On 17/8/06, Terje Thøgersen, discombobulated, unleashed: >Back in the good old FD days, my choice was a 28/2.8, but as you've said >2.8 is too slow, have you considered the Sigma 1.8 primes? May not be >great optically on a full frame, and manual focus feel on an AF lens is >passable >at the best of times. Didn't Voigtländer/Cosina produce some EF-adaptable >marvels? Their 35/1.7 is wonderful, but you'd have a hard time locating >it on >a 1D, would look like a wart.
Thanks Terje (I'd love to know how to pronounce that :-) I've had Sigmas in the past. Twenty-something 1.8 and the 70-200 2.8 on Pentax IIRC. Actually the 14 2.8 which was nice but flared like hell. Sigmas are okay and certainly good value for money, but the Canon L lenses are just something else. Build quality is important to me as once the lens is out of the case, it never goes back in. Lens caps only on when in the bag. No filters except polarising. Bumps and knocks. Re the Voigtländer/Cosina, LOL. This is a problem with non EOS because of the mount/lens throat size. I'm fond of manual focus and that would be no problem, but as with the Pentax 15mm and 85mm lenses I use on the 1D mark II, they are slow to use by stop-down metering mode. The 15 is fine for slow landscapes on a tripod, and the 85 mil I use wide open at f1.4 for portraiture in Av or manual. Thanks for the thoughts. -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
