At 9:09 PM +0100 8/17/06, Cotty wrote:
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.
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Cosina makes some very nice SLR lenses under the
Voigtlaender brand in almost all mounts that were
made for manual focus cameras but not EOS,
including a stunning 125/2.5 APO 1:1 macro, and
also a 12/5.6, 15/4.5, 40/2 Asph., 75/2.5, 90/3.5
APO and 180/4 APO.
Actually, the 125/2.5 is the one lens in this
line-up that is available in EOS mount. The
others aren't.
cameraquest.com has the info. Stephen Gandy (who
_is_ cameraquest) is very helpful.
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