Do any lenses commonly have autofocus issues on the Canon 60D, and is the EF-S 10-22mm likely to need adjustment?

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I use a Canon 60D with the 18-200mm and haven’t noticed any autofocus problems. I’m considering adding the Canon EF-S 10-22mm wide-angle lens. Since the 60D does not offer AF microadjustment, should I expect focus issues with the 10-22mm, or are there any lenses that commonly need adjustment on this camera body?

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Generally speaking I think the concept of "lenses that don't focus well on body X" is a misconception. All mechanical and electronic gear is manufactured to certain tolerances...and usually, the more expensive, the tighter the tolerances. If you get two pieces of equipment that are at opposing ends of their range of tolerance, you might end up having to adjust one or the other to get a proper "fit".

In the average case, most consumer-grade equipment is within a tolerance divergence that you won't need to do any adjustment at all most of the time, and it would only really be on the off-chance that you end up with a particularly poor match that you actually do need to adjust even to be moderately useful/acceptable. If you find that you regularly encounter lenses that need adjustment, its probably better to adjust the camera rather than the lenses, as its probably the camera that is near the limit of its tolerance range. Additionally, if you are really looking for a perfect fit with less chance of even a need to tune either the camera or a lens, you should probably be looking at more expensive equipment. Both lenses you listed are from Canon's consumer line of lenses, and are generally not manufactured to the stringent tolerance levels that the L-series lenses are. (The 10-22mm is a pretty solid lens, but its not an L-series lens, so I wouldn't expect it to have as stringent of manufacturing quality.)

Sadly, the 60D is the first of the Canon XXD line that I know of recently that doesn't seem to offer any micro-adjustment. My standard recommendation when people ask whether they should get a 60D or a 7D, given the moderate price difference, is to get the 7D. Not only does it have AF microadjustment, but it is packed full of a ton of other useful features as well.

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There isn’t really a class of lenses that “don’t focus properly” on the 60D. Autofocus accuracy is usually about manufacturing tolerances between a specific body and a specific lens, not a known incompatibility with the camera model. Most lens/body combinations work fine without adjustment.

For the Canon EF-S 10-22mm specifically, the shared experience here is that it works well on the 60D. Because it’s a wide-angle lens, depth of field is usually large, so small focus errors are much less noticeable unless you’re very close to the minimum focus distance.

So: no, the 10-22mm is not generally considered a problem lens on the 60D, and most lenses should be fine. If you ever do see repeated focus issues across many lenses, that would suggest checking the camera body rather than avoiding particular lenses.

The only issue mentioned was with a manual-focus Samyang 85mm f/1.4 using an AF-confirm chip, which is a special case and not representative of normal Canon autofocus lenses.

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