Description
A TREMENDOUSLY FLEXIBLE STANDARD ZOOM FOR APS-C-FORMAT DSLRS, THE EF-S 17-55MM F/2.8 IS USM FROM CANON PAIRS THE 27.2-88MM EQUIVALENT FOCAL LENGTH RANGE WITH A BRIGHT F/2.8 CONSTANT MAXIMUM APERTURE. BENEFITTING THIS DESIGN IS A SOPHISTICATED OPTICALLAYOUT, WHICH INCLUDES BOTH ULTRA-LOW DISPERSION GLASS AND ASPHERICAL ELEMENTS TO SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE CHROMATIC AND SPHERICAL ABERRATIONS FOR IMPROVED CLARITY AND SHARPNESS THROUGHOUT THE ZOOM RANGE. A SUPER SPECTRA COATING HAS ALSO BEEN APPLIED TOINDIVIDUAL ELEMENTS TO SUPPRESS FLARE AND GHOSTING FOR INCREASED CONTRAST WHEN WORKING IN BRIGHT ENVIRONMENTS. BEYOND THE OPTICAL ATTRIBUTES, THIS 17-55MM IS ALSO CHARACTERIZED BY ITS ADVANCED THREE STOP-EFFECTIVE IMAGE STABILIZER SYSTEM TO MINIMIZETHE APPEARANCE OF CAMERA SHAKE. ALSO COMPLEMENTING HANDLING IS A SOPHISTICATED RING-TYPE USM, WHICH PROVIDES QUICK, QUIET, AND ACCURATE AUTOFOCUS PERFORMANCE ALONG WITH FULL-TIME MANUAL FOCUS OVERRIDE.