimeters	18 millimeters	18 millimeters	24 millimeters	28
Minimum Operating Distance	0.5 meters	—	0.4 meters	0.45 meters	0.45 meters	—
Photo Filter Thread Size	72 millimeters	—	77 millimeters	72 millimeters	77 millimeters	58 millimeters

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Product Dimensions

3.81 x 3.09 x 3.09 inches

Item Weight

1.19 pounds

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B00006I53S

Item model number

2562A014BA

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1 Lithium Ion batteries required.

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881 ratings

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#948 in SLR Camera Lenses

Is Discontinued By Manufacturer

No

Date First Available

April 28, 2017

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Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 22, 2022

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Excellent Walk-around Lens

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on June 20, 2012

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First off, this isn't an L lens. Let's make it clear that I am rating it in it's class, in that odd in-between area between the basic lenses and the pro gear.

I've been using this as my primary lens on a Canon T2i for 3 months now, and am starting to find where I like it and how to get it to work with my behavior. The IS (image stabilization) is single mode for four axis (up down left right) and works REALLY well, and doesn't seem to be much of a battery drainer as I can fill a 32Gb card (1000 RAW shots approx.) and half of another before I need to change my batteries (using a 2-cell grip); with IS turned off I still can't fill that second card before the camera goes into low-power standby. Not having any 2-axis mode can make IS panning shots a bit of a pain as you have to turn the whole thing off, so it really turns into how smoothly you can hold the camera... no cheating here, folks!

While an f/3.5 isn't great, shooting in low light such as stage photography works fairly well as long as your camera has good noise reduction; however stepping up to the f/5.6 when pushed out to 135mm ISO becomes somewhat more tricky, in finding proper light without filling the shot with noise. The aperture is a step and a half down from better quality parts like the 24-105mm f/4L at full zoom, and while the f/4 allowed me to keep at ISO 1600, in the end shooting stage at ISO 3200 with a better quality sensor and a much cheaper lens turned out to be the route for me, and the 28-135mm has been pretty much my given choice for most of my photography.

Sharpness is artistically good wide open at f/3.5 through f/5.6, but you will see some softness, especially towards the edge (will be more apparent on full-frame cameras), but sharpens up nicely as you approach f/8, and then softens up again as you push up towards the minimum at f/22, but isn't problematic at all anywhere, largely the reason why I chose this lens. A lot of the other (cheaper) options see a narrower band of "really good sharpness" where here I often shoot with the aperture wide open because it just produces cleaner images.

The fact that this lens has full-time manual focus is a joy that you will not get with the basic options, and is something I really recommend to anyone who is chasing the subject and can't make them pose. If the camera locks focus while they are in motion, it is almost constant that it will be off, because the camera's focus intelligence just isn't up to that level, and being able to manually adjust focus at a whim can save you from taking pictures of out-of-focus blur.

Placement of the zoom and focus rings is very neat, making the lens easy to work while your eyeball is stuck to the viewfinder. The distance scale is an excellent resource for fixed point shooting as you can easily dial it in after you've found your focal point. And the switches for auto-focus and IS are placed neatly on the left facing surface so again you can easily make adjustments without interrupting your shooting.

This lens is an internal zoom, so the end ring does not rotate, which makes it ideal for using polarizing filters. The ultra-sonic motor is quick and quiet, far faster than cheaper lenses, but again an L lens will embarrass it on both factors.

In general, if you are looking to build a good rig without spending yourself dry, this is a great way to go. If you are spending the money to buy a higher-grade camera than my T2i, then perhaps you are outside of the class for this lens, and the L series would treat you better, but in general this particular part will treat you right.

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John Faughnan

A transitional product for most dSLR owners

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 2, 2006

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Update: The manual focus ring has a tricky behavior -- at one point I thought it was broken and called Canon tech support. If you turn past the 'stops' at either end (infinity and closest) it keeps sliding. Basically the ring is simply a rubber sliding strip that's read by a sensor; it's not the direct mechanical interface geezers like me recall. So what appears to be a defect is not.

With ongoing use I'm more annoyed by the bulk of this lens. If at all possibly I recommend weighting for a lens designed for the APS sized sensor, not a lens like this that's built for a full frame sensor. It's a nuisance to pay the "full frame tax" of excess bulk on a lens that one would prefer to use quite often.

I bought this for my birthday and I'm happy with it. So why the snarky seeming title? It's because about 30% of this lens is wasted for most dSLR users. I knew that when I bought it, but I was tired of waiting for a better solution. If you are able to wait until Feb 2007 it might be worth sitting things out.

-- ORIGINAL --
For the good news see all the other reviews. The one thing I'll add is that you need to think about when and how to use the image stabilization. Unlike IS products that sacrifice pixel resolution, this is an optico-mechanical solution, a spinning lens -- presumably in air or magnetic bearings. Move the camera slightly, the lens remains immobile.

