I don't care much about Photodo (though admittedly has glanced more then once), but no doubt the only "snap" and a kind of 3D I experienced once acquired by 28-70L. And I did shoot with Tokina 28-70/2.6-2.8 ATX PRO II, Minolta 28-85/3.5-4.5 (both in Minolta mount) and Canon 28-135 IS. Minolta 28-85 turned to be an improvement over supposed to be excellent Tokina (that in turn became a dissapointment), 28-135 IS was not bad at all, but until I tried my 28-70L. The difference is readily noticeable even at humble 10x15 prints, not to mention slides and enlargements. The subjects just jump out of the image providing that 3D quality, something I never experienced with other lenses I tried.
So in my case, no need to persuade me trying to convince, the only judge is a real experience. So this is what I wish you as well. Regards, Alex --- "James B.Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:00:25 +0900, Karen Nakamura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote/replied to: > > > > >If you compare an f/2.8 lens at f/4 against an f/4 lens at f/4, > >you'll see the difference. Even at f/8 which is the point at which > >lenses tend to approach each other, the L is superior to the IS at > >all focal lengths. > > Wrong, sorry. See Photodo. > > >Anyway, it seems like you're speaking from zero personal experience > >(except "friends" and "pros") so there's really no point in > >discussing this any further. Because at f/2.8, the L lens is much > >superior to the IS. :-) > > It sounds like you're speaking from L lens lust :-) But you are > WRONG. > > You really should check the Photodo rating of these two lenses side > by > side. It's a pity though they couldn't rate the 28-70 above 70mm :-) > > >Furthermore, the IS lens suffers from almost > >twice as much distortion than the L lens. At the wide lens, the IS > >has more than twice the distortion. Note that the new 24-70 has > even > >less distortion. > > You are right of course about distortion, but that's not usually an > issue for me. Hey, you gotta get something extra for all that cash. > > -- > Jim Davis, Nature Photography > http://jimdavis.oberro.com/ > Standard Poodles for fun > BMW motorcycle for pleasure __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
