Roger Wong wrote: At 12:56 PM 10/5/2001 , Antonio Bastos wrote: >Hi,I can not understand where is the point of making a 16-35 having a >17-35,just sales increase?or does that degree make a such big difference? >regards Antonio
Both your guesses are correct. The angle of view of 16mm is noticeably wider than 17mm. People who want the wider view will buy this lens and increase Canon's sales. -Roger ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would not consider 3 degrees 50 minutes difference between the two lenses noticeably wider. ;-) 16-35mm has an angle of view (diagonal) of 108� 10' -63� 17-35mm has an angle of view (diagonal) of 104� - 63� Peter K * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