If you remember your physics, you can think of times when this won't work. If the camera is accelerating or decelerating too much, the lens will bounce around -- blurring the image. Point the camera straight down or straight up and the bearings may not suffice. Rapidly panning to track a nearby fast moving object may not work. The manual says you should press the button and wait 1 SECOND before shooting. That's conservative (it takes probably 1/5 second) but it's a good guideline. If you need to do rapid panning, use a tripod and turn off the IS (it should never be used if you're on a tripod). If you're focusing on your daughter 100 yards away dribbling a soccer ball you should be ok -- as long as she's not rocketing along. It works quite well indoors and I don't notice it blocking the flash on my Rebel XT.

Now the wasted bit. This lens is made for a full-frame 35 mm size sensor -- the kind that's on Canon's higher end pro digital dSLR and their legacy film camera. The APS sized sensor on almost all of Canon's popular dSLRs (and ALL of Nikon's dSLRs for that matter) is 2/3 of the size of a 35mm sensor. So about 1/3 of the light output of this lens is scattered about the innards of the camera.

The result is a magnification effect and wasted glass. The magnification effect is not all bad. A "normal" lens for a Rebel XT is about 32mm, so this is basically a normal to zoomy lens. Pretty much the range I wanted. The wasted glass means the lens is 1/3 heavier and bigger than it should be, and the scattered light is sometimes said to cause image degradation (I wouldn't notice).

The lens most of us really want is a 28-200mm IS USM Zoom built for an APS sensor for under $500. In other words, the next version of this lens. It would weigh about the same and have about the same f stop and size, but it would have 50% more magnification at the top end. That lens is not available for Canon cameras from any manufacturer. Alas, Nikon has committed to APS sized sensors fully so they DO make something like that.

Canon will eventually crack and make the lens we want, or someone else will. So you can try waiting them out. In the meantime, this is a very nice lens and if you're a Canon amateur it's likely a quite good choice. Be prepared, however, to sell it for half-price next year and buy a new one ...

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Paul Haynes

Wonderful lens

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on January 24, 2013

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I am very much an amateur photographer, so this lens was my first venture into 'serious' lenses. It was a big step for me as it cost almost as much as the camera (a basic Canon DSLR). I really wanted a wider angle lens than this, but, after months of research, I kept coming back to this one as the reviews for it were so good.

The only negative aspect of some reviews was that the lens extends under its own weight if held upside-down, and it does - but is this really a problem? It's never really bothered me.

Other than that, the lens is absolutely superb. It's the first stabilised lens I've used and the stabilisation is very impressive, you can take excellent photos indoors without a flash quite easily, and it will even work in quite dark situations (although this is pushing the stabilising mechanism to its limit, so it can be a bit hit and miss). It also focuses very quickly and smoothly - and almost silently - again, very impressive.

The other thing about this lens which is so good is the detail of the images it produces. I have enough of a background in physics to know how lenses work, so I've never paid too much attention to claims like this, but it's true - this lens will show up detail other lenses just can't capture (and, if you're as short-sighted as me, you didn't even know was there!).

The combination of being able to work indoors without a flash and the detail of this lens means you can take really good portraits. The only downside of this is that sometimes you get too much detail - my son was less than impressed when my photos of his baby daughter showed up the new-born spots on her skin, and my wife has forbidden me from taking close-up pictures of her!

All in all, a really excellent lens, and a real revelation, if, like me, you've only bought budget lenses before.

However, having said all that, unfortunately the lens failed after just over three years of use - the autofocus stopped working altogether and the exposure became completely erratic. Even on manual focus, most of my shots were wasted as the picture was horribly over-exposed. I spent most of a long holiday having to take all my photos with a cheap telephoto lens, which was the only other lens I had with me! (Which indicates just how good his lens is - you start using it for everything, only using other lenses if you need wide-angle or long telephotos, it becomes not just your main lens, but nearly your only one.)

I have had the lens repaired, but it's sadly not as good as it once was, the autofocus hunts too much and often won't settle on a final setting - and sometimes fails altogether. I would send it back for a re-repair, but the repair was done through Jessops...

Anyway, I haven't docked any stars for this failure, as it's such a good lens it would be a shame to mark it down for what might be just an unlucky electronics failure. Plus I'm not entirely sure it wasn't me who caused it to fail - I don't treat my lenses as carefully as I should.

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Richard

Perfect walk around lens

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on April 26, 2015

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I love this lens. I use it on a crop sensor canon and find it an excellent walk around lens. It is a little heavy and prone to lens creep (although this can be easily solved with a lens-band). If I don't want to leave the house with a camera bag, this is the lens I put on the camera. Pictures are sharp and the colour tones are very pleasant. Focussing is fast and silent with the ultrasonic motor. The zoom felt a little loose before I added the silicone lens band but now has a nice solid feel to it. The lens has a full time manual override for focussing and the front element does not rotate making it very useful when shooting with filters.

I would recommend this as a good all round lens for crop frame or full frame Canon cameras. It is my go-to walk around lens and I suspect it will continue to be until I can afford an L-series upgrade!

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I have added some photos to demonstrate the lens closed and fully extended and also where I position the silicone band to prevent unwanted lens extension. It overlaps the zoom ring but not the focussing ring (not that that would upset the lens as it has full time manual focussing override and the focussing ring does not move in autofocus mode). I hope this helps. Whilst I have moved on to bigger and more expensive glass for the majority of my work this lens is still an old favourite and I still break it out from time to time. It has descended many skislopes and other perilous places with me!

