Question for Canon experts

[HeatherFeather]

Hi,

Hope someone can help me as I have searched the net and can't come up with an answer to this question. I am currently in the market for a Canon lens...the 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM one. I have been looking at several of them on eBay, amazon, KEH, etc. I have noticed that some have a gold band around them while others have a silver band. What is the difference??? Is there one? This is making me crazy as I just can't seem to find the answer. I hope someone can help!

[HeatherFeather]

Shamelessly bumping...no one else has any ideas? :)

[dcg0317]

I have the Canon 10-22mm and it has a gold ring close to the front element. I have not seen a Canon 10-22mm with a silver ring.
All the review sites I've checked also show them with a gold ring.

[AndrewWG]

Some discussion of the ring colors is located at the link below.

http://photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00CE3O

[HeatherFeather]

Thanks for the replies...here is the stock pic on amazon...definitely looks silver.
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb41/hibba43/51P714WGY3L_SL500_AA300_.jpg

[boBQuincy]

My 10-22 (which I have had for a few years) has a gold band. The photo on Canon's website also appears to have a gold band although it could easily be mistaken for silver.

[Revan]

Thanks for the replies...here is the stock pic on amazon...definitely looks silver.
http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/bb41/hibba43/51P714WGY3L_SL500_AA300_.jpg

That looks like a black and white photo. I just ordered mine from B&H and it is gold.

[MM_Bound]

I would second the fact that it is a balck and white photo. The feet in the distance window should be green and the ft on the side should also be green.

[photo_chick]

It just looks silver in the photos, it's really gold. At one time that threw me, too. Canon's designation for the USM lenses is a gold band. I really wish they did use a different color to differentiate the different USM motor types so it would be easy to tell which ones have full time manual focus.