I have had this lens for several years now. It is a great piece of glass and the IS really works well. However, I will say this, and it may only be true for my copy, but it is soft in sharpness if shot at less than f8.0. I think it may be this way with all of them. But even with that draw back, it is still a super piece of glass. At f8.0, it is hard to find a sharper lens. With the IS, I can han...

This is a great little camera. With its 50mm lens and 10x optical zoom, you get professional result for the price of amateur equipment. The automatic features are handy but you have an option to use manual controls to create unique works of art. The LCD Screen is large enough to determine the quality of the photos you take and with the multiple delete option, you can batch remove any unwanted ph...

Review by Bubbalinn I have only used this camera for a couple weeks, but I can say that I'm liking it more and more. I also have the older Digital Rebel 300D that is a larger camera. The XTi is a nice size; it's not too large and not too small. When I put on my larger 75-300mm lens I have no problem holding it. I have regular size hands and it fits me perfectly. I really like the larger...

This is a very nice low end lens that most amateur photographers will enjoy. The auto focus is fast and does good most of the time. When taking photos of birds or say rabbits, I set the focus to center only, or it will focus on the larger objects. The quality and colors of 8x10 prints are great. The IS - Image Stabilizer really helps when taking photos hand held and especially when zoomed in a l...

This is a great all around lens for shooting most situations. The auto focus is lightning fast and the lens is not very heavy. The zoom and focus rings move very smooth. The quality of the photos seem to be around the same as the kit lens that comes with most Canon cameras. I like that the lens turns inside when focusing and that you can manually focus at any time. This is a great slam around le...

Review by Jessica Cooper Shortly after receiving the 1D Mark III, it locked up and displayed an "Error 99". I had to send it in for repairs. Repairing was extremely fast and I've never had the trouble again. They also had a recall that I had to send my camera in for. Again, this was very fast and I had my camera back in no time. Once those issues were resolved, I am extremely happy...

Love this camera! The first time I held it, it just fits perfectly. The design, weight and user friendly buttons is simply great. My Nikon D90 came with an 18-105mm F3.5 VR lens. Perfect for me because it's an all around lens. I mean for daily use it's awesome. Once you get to navigate the features of the D90, you'll be totally overwhelmed. It has some features of the D700 and D3 exc...

I love this lens. It is without question my favorite lens in my bag, above my two "L" lenses. The quality of the images is near equal to the L lenses I have (EF 24-105 f/4 L & EF 70-200 f/4L). What makes it my favorite is the effect of the wide angle image. It automatically creates a feeling of spaciousness and place. The only drawback to this lens in my mind is the distortion at 1...

I rented this lens for a few weeks to photograph wildlife in Montana and Yellowstone. This was the first lens I've used in the 500mm focal range, and I used a monopod to support the weight because it's at least 5 pounds. I played around with shutter speeds to end up with a sharp image. Of course, anything faster than 1/750 worked fine. With the monopod, I felt OK dropping it to 1/600, bu...

The SB-800 is an awesome flash, very powerful, nearly as much light as some studio mono-lights. It includes an extra battery holder which makes absolutely no sense. The flash takes 4 AA rechargeable batteries and the extra holder has one more. It is unbelievably inconvenient to charge one AA battery by itself so I don't use it. I just have an extra set of 4AA rechargeable batteries ready. Th...