> > Absolutely! Why would I want to build up two sets of lenses for 35mm? The > 1Ds is the perfect solution at a less than perfect price. I like my EOS 3, > and I will probably never sell it, but I want to be able to use my current > lenses on any digital camera I buy. I have spent thousands of dollars over > the years for equipment I now know very well how to use. I will not spend > thousands more to build up a second system. If I have to, I will wait until > a 1Ds (or successor to it) is sold new or used for a more reasonable price. > If not, I still can scan my 35mm 120mm slides and be quite happy without a > digital camera. > Rick Upon further thought, I realized that you wouldn't really have to buy a batch of new lenses, just one or two to plug the "holes" left at the wide end, i.e. a 11-24 to slot in below the 17-35 that acts like a 27-56 or some such thing. Skip Middleton www.shadowcatcherimagery.com
Skip,
Wouldn't you though? Is my 70-200 still the great portrait lens that it was when I bought it? Is my 50 still a great normal lens anymore? No they aren't. 80mm is not normal and 112-320mm is not full portrait range anymore. I spent $1700 for a portrait lens, not a midrange telephoto lens! My 24-70 (brand new!) is now a 38.4-112?! How is that a wide to short telephoto anymore?
Sure, it's great that the telephotos get a boost, but at 1.6x my equipment no longer works the way it used to. My specialty wide angle 20mm lens that I like so much is now a 32mm? I don't want a 32mm, I want a 20 when I reach for a 20 and I don't want to have 2 of the same lens in my bag (one 20mm for film one 20mm for digital) just because my backup body is different from my working camera. My 15mm fisheye is now a 24mm fisheye? How lame is that? Why should I do calculations in the field (um, ok my 200 is now a 320, my 24mm TS is, uh, 38.4mm?!) when I shouldn't have to? Who is going to convince Canon to redesign a 24mm tilt and shift for digital so I didn't waste money on that one too?
It seems like the quick fix would be to just recreate the wider lenses, but it isn't. I like my lenses as they are and the way they show the world to my camera. Going with a 1.6x multiplier would force me to have to think about what lens I was using, on which format it was in, and how much if any multiplier I had to apply because I switched from my EOS3 to a digital. It would still require me to buy even more glass than I have now. I have plenty and my pocket is dry at this time.
Sorry, I'll wait for a full frame sensor camera I can afford, or just save for a 1Ds.
Rick H.
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