Yesterday I had a joy to play around with my newly acquired EOS-3 + 28-135 IS lens. t was some outing with the friend of mine who has using his Minolta Dynax 7 and I had Minolta 800si.
Overall EOS-3 handling is really joy, however some quick tests have somewhat clouded my feelings. EOS-3 AF abilities in low-light seems to be considerably lesser then these of Minolta 7, and even "ancient" 800si was able to lock securely (after some slight hunting) on the subject at which the EOS-3 wasn't able to lock at all. To put the things right, we used lenses at similar settings (say 70mm zoom at f/4.5 or f/5.6). Any comments ? Perhaps the bodies kind of EOS-3 and 1V are only able to unleash their real capabilities with fast lenses attached ? (f/2.8 constant) I admit bearing in mind the particular lens used (28-135) the EOS-3 wasn't able to utilize his cross sensors, but neither the Minolta 7 (which is also able to use their hair-cross one at f/2.8 or wide aperture). If this is the case, after gaining some experience with 28-135 I'll probably upgrade for either 28-70/2.8 L USM or 24-70/2.8 L USM even though in such case giving up the IS. Regards, Alex Z * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
