To "officially" rate as an L lens, it appears the optics must contain at least one ground and polished aspherical, UD or fluorite element. A replicated element alone doesn't count. Note that the 24/1.4 contains one replicated aspheric and one UD element. It's the UD glass that puts it over the top. John Lovda --- Plumviewer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daniel ROCHA wrote: > > From: "Icoz, Evrim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >>as somebody said, this is an update to this great > lens. > > > > > > > > Yes ! Update or replacement of the 28-70 L ! > > > > One of the features that helped make the 28-70 L so > great was an > aspherical lens, and a ground not molded one to > boot. > > It seems clear that Canon's effort here is to > furnish a wide angle to > the digital bodies. I for one won't regard the lens > as an "update" > until it's confirmed that this lens has a genuine > aspherical like the > lens it allegedly replaces. If it doesn't have such > an element it > should be way less expensive. > > Regards, > > Plumviewer >
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