On Tue, 4 Mar 2003 16:34:45 -0000, you wrote: > >Some of us have seen the quality Jim has achieved with his 'consumer' lenses >and know that this has been through careful technique and constant attention >to detail. Now he has ambitions to make photography an even bigger part of >his life and he is moving 'up market'. Good luck to him. > >Bob Pendleton
I concur. And I started out pretty much the same way as Jim - working with what I could afford. I got a lot out of my EF 75-300 and even that - perish the thought - kit 28-90. Now I'm shooting with the 28-135 IS, the 50/1.8 and the Tamron 90mm f/2.8 macro, and getting pretty sharp results across the board. Most of the rest of my really good glass is is FD, but my expectations are considerably higher now. Quite a bit higher than my budget. Hell, I'd love a 85/1.2L! That's why I wanted to get some feel for how the 24-85 is. I suspect that after shooting with my FD 24mm f/2.8 prime that I would find the distortion at the wide end of the EF 24-85 pretty disturbing if there were any straight lines in the shot. But it might be ok for carefully framed landscapes, which is mostly what I use 24mm for. And a bit of softness at 85mm might be ok, too, for portraits. The 28-135 acts like that. Anyway, I appreciate everyone's thoughts. Ken Durling Visit my new easier-to-browse PhotoSIG portfolio: http://www.photosig.com/viewuser.php?id=203 * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
