On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 12:07 AM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@mac.com> wrote: > > On Dec 22, 2008, at 6:24 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > >> On 12/22/08, Adam Maas <a...@mawz.ca> wrote: >>> >>> That takes some shopping, the 28/1.8 retails for almost as much as a >>> 77LTD up here, and it's a dog (If you're talking the Canon rather than >>> the much better and cheaper Sigma). >> >> I meant to say 31LTD, not 77. Sorry about that. Carrying on though, >> a bargain condition EOS 1N, new 28/1.8 and new 85/1.8, all from KEH, >> works out to $908. The 31LTD from B&H is about $800. So a little >> more, but not too much. > > I compared them when I was shooting with Canon gear. The EF 28/1.8USM was > one of my favorite lenses. At least on the 10D, it produced very sharp, > contrasty photos and had nice imaging qualities. I paid $390 for it, new, in > 2003. > > Like most Canon lenses, it was somewhat lacking in character, but I wouldn't > call it a dog. The Sigma I tried was dung. > > G >
I've never tried it on a crop, but did on film during my fling with the EOS 3. Soft wide open, not a lot of contrast, gets better when stopped down but never gets great, and that's the general consensus on the lens from everyone I know who has used it other than you. The Sigma is variable but a good copy is a lot better performer than the Canon. -- M. Adam Maas http://www.mawz.ca Explorations of the City Around Us. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
