Thank all who have either posted their replies here in the list or sent me personal emails.
I was able to get to the list archive and also read through bunch of professional as well as user reviews - it turns out that most of the opinions on this lens is positive - I also checked some photos taken with this lens, it looks great. So I have put this lens to my short "must get" shopping list for Christmas. Appreciated all your help. Lei > Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:14:14 -0500 > From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: EOS list archive and EF 17-40L > > 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 ***********************************************************