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Sir Malus

good for the price but use a rubber band

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 22, 2013

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Rubber band you say!!! well, here's why. Other reviews of this lens have commented about 'lens creep' I.e. tilt the camera down and the lens extends, tilt it up and the lens shortens. All this is true, making shots of flowers (downwards) or shots of birds in trees etc. (pointing upwards) something of a problem.

The cure for this is to use a rubber band around the body of the lens, just where you would hold it to adjust the zoom. The extra friction provided by the edge of the rubber band is just enough to stop the lens miss-behaving, while not giving too much friction to cause any noticeable impedance too the operation of the zoom itself when in normal use. Try it, it really does work.

As another reviewer has said, use a post office rubber band (ask your postman for some spare bands, they carry loads) as they seem to be the right size for the lens in question. If you use a red one, people will even think you have an 'L' lens, though I have found the ordinary, slightly wider brown version to be easier to apply in the correct position. It doesn't look as cool though.

I heartily recommend the rubber band 'up-grade' for this lens and have given it 4 stars due too the problem not being fixed by canon in the first place.

As for the overall picture quality, I have tried this lens on a 1Dx body, against the new MKII 24-70 'L' lens, both set too 70mm, (un-fair I know) and have found images 'washed-out' with approx. half the contrast/vibrancy/detail, as that taken by the 24-70.

This is a measure of the lens itself, with the correct settings for that moment of the day to get the 'best' out of both lenses.

Barrel distortion is also VERY evident at the edges of the image, at low settings of zoom. These problems can be 'fixed' somewhat in photoshop/paint shop, but the images lack the 'L' lens quality to start with, so only so much can be done to improve the image this lens will provide.

I only mention this because if anyone thinks this lens is a 'giant killer', they will be dis-appointed. It does show however where the extra £1000 goes if you buy the 'L' lens. The 28-135mm lens is ok for casual use though and compares well with other lenses in it's own price grouping, i.e. £300-400. It does out-perform a sub £100 kit lens for image quality (not difficult)

I have not deducted the 1 star for the image performance, only for the need for a rubber band to fix the lens creep.

True Review

Best All Purpose Lens! Which Won't Break The Bank!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on August 9, 2014

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The Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens handles nicely and is easy to carry sized.

While not built like the L series zooms, the Canon 28-135 lens build quality is decent and in line with Canon's better consumer zooms. Expect some slight play in the two-part extension of the barrel, expect focus and zoom rings that are not silky-smooth.

The Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM Lens focuses reasonably fast and very quietly thanks to Ring USM (Ultrasonic Motor) AF. FTM (Full Time Manual) focusing is enabled and the manual focus ring does not rotate during AF. The manual focus ring is small/narrow and requires familiarity to quickly find it while shooting. A window provides focus distance information.

the focal length is great and very handy, the lens is very sharp from 28-70mm from 70-135mm keep the aperture at around f/8 for landscapes etc as its a sweet spot.

You are better off buying this lens rather than the 18-135mm, having that extra 10mm is great but the lens is EF-S which means if you were ever to upgrade to full-frame the 18-135mm wont fit but this lens will as it is EF.

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MrJorj

Good, but not perfect. Great second lens.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 7, 2011

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This was my first true IS lens, and my first USM one too. For that, you get some quick focusing, and the ability to shoot at slow shutter speeds (I can quite happily HAND-HELD shoot at 1/8th second and get sharp results, even at the full 135mm)

The focusing is a lot better than any standard Micro Motor focusing, but it isn't always accurate on this lens. It may just be the camera I am using (Canon EOS 1000D). The lens will hunt, and thus the whole field of view will adjust, and the lens gets confused as the part I want to focus on is constantly moving around during the focusing. Centre shot focusing helps quite a bit though.

The main issue is with the zoom collar. The zoom is fairly smooth, but the lens is very front-heavy. If you point the lens down, it will fall down to 100mm. If you look up, it will shoot back to 28mm. Not a problem if you're constantly holding the lens, but having a more stable zoom would be nicer. Not all the time is it feasable to be holding onto the lens... I've done shots where I am having to hold onto a railing or something and look up/down at quite some attitude, and the zoom slipping is an issue.

The lens hood is not supplied, but is worthwhile having. It's a shame that Canon don't supply it with the lens as many other manufacturers do.

Pound for pound, it's a great lens and it is my new walk-about lens. I otherwise have an 18-55, 50mm and 70-300, but this lens easily covers all of those magnification ranges, and it is great to compose with. The focus and IS makes it incredibly useful, and this increases sharpness, so cropping (to achieve the effective 300mm of my other lens) is not a problem. I took it on a 3-week long holiday to South Africa, and despite having 3 other lenses, I barely touched them. This did the job of all of them.

So yeah, it's a very good lens. Not superb, and not without fault, but the faults are easy enough (in most circumstances) to get around. Weather sealing would be a massive bonus, but this should definately be the first or second lens that you buy.

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