On 6/11/08, Lasse Karlsson, discombobulated, unleashed: >Would you know of a better lens to replace my EFS 17-55/2,8 USM IS lens? I'm >not entirely satisfied with it. I haven't really been following new lens >releases lately.)
Plastic and nylon hold no interest for me in lens design. I would only recommend 'L' glass as its the best Canon do. Your EFS suggests you have a 1.6 crop-sensor camera like the 40D ? Tricky. There's a few cheap jobs: <http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_18-55_3p5-5p6_is_c16/> <http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon_17-85_4-5p6_is_usm_c16/> <http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/canon%5F18%2D200%5F3p5%2D5p6%5Fis%5Fc16/> and yours: <http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=303> If you don't like the 17-55 then unless you go for an L lens you probably won't be satisfied with anything else. Choices: 28-105/4 <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/28-105.shtml> 24-70/2.8 <http://www.fredmiranda.com/24-70/> I had the 24-70 and it was excellent - although not much use on a 1.6 crop body. On a 1.3 crop body it was better as a portrait lens! Of course the wider L zooms are: 17-40/4 <http://www.fredmiranda.com/reviews/showproduct.php? product=3&sort=7&thecat=27> and 16-35/2.8 (used to be 17-35/2.8) <http://www.luminous-landscape.com/reviews/lenses/16-35.shtml> Did you know I sold my Canon gear? 1DmarkII, 24-70/2.8 L, 70-200 2.8 L IS, 2X extender, 580EX flash, Quantum Turbo, angle finder C. I'm doing less stills for a while, concentrating on video. We still have an *ist DS and 18-55, some P and S cameras, and my Epson R-D1 and 3 lenses that I use for snaps :-) <http://www.richcutler.co.uk/r-d1/> I pretty much agree with everything Rich says. I have Cosina Voigtlander Heliar 15/4.5, Ultron 28/1.9 and Nokton 50/1.5 lenses. I love this kit. best, -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
