Canon Lens Reviews
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Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 12 March 2008
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NEW: Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Review 02 April 2008
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L II 20 August 2007
Canon 14mm f/2.8 L 12 October 2007
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L II 04 November 2007
Canon 16-35mm f/2.8 L 02 December 2006
Canon 17-40mm f/4 L 06 December 2006
New: Canon 24mm f/1.4 L II 17 September 2008
Canon 24mm f/1.4 (Just a link to the specs of the 1997 model.)
Canon 28mm f/1.8 26 July 2007
Canon 35mm f/1.4 (Just a link to the specs.)
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Canon 17-55mm f/2.8 IS 14 December 2006
Canon 17-85mm IS 14 October 2006
Canon 18-55mm EF-S II 14 October 2006
Canon 18-55mm EF-S IS 20 August 2007
Canon 24-105mm f/4L IS 07 July 2007 7/7/7
Canon 28mm f/1.8 26 July 2007
28-90mm III (Just a link to the specs.)
NEW: Canon 50mm f/1.4 USM 05 January 2009
Canon 50mm f/1.2L 01 March 2007
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 05 June 2007
Tele
Canon 55-250mm IS 20 August 2007
Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 L IS 23 December 2006
Canon 70-200mm f/4 L 06 December 2006
Canon 70-300mm IS USM14 February 2007
Canon 70-200mm f/4 L IS 01 August 2007
Canon 70-300mm DO IS 31 July 2007
Canon 70-210mm f/4 14 July 2007 (new review; 19 year old lens)
Canon 85mm f/1.2L II USM15 February 2007
Canon 85mm f/1.8 15 July 2007
Canon 100-400mm L (Just a link to the specs.)
Canon EF 200mm f/2L IS USM 23 January 2008
NEW: Sigma 200-500mm f/2.8 12 March 2008
400mm f/2.8L (Just a link to the specs.)
500mm f/4L (Just a link to the specs.)
Canon 600mm f/4L (Just a link to the specs.)
Canon EF 800mm f/5.6L IS USM 23 January 2008
Macro
Canon 50mm f/2.5 EF Macro 06 December 2006
Canon 60mm f/2.8 EF-S Macro 14 December 2006
Canon 100mm f/2.8 USM Macro 30 November 2006
Fisheye
NEW: Sunex 5.6mm Fisheye Review 29 February 2008
Canon 15mm f/2.8 Fisheye: I owe you a formal review, but it's the best fisheye I've ever used so I'm having so much fun that I haven't gotten to writing it up yet. The Canon 15mm on a full-frame camera is far superior to Nikon's 10.5mm on a DX camera.
10-17mm Tokina 13 February 2007
16mm f/2.8 Zenitar 08 December 2006 (a $175 Russian lens which works amazingly well on my 5D until I can borrow or buy the real 15mm Canon)
How to Use Nikon Lenses on Canon Cameras
Manual Focus FD Lenses
NEW: Tokina 150-500mm Review 17 May 2008
See also Christian Rollinger's excellent Canon FD Archive.