bigtwinky
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Oh give me a break. The ONLY thing that matters on those lenses is the focal range, and the aperture. Not knowing what an ED of IF or G lens is no more makes someone a noob than knowing it somehow makes you a master.
Every company likes to throw in its own set of 2 letter acronyms to qualify their lenses. And in most cases, these aren't a huge thing.
I agree that the focal range and aperture are the most important. And I agree that knowing what each acronym means doesn't make you a photoGod.
But for a Canon, knowing the difference between an EF or an EF-S lens is pretty important. Same as knowing what IS is (or VR for a Nikon).