The focus and zoom rings are incredibly sensitive and very easy to turn, but at the same time, quite accurate. Unfortunately, this creates a necessary evil due to the mixed good/bad part: the rings. The length of the lens also gives you a great grip for handheld shots. The camera feels more solid in your hands at around 5lbs with a high-quality DSLR and this lens added together. The weight and length are concerns, but also huge benefits for handheld shooting in some ways. You can go from 1.8 down to 16 at any time. The other question I asked a friend of mine who recommended this lens and have confirmed: NO you're not stuck with 1.8. As many of you have probably already noted with your 50mm lenses, f/1.8 is GORGEOUS for portraits, and this camera does not fail to deliver on that. This is the ONLY lens I have that I can say this about. You can zoom from 18 to 35 without the aperture changing at all. Something I wasn't certain about until I tested it just now: yes, it has the same aperture setting range throughout the zoom, which goes from f/1.8 all the way down to f/16. Next up, you are reading it right: This lens is capable of f/1.8 throughout the entire (admittedly short) zoom range. I'm not sure how exactly it works internally, but it does the job, and you won't need to adjust your polarizer to match your zoom or your focus, which is, needless to say, a huge quality of life improvement. This is incredible, and a great feat of engineering. There are basically no exposed moving parts. As such, the body of the lens is pretty-much self-contained. If you attach, say, a polarizing filter or a hood to block out glare, it will NOT turn with the zoom or the focus. The length is partially due to the somewhat-unique system it utilizes for zooming, which is the next big positive: This lens does not change lengths when you zoom or focus. There is a LOT of glass in this lens, justifying that purchase price in high-quality optical glass alone. First off, the weight is actually something I appreciate. So, that's the bad stuff to scare off the people who won't really enjoy this lens due to some minor aesthetic and convenience issues. 72mm! 58 is what you get with the *standard* Canon lenses, and my 50mm pancake lens is a 49mm attachment, which is, frankly, pretty tiny. This lens is fairly pricey for what is essentially a kit lens replacement, though we'll get into that in the "good" section, which is going to be much, much longer. This lens ends up being roughly as long as my 55-300mm basic Canon zoom. If you don't have a decent tripod, this is VERY bad, as it's going to make the camera very front-heavy. Beyond heavy, this thing weighs more than my 80D with a battery and memory card in it. No matter how much the product description tells you, you won't believe it until you hold it: This sucker is HEAVY. I need to get the bad out of the way first, just to scare off the people who really shouldn't buy this lens unless they're willing to accept the negatives of a high-quality lens for a low price.
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