--- Julian Loke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > "Pierre Bellavance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> > You two guys are making life impossible for me!!!
> > I had decided to go for the 20/2.8 and there you
> are convincing me
> > that I should get the 20-35/3.5-4.5.
>
> Hello Pierre,
>
> I am doing no such convincing :-)
>
> Buy the EF 20 f/2.8 if you want. Or the Canon 20-35
> f/3.5-4.5. Or the Tamron 20-40 Or the Sigma 17-35
> Or the Tokina 17/3.5 Or the Sigma 20/1.8
> or the ... or the ...
Hi Pierre,
I'll throw my 2 cents worth in as well. I don't own
either a 20-35 or a 20mm prime. What I DO have
however is a Sigma 17-35 EX f2.8-4.
Now I'm not about to tell you you should buy the
Sigma, even though it's very good lens. What I am
going to do is compare it to the 17mm f3.5 Tokina
prime lenses I used to own!
The 17mm prime was great- I've owned 2 different
Tokina 17's since about 1982/83 (Canon MF and Nikon AF
mounts). Back then a 17mm lens was outrageously WIDE,
today we're used to the concept of 17mm lenses being
widely used (no pun intended) if not exactly
commonplace. What still holds true is that the gap
between 17mm and 28mm (my next widest lense) was HUGE.
Ok there were times when I'd wished for an even wider
lens, but much more so I wished for an in-between
lens, like a 20 or a 24. The 17-35 zoom gives much
more flexibility for those time when you just can't
use you feet to get in more (or less) plus a bit more
at the 35mm end to avoid some hasty lens changing.
I guess my experience has been that you'd enjoy the
20mm prime lens - it opens image possibilities that
you simply cannot get with a 28mm+ lens. However, I've
certainly found the 17-35 a more flexible lens, albeit
at the cost of size and weight (the 17mm Tokinas were
very small and light). That however is not really an
issue with the EF 20mm and 20-35 zooms.
An aside on the close focusing issue. The 17mm primes
focused closed than my present zoom. However,
remember that at small apertures objects closer than
the minimum focusing distance will still be acceptably
sharp anyway, so the slight lack in regard to close
focusing ability can to an extent be overcome. I've
yet to find it a problem in practical terms with the
zoom.
Regards
Gary
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