> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kotsinadelis, > Peter (Peter) > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 10:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: EOS IS 28-135 Lens > > > > > 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, My experience with the several EF 28-135IS lenses I've tried and tested with were all on slow tranny film. Some of them were definitely better than others but none of the 28-135IS lenses I used made me happy at the long end. This was the end of the zoom I wanted most to use with IS. My image quality standard may have been a bit jaded though as I used my EF 135 2L as the quality standard. In this comparison few lenses are very good but I had hoped that the 28-135IS would do better. I haven't had a chance to see if all the noise about the EF 28-135IS lens on a digital body being a bad combination is true yet. Many people have said this and many are people with opinions I generally think are good. All three of my friends who shoot EOS bodies and had an EF 28-135IS have sold them and moved on to better glass (2x EF 28-70 2.8L and 1x EF 24-70 2.8L). IMO the only way to really check a lens out is to use it and I don't really want to buy a new one just to test with it. But that being said I have noticed that some lenses are not as good on a digital body as on a film body. But the weird thing is that I've also noticed the opposite can be true. Lenses that I would not reach for first are getting more use with my digital shooting because for some reason they look better now. Take the EF 300 4L IS for example, a good lens and with IS a very good tool but on a film body, not in the same league as my trusty EF 300 2.8L or an EF 300 4L. The EF 300 4L IS on a digital body is really a remarkable lens that for some reason is better than when used on a film body. I can almost see letting my EF 300 2.8L go but for the fact that the EF 300 4L IS's AF is (IMO), too slow at f/8 even on an EOS 1D using the center AF point and the EF 300 2.8L even at f/5.6 still has excellent high performance AF. Compromise is everywhere I guess. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
