> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kotsinadelis, > Peter (Peter) > Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:53 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [inbox] EOS Lens Test > > > Hi Chip, > > The 400mm F2.8L is something not everyone can afford, or carry for that > matter. All I was trying to do was provide some info should someone want > a good lens at a reasonable price that can go 400mm. Yes, it does not > have lightning fast AF. And while you could adapt a Leica lens to your > EOS the Leica lens is very $$ and also Manual Focus. > Am I a Sigma fan? Yes and a Tamron, and a Canon. If I like a lens I use > it. It's the image I am after. Your working photographer comment and > getting the best equipment is BS. There have been pulitzer prize winning > photographs taken with Fuji SLRs. It's the image Chip, not the equipment > that will be seen. There have also been images that have been take with > AF point & shoots. > As to F8 and people commenting this is not a way to test a lens, the > Sigma only starts st F4.5. So I chose a mid aperture to compare. As I > said all I was trying to do was show someone that cannot afford a $4,000 > lens like the 400mmL, there may be something on the market. Now you guys > can nitpick what I say here because I frankly do not care. Never will I > offer comments about a product to this group. You are all so close > minded. > > Cheers, > Peter K >
Hi Peter, You and I often times take a protagonist/antagonist role on the list, taken this way we are a team of sorts offering points of view with give and take. Please don't stop voicing your opinions, I read them carefully and seriously consider them, you may be taking my posts the wrong way. I like the play here and the back and forth of the list members who have helped me (yourself included), develop my point of view over the years. So please don't stop sharing your ideas. As to being able to afford an EF 400 2.8L I could indeed buy one but do I own one? Heck no, I rent an EF 400 2.8L when the job calls for it but IMO the EF 400 2.8L has a place for the dedicated sports or light/versatile wildlife shooter but is too narrow purpose a lens for my own lens quiver. I prefer to keep an EF 300 2.8L in my bag for its versatility as it works pretty well as a 390/540/780mm DSLR sports body lens. I also use it often as a portrait lens with a FF DSLR body and also surprisingly often to shoot exteriors. As to shooting award winning photos I'm not that interested in taking them, I prefer to get paid for my efforts. To get paid I need lenses and equipment that is #1)reliable, #2)sharp & #3)see #1, this is why I'm into the more sturdy stuff. I'm also paranoid and don't want to have to re-shoot/schedule or deliver late because I thought I could save 10% or 15% on hardware that took a dump on me or was flakey in the field. Just my take on it, and yes YMMV. Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
