Canon EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM Standard Zoom Digital Camera Lens Features:
Compatible with most Canon EOS Digital SLR Cameras
Excellent optical quality and true wide-angle Coverage with select Canon EOS Digital SLR with smaller sized imagers such as: 40d, 30d, 20d, Digital Rebel XSi / XTi / XT and Digital Rebel.
Equivalent to a 28-135mm lens, this new EF-S lens brings true wide-angle to tele coverage to Canon's Digital shooters. It has Canon's Image Stabilization system, allowing safe hand-holding at speeds up to three stops slower than otherwise possible. And of course, it's optically optimized for digital SLRs. A ring-type USM means both fast and silent AF, as well as full-time manual focus when in the AF mode.
- Compact, lightweight design with a 5x zoom ratio -- 28 to 135mm (35mm SLR) equivalent
- Excellent optical quality: Aspheric element with two Aspherical surfaces utilized
- Close-focusing to 1.15 feet -- at 135mm, fills the frame with subject 3 x 4.4 inches
- Ring-type Ultrasonic motor for superior AF performance; allows full-time MF
- Image Stabilization extends the lens's usefulness in low-light levels
- Circular aperture design -- natural highlights, even stopped down two stops
- Non-rotating front element; lens length does not change during zooming
- EF-S lens mount -- exclusively for 40d, 30d, 20d, Digital Rebel XSi / XTi / XT and Digital Rebel