> > To Peter and the group, > > Legends aside, I recently did a head-to-head test on my 1Ds > between the new Canon 100mm Macro and my 35 year-old Nikon > 105mm Macro.The older lens was sharper with less vignetting. > > But the loose front element on my Canon 50mm f1.4 bothers me. > After using it a few times, I called and complained to a tech > rep saying that I could loose image registration due to > movement in sequential frames when inserting a gel filter in > my bellows lens shade. The tech rep said I should not use a > heavy lens shade (buy a Canon one instead!). Furthermore, he > explained that the "loose front element" was part of the > focusing system of that lens. I pointed out that no other > lens I owned, old, new or crappy had so much wobble. Well, > other Canon lenses have internal focusing, but that's the way > the 50mms are made, he said. End of discussion. > > Stan Patz NYC > >
Stan, You have a wobble on the front element of you EF 50 1.4 USM? Give it back or get it fixed, my many year old EF 50 1.4 USM has no wobble at all! Cheers/Chip * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
