----- Original Message ----- From: Gary Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 9:35 AM Subject: EOS L Fever
> After a succession of lenses moving up from the 75-300 consumer lens to the 100-300 USM, I finally decided that their longer zoom ranges were not producing the results I wanted and I bit the bullet and bought a 70-200 f4L. It produced really good results at all focal lengths, but with a 1.4 Tamron SP converter was a bit slow at the long end (although no worse than my previous lenses) - but gave better results than either of my previous tele-zooms. > > Having used that for a while I *really* bit the bullet and got the f2.8L IS version. Every bit as good as the f4 but the extra stop and IS make for a truly usable medium telephoto zoom in a wide range of conditions, even with the TC fitted. > > The downside is the weight!!! I've decided to keep the f4 lens as a travel / hiking lens (it's only half the weight! of the 2.8) and use the 2.8 for most everything else. > snip Hi Gary, Good to hear that you like your recent purchases. Whilst I'm a very strict amateur I do appreciate good lenses and I now have a few L teles, 200 f2.8, 300 f4 and 135 f2. At the recent Focus exhibition I visited the Canon stand and did try the 100-400 and the 70-200 but found them seriously heavy. About 15-20 years ago I carried a very heavy gadget bag around stuffed full of Minolta's primes and two X-700 bodies. This took its toll and I suffered quite bad shoulder pains, so now I try to restrict what I carry at any one time and I've invested in the LowePro Mini-Trekker which carries a decent amount and is really comfortable. Although equally well made, I found my LowePro Elite AW rather bulky and awkward to carry, so it now stays at home. For holiday use I restrict myself to the Sigma 17-35, EF28-135 IS USM and an EF35 f2 with my EOS3. I can just get this in a small but thin walled Hama style bag and with a Tamron 1.4x (which fits the 28-135) I'm quite well covered, without being weighed down too much. Malcolm Stewart Milton Keynes, UK * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
