Thomas Bantel wrote: >> Gee, what would be the difference then if bith cars were on a highways >> and both were only allowed to run 50MPH? Answer: Nothing! >> You see, at 50MPH the VW owner is saving a small fortune, the Ferrari >> owner is worrying about the next payment. >> > >Hmm, yes. But they ARE allowed to run faster than 50 mph. ;-)
Thomas, what I wrote was that they were only allowed 50 MPH. Analogous to 2 lenses being set at F8. Yes, at F2.8 it would be like one car going 120MPH and the other since it cannot go to F2.8 would stay at say 65MPH. But again, at 50MPH, no difference. > Here we go again. The Leica glow is "old-timer talk" that typically > justifies an amateur owning an expensive lens. Granted the 28-70L is > an excellent optic, but unless you need F2.8, save your money. >Make that "unless you need f/5.6" and I'm with you. >f/5.6 is actually wide open for e.g. the 28-135 IS over a big part of its >range. Not true. Mine runs at F3.5 from 28-50, then around 4.5 until 90mm. So it certainly is not F5.6 over a large part of its range. Try it and see for yourself. >And a consumer zoom (almost) wide open is not exactly fun. Of course >the 28-135 has its merits, mainly the bigger zoom range and - IS. That's >why I bought one, not because it's equal to the 28-70L. And no, I don't >need to justify my expenses. It would be a hard job to do, because I own >way too much "normal zooms" anyway (Sigma 28-70/2.8, EF 35-80/4.5-5.6 (argh), >EF 28-105/3.4-4.5, EF 28-135/3.5-5.6, EF 28-70/2.8L). You may call me a >collector ;-), some of those lenses just gather dust. I USE the EF 28-70L, >the EF 28-135 IS and - rarely - the EF 28-105. Agreed, IS is a great feature and main reason I switched to Canon just a few years back. As to your collection, I have some prime lenses that don't get used as often as they use to (135F2L, 35mmF2, 50mm F1.4) as my 28-135IS has always bailed me out in most instances. The "Leica glow" was the only thing I was really commenting on. Leica lenses were not great until the late 50s. Guys like Henri Cartier Bresson used Leica bodies with Zeiss Sonnar 50mm F1.5 in the 40s. Zeiss optice were far superior at that time. Fact not fiction. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
