On 26 Sep 2005 at 6:46, Schlake (William Colburn) wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 10:33:01AM +0100, Cotty wrote:
> >Any takers for the 5D ?
>
> I ordered mine on August 25th.
>
> I can pay for it, but as soon as I have it many of my lenses become
> invalid, and I can't afford to upgrade them. Nor can I afford the money
> I'm going to need for disk space. I don't own a single EF-S lens, but
> almost all the lenses I have are extra wide to accomodate the cropping
> factor. What on earth am I going to do with a 20mm f/2.8 prime on a
> body with a full frame sensor?
Shame on you, go wash your mouth!....;))
Now, if you had a 14mm, I might agree with you....but only because
the sensor is too small to generate sufficient object-detail....yet
on a larger format frame, it would still be a godsend.
(like a 35mm Rodenstock on 6x12cm)
> I'm guessing I'll need to replace my 24-70L with something less wide and
> a little longer to be happy, and now suddenly that 85mm f/1.2L looks
> like a really good lens (it seemed silly on a 1.6 cropped body when fast
> 50mm primes are easy to come by). My 100-400 zoom is probably far more
> useful at the "short" end now, but I'll miss the long end now. I may
> end up needing a 1.4 tele-extender for it. It will probably be March or
> April before I can buy new lenses though.
We all feel your deep pain & sorrow....:))))
--
Bye,
Willem-Jan Markerink
The desire to understand
is sometimes far less intelligent than
the inability to understand
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