Yu, Lei wrote: >Hi, does anyone know how to get to the list archive? >I remembered that I used to be able to get to the archive >and do a search, but somehow it is a dead link now. > >I was actually trying to get some information on the 17-40L, >after waiting for these many years, I finally broke down and >decided to depart from film - I am an amateur so don't have >much $$ to burn. I thought I'd wait for a full frame becomes >more affordable but it seems still too far ahead so the only >choices will be 350D or 20D. While the 20D is really tempting, >I'm now leaning towards the 350D, to save some money to cover >the wide angle end - due to the 1.6X factor, I will have a >hole in the WA end in my lens line up. I am particularly >interested in EF 17-40L f4.0. > >For those of you who own this lens, what is your impression? >I did not see many review on this lens, photodo has no data >on it, and user reviews seems to be mixed - people either >love it or hate it, for those who hate it, most are complaning >about flare. So what do people on the list say? Keep in mind >that this lens is as far as I can in terms of stretching my >budget, can't really justify getting the 2.8L version. Is this >the best zoom lens for Canon non-full-frame DSLRs, or are there >any viable 3rd party solutions? > >Thank you for your advice. > >Lei > > I haven't read all my email yet since I just returned home from a week in Las Vegas, NV. So this may have been answered already.
While there I filled a few 1G CF cards with my 20D and the 17-40 f/4L with images of Downtown Las Vegas and The Valley of Fire State Park.. all I can say is this is a great lens! Practical Photography, from the UK, ran a review of this lens sometime ago and I must agree with their review and rating. I like it because it works well with my 20D and my EOS-3 and with the 5D if I ever get one of those.. Hope this helps, Bob * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
