I would have to agree about primes in some situations. I own a 16-35/2.8L and love it but indoors, low light, etc. my 24/1.4L is probably the best lens I own. If I had to keep only one lens due to financial desperation, it would definitely be the 24/1.4L.
What's also curious from my personal standpoint is that I also owned a 35/1.4L and virtually never used it. I was hesitant to sell it because it was a beautiful piece of optics but did in order to fund my switch from the 70-200/2.8L up to the IS. I have never looked back now and don't miss it. John Lovda --- Felix Lopez de Maturana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I have wide angle zoom on list for not so far > future, however not very > >familiar with the offerings. > >I know there are 20-35/2.8L (discontinued), 17-35/L > USM and 16-35/L USM. > >Photodo rates the first one (3.5) considerably > higher then the second one > >(3.2) (no rating for 16-35). However they do not > mention the 20-35 features > >USM (and thus FTM). Doesn't it have teh USM indeed > ? I think given it is a > >USM lens I would go for one (don't care too much > additional 3-4mm, 20mm is > >good enough for me), especially considering their > affordability on Ebay. > >Also, the 17-35 showed considerable distortions on > the wide end (-4.xx on > >Photodo). > >What about distortions issue with 20-35 ? > > > Alex > > I own the 17-35 and I had before the 20-35. The > former has slightly better > corrected distortion at 17 and 20mm but less > sharpness. Of course, > obviuosly, has a wider range and USM as the later > cannot be MF focused when > AF is engaged. I think the 16-35 has recovered the > lost sharpness but I do > not foresee buying it. If one consider best > sharpness and distortion as a > true priority over convenience then the way is to > buy 14,20,24,28 and 35 > primes. > > Kind regards > > Felix > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus � Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
