Hi Miha, If you feel you have not needed short lenses so far you are missing a huge opportunity photographically. Being primarily an architectural photographer now I rely on wide-angle lenses and FF sensors all the time. My favorite lens for WA work is the EF 15 2.8 Fisheye and software to de-fish the images. I don't know how people manage without a full frame body anyway, even when I used to shoot a lot of motorsports I really missed the wide-angle end of my lens quiver when I went fully digital until the EOS 1DS became available.
If you use the EF 28-135IS a lot in the middle focal length ranges the EF 24-105 4L IS will be a revelation and a HUGE improvement in sharpness, contrast and focusing speed as will the f/4 speed at the long end of the zoom. Additionally with the newer 3rd generation Image Stabilization the EF 24-105 4L IS will show you what your EF 28-135 3.5-5.6 IS lens should have been in the first place. If the EF 24-105 4L IS as we know it today had been available instead of the EF 28-135 3.5-5.6 IS I would most likely have bought one instead of the EF 28-70 2.8L I still use today as one of my primary lenses. Buy the 24-105 4L IS and consider a nice used EF 200 2.8L to fill out your lens collection on the long end. The EF 200 2.8L is an optically and mechanically excellent lens and it's even cheap! In general photography 200mm is generally as long as is regularly needed especially on a small chip (1.6X), DSLR. Another option on the short end is to sell of the 17mm Zenith FE and look into an EF 20 2.8USM or EF 15 2.8 Fisheye to complement your primary lens. Both of these lenses are not too expensive as EF mount lenses go and both can produce very sharp images if used with good technique. Sigma's Fisheye is a bit less money but also not nearly as sharp which shows up when you defish the image to look like reclinear image. Good luck! Cheers/Chip > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Valencic Miha > Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 1:28 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: EOS EF-S 17-85 IS or EF L 24-105/4 IS > > All, > > I am about to shell out for a 30D (upgrading from D30 :) and I wonder > how does the 17-85 perform compared to 24-105. The later is an L series > and focuses faster than my 28-135 IS which I have for quite some time > now, but the 17 mm end is inviting. > > So far, I have managed without it, although I own a Zenit 16mm, which I > use occasionally. What is your opinion on 24-105 vs 17-85? > > Thanks, > Miha. * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
