david_laidler

One other point. Before I switched to the EOS 20D and 17-85 IS I had a Digital Rebel and the very cheap 18-55 kit lens. This camera and lens neither showed the distortion or tilt, when taking exactly the same kind of pictures. Unfortunately I sold them!

David, Thanks for the feedback. What is surprising to me is that the effect is clearly noticeable in "normal" photographs, as in the attached, where the Eifel Tower is clearly curved. I've never seen this kind of thing before in normal photographs. I guess I'm surprised that no one else really sees this as a problem. Or am I wrong?

Another example image.

Thanks for all the replies. The reason I started photographing brick walls was because of the problems that I saw in my pictures and I wanted to test out the lens. I've attached an example to show you all. As well as the distortion, when taking pictures either horizontally or vertically I often see some tilt down towards the left, which I have never had a problem with when using my EOS film cameras. I saw another post on this issue, but everyone just seemed to think it was operator error and I can't see how this could be?

I've been using a Canon EOS 20D together with an EF-S 17-85 IS lens

for a few months now and everything has worked well. However, when

taking some pictures of buildings last weekend I was very surprised

by the degree of barrel distortion at the 17mm end. To me it makes

the lens unuseable at wide angle for this purpose. I've attached a

picture that I took at the 17mm end of a brick wall (which is

straight) to try and show the distortion. I'd be interested in what

any one thinks about the degree of distortion? It seems a lot worse

than any other Canon lens I've owned.<div></div>

Monte,

 

Sounds a strange problem I know, but I have exactly the same problem, horizons tilted down to the left! Have been an EOS film user for a long time and never suffered from such problems. Also previously had an EOS Digital Rebel and also didn't have the problem. Also, the problem is not consistent, some shots are okay others not. I also noticed that as well as tilted down to the left, if I take close ups they are also shifted towards the left. Sounds like my error I know, but I'm starting to suspect a faulty camera?

 

David.