Hi Nick, You can't go wrong with the selection of glass you chose to buy now, 28-70mm f2.8 and 70-200mm f2.8 IS. Not sure about the extender though, i'd prefer to buy the 100-400 f4.5-5.6L glass instead. I remember reading a review of a 70-200mm IS with 2x extender compared to the 100-400 f4.5-5.6L glass. The conclusion was made that when the lens is wide open the latter lens was sharper.
17-35mm F2.8L is discontinued by Canon recently (Australia), but you can still buy it new practically everywhere. A lot of people complained that the lens was soft wide open (2.8-4). The new 16-35mm f2.8L glass is superior in this department, as well as being more ruggedly built than the former glass. I have yet to test this lens out though. If only Canon officially announced the rumoured 24-105m f2.8 IS L lens at the upcoming PMA showin 2 weeks time, id be first in line to try it out. Another rumour is the 200-400 IS DO lens, Delta International has this lens listed when I was at the site last nite! Newer does not always mean better or sharper. 35mm can only go as sharp, none of my L glass beats my Contax 645 in terms of sharpness and enlargement capability.. Just my 2 cents. Cheers, Ethan Nick Taylor wrote: What I presently have in order of usage: 28-135 f/3.5-5.6 IS - 50% 20-35 f/3.5-4.5 - 20% 100-300 f/5.6 - 20% 50 f/1.8 - 10% 28 f/2.8 - very litle any more What I generally shoot: city street & people - mostly B&W high school sports - indoor and outdoor - color film old rural buildings - mostly B&W tourist type snapshots Nick Taylor wrote: > > I'm considering upgrading the glass for use on my EOS-1 and D30. My > tentative plan: > > Buy now: > EF 28-70mm f/2.8L, EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS, and EF 1.4X > Buy in near future: > EF 17-35mm f/2.8L > Buy later: > EF 300 f/4.0 IS > Buy much later: > EF 2X > > I'd appreciate your comments, opinions, suggestions, etc. > > Thanks, > -Nick T. * Privacy: ACNielsen collects personal information to provide and market our services. We may disclose this information to authorised third parties who act on our behalf for this purpose. Subject to some exceptions, the Federal Privacy Act entitles you to access your personal information. For more information, see our privacy policy at <www.acnielsen.com.au> or contact us on [EMAIL PROTECTED] * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
