> > > Thomas Bantel wrote: > > I agree with both sides ;-) Both would be useful lenses - for different > purposes. And I don't think it is necessary to have both the f/2.8 and IS > in one lens, although this one would also have some nice applications. > But I very much prefer an affordable lens with some compromises ... > > The 28-70 f/2.8L is a wonderful lens, now if it would be a 28-105 ... > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Thomas, > > Canon made a good thing better when they added IS to their 70-200mm F2.8L > lens. > It still has the fast F2.8 aperture (Chip are you listening?) and now IS. > Plus it is reportedly sharper optically. > > Peter K >
Hi Peter, Yes, Canon did make a good thing better by adding IS to the EF 70-200 2.8L, and almost doubled the street price at the same time. I've had a chance to use one a few times now and I even sort of like it and the EF 70-200 2.8L IS is sharp, it's as sharp as my old EF 70-200 2.8L non IS. But see below about what are IMO issues if you have a lot of seat time with the non-IS versions. The newer IS lenses starting with the intro of the EF 300 2.8L IS, are all as good or maybe even better optically than the lenses they replaced, the EF 400 DO being the exception. But ALL of these newer lenses IMO are priced at unreasonable levels. I have had enough time shooting with both the EF 70-200 2.8L IS and EF 300 2.8L IS now and IMO they are as good optically as my own trusty EF 70-200 2.8L and EF 300 2.8L non-IS lenses. I can also say that they are not as fast to AF lock and track as my non IS versions and that I'm very glad that I had a bunch of E1 NiCad packs in the bag for my PB-E1 boosters while shooting with these new lenses! With IS on all the time I was using up battery packs faster than without. Maybe I need to buy a couple of EOS 1v's to get them to work as fast as they used to. Regards, Chip Louie * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
