On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 09:59:58 -0800, Kotsinadelis, Peter (Peter) wrote: > > >I know many have said this lens is soft. What I am wondering is are you >basing this on digital use of the lens as with EOS digital bodies? >I may have the exception in 28-135mm IS lenses, but I use film. I have >done a lot of work with the lens and my images are sharp at F5.6 when >enlarged to 8x10 or 11x14. > >Peter K >
Hi Peter I'm using my 28-135 with film and the only way I've found get around the softness issue is to shoot at F8 or higher. The softness is noticable even on small 4x6 prints. I contacted Canon last summer about this problem and they exchanged the lens under warranty, the replacement is better than my original lens (the old lens was really bad). Last fall I tried a simple (but not quite fair) test between the 28-135 and my other lenses (16-35 & 100-400). With the camera mounted on a tripod and using identical exposure settings I took comparision pictures with these combinations: a) 16-35 & 28-135 at 35mm b) 28-135 & 100-400 at 100mm Even on 4x6 prints, the differences were amazing! The pictures taken with the 28-135 were noticably softer - even the folks in the photo lab were surprised. I contacted Canon again about the softness and this time I was told something along the lines of ".. what do you expect for a consumer lens...". I know 2 other photographers that have 28-135's. One has an older 28-135 and his works great, the other person bought their 28-135 about a year ago and it's soft. Rob * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
