Great walk-around lens for occasions when you want to reduce overall camera size but don't want to go all the way down to mirrorless.
Features HighlightÂ
- The slimmest EF lens with merely 22.8mm thickness and weights only 130g to give superb mobility
- Newly developed 6 elements in 4 groups optical lens construction
- 1 high-precision Glass-Molded (GMo) Aspherical lens element to achieve high image quality from the image center to periphery
- Quiet and smooth continuous AF is supported in movie shooting and Live View shooting*1 by a thorough optimization of the continuous AF mechanism with the adoption of newly developed Stepping Motor (STM)
- 7-blade circular aperture for beautiful bokeh
- New micro-stepping drive is used in the aperture control for quieter drive during movie shooting
- 0.30m minimum focusing distance with 0.18x maximum magnification
- Lens placement and coatings are optimized for digital cameras to ensure excellent color balance and minimize ghosting and flare
Is this still worth getting even if you've already got a 50mm prime (1.8) on a crop?